2022 Volume 40 Pages 61-69
Most of the local archival activities developed in the disaster-affected areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake focus on preserving records of the damage and raising awareness of disaster prevention. Such archives are considered to be an important resource for disaster risk reduction. In contrast to solely focusing on the Great East Japan Earthquake,the NPO “Ishinomaki Archive, ” which is the focus of this study, concentartes on the history and collective memory of Ishinomaki City from the Meiji period onwards. This research considers the activities of the Ishinomaki Archive, which focuses on the pre-disaster period and therefore is not considered a disaster archive, to become a vital source for the regeneration of the region after the disaster. This study further interprets the significance of the organization's emphasis on old photographs and maps in offering a connection between space, place, and memory.
