Waiting as Support, Listening as Aid: A Case Study of Student Disaster Volunteering after the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake
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- SUWA Koichi
- Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University
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- ATSUMI Tomohide
- Center for the Study of Communication-Design, Osaka University
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- SEKI Yoshihiro
- Center for the Study of Communication-Design, Osaka University
Abstract
Disaster volunteering as a participatory approach to disaster mitigation was investigated by examining a case study of student disaster volunteering following the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake on October 23, 2004, which caused serious damage in Niigata Prefecture in Japan. Immediately after the quake, we started promoting disaster volunteering based on mid-and long-term perspectives. A student group worked as disaster volunteers in collaboration with a consortium of other disaster nonprofit organizations. Through the student activities, the group established a moderately familiar relationship—neither too close nor too distant—with the residents of temporary housing. In this article, the significance of the students’volunteer activities was examined based on a philosophical discussion about waiting and listening. Furthermore, the importance of liberation from the rigid relationship of aid provider and aid receiver is discussed.
Journal
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- Journal of Natural Disaster Science
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Journal of Natural Disaster Science 30 (2), 105-114, 2008
Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science
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Details
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- CRID
- 1390282681465162368
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- NII Article ID
- 130004479317
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- ISSN
- 24346705
- 03884090
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed