"Invisible Reconstruction – Cross disciplinary responses to disaster and approaches to sustainable resilience" is a one day international conference to be held online by DMUCH Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, in the 10th anniversary year of the Great East Japan Earthquake and on the anniversary of the Kanto earthquake of 1 September 1923. The conference will take place from 2pm to 10pm (Japan Standard Time).
It will focus on approaches to preparedness and prevention, and on the invisible, intangible processes of societal mending required following man-made, natural and biological disaster. The conference will promote the role of public spaces and place-making in societal mending, building resilience and stimulating the consolidation of localised cities. In the context of the COVID-19 emergency, the conference will examine the impact on societies of remote collaboration, home-working and distance learning and question whether communications technologies provide solutions and opportunities or exacerbate isolation and vulnerability. Looking at societies where the pandemic has superimposed a further crisis on a pre-existing state of emergency, the conference will look at how experiences of catastrophe can provide insights to build sustainable, resilient societies.
Invisible Reconstruction seeks the exchange of global knowledge and experiences to change current thinking on disaster preparedness and recovery and promote best practices that understand the lasting benefit of reinforcing and repairing the intangible threads that create societies.
Call for papers: Passed
Price: Free registration at website below