Disaster Justice and Memory
- Date: July 28th, Friday, 2023, 10:00 – 18:00
- Location: Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)
Disaster Justice and Memory
Co-organizers: Northeast Asia Center at SNUAC, PNU SSK Slow Disaster Research Network, KAIST Disaster Haggyo
Disasters are not just material events. They are intertwined with issues of justice and memory. Disasters are the material exposure of the naked truth of injustices that have been hidden from society. Moreover, once a disaster has occurred, the community is faced with the problem of remembering as it reconstructs its society and rewrites disaster narratives. The issues of justice and memory that arise in disaster situations are multifaceted. They can include who is responsible for disaster prevention, how the recovery and rehabilitation process is conducted, how the collective memory and narratives of the disaster are composed, and what science contributes to the disaster process. They can range from the legal and judicial to the more fundamental values of a society. In addition, every disaster has a long and slow aftermath in which the construction and reconstruction of disaster memories, victimization, accountability, recovery, community, and the material reconstruction of society continue. In this workshop, we will examine the emergent processes of disaster justice and memory in the context of transitional justice and the coronavirus pandemic, in order to build a new understanding of disaster justice and memory using interdisciplinary methods from sociology, history, communication, art, and film.
10:00-10:20 Opening Session
Welcome Speech: Kim Baek Young (Director of Northeast Asian Center at SNUAC)
Yunjeong Joo (Pusan National University)
10:20-12:00 Lessons from Korean Transitional Justice
Speaker: Keunsik Jung (SNUAC)
Discussants: Scott Gabriel Knowles (KAIST), Jacob Steere-Williams (College of Charleston)
12:00-1:00 Luncheon
13:00-13:45 Disaster Studies and Disaster Memory
Speaker: Jacob Remes (New York University)
14:00-15:15 Round Table: COVID Calls Live – Disaster Memory and COVID Ongoing
Chair: Scott Gabriel Knowles
Speakers: Jacob Steere-Williams, Ivo Louro, Jacob Remes, Yunjeong Joo, Hyunah Keum (KAIST STP)
15:15-16:00 COVIDCalls Comics
Speaker: Ana Mathilde Sousa (Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon)
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Film Screening & GV
Moderator: Juhyun Cho (Yonsei University)