'Reconstructing the region' and digital archives: Rethinking platforms for recording and communication from the Noto disaster

Abstract

This report is based on interviews and discussions about the movement towards the formation of community archives and various spaces for dialogue in the six months following the Noto earthquake. The activities and words of Hiroko Myokan of the joint venture EIZO Workshop, artist Natsumi Seo and Hikari Suzuki of the Disaster Reduction Lab are primarily focused on the function of the 'record' that should exist alongside 'community reconstruction'. From this, the project considers the relationship between the ongoing real-time 'record', the role of 'outsiders' who play a part in its accumulation, and the past 'archive on disasters'.