ADRCOnlineDRRSeminarSeries
13 July 2021(Tue.)
15:00 - 16:30[Japan Time, UTC+9]

Second Seminar

DRR Education and Awareness Raising throughPassing Down of Lessons from Past Disasters
Objectives
The discussions of the second seminar focused on "DRR education and awareness raising throughpassing down lessons of past disasters" to offer insights that contribute to governments and stakeholders'efforts in implementing the SFDRR, especially Priority Four: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective
response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Specifically, it intended:- To share experiences around how Asian countries conduct DRR education and raise public awarenessby passing down lessons from past disasters.
- To seek effective methodologies for DRR education and public outreach to promote and encourage
proactive actions during disasters, including the transmission of lessons learned from past disasters.
- To enhance cooperation among Asian countries on promoting DRR education and raising publicawareness to enable those countries to further develop their ability to proactively protect themselves.
- To produce results that can be shared at the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2021 to be heldin December 2021.
Prof. MURAMOTO Toshiaki

Professor
Cognitive Sciences Lab.
Disaster Humanities and Social
Science DivisionInternational Research Institute ofDisaster Science (IRIDeS)
Tohoku University, Japan

Ms. Vanda Lengkong

Regional Head
Disaster Risk Management
Plan International Asia PacificRegional Office(Based in Jakarta, Indonesia)

Register

http://bit.ly/adrcseminar2

YouTubehttps://youtu.be/4im3dDVOurw

https://acdr.adrc.asia/home/2021Seminar

Dr. Sébastien Penmellen Boret

Associate Professor
International Research Collaboration
Office, Practical Research andCollaboration DivisionInternational Research Institute ofDisaster Science (IRIDeS)
Tohoku University, Japan

ADRC Online DRR Seminar Secretariat
drr2021seminar@adrc.asia

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Agenda
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15：05

15：25

15：45

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16：25
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Greeting & Introduction

Theory and overview
Effective disaster education through transmitting live lessons of disasters
Prof. MURAMOTO Toshiaki, Tohoku University
Practices
Efforts and challenges of promoting disaster education in ASEAN countries,
and promoting disaster education through transmitting live lessons of disasters
Ms. Vanda Lengkong, Plan International Asia Pacific Regional Office
Theory & Practice
Importance of conveying the impact and fact of past disasters to futuregenerations, as well as meaning of disaster-related museums and monuments
after disasters
Dr. Sebastien Boret, Tohoku UniversityQ&AWrap up
Mr. NAKAGAWA Masaaki, ADRC Executive Director

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Summary
The second online seminar, attended by 281 people from all over the world, showcased current efforts
and challenges in promoting DRR education and awareness raising by utilizing past disaster
experiences effectively in order to pass them on to the next generation. We invited three speakers withvarious backgrounds in areas such as cognitive psychology, social anthropology, and experience withan international NGO.
The first speaker, Prof. MURAMOTO Toshiaki (IRIDeS, Tohoku University), stated that one challenge
in handing down the memories and lessons of disasters is that "when people are unable to conceive
the reality of a disaster, they tend to treat it as someone else's business." To address this, Prof.
Muramoto introduced an innovative educational method that could provide an opportunity for students
to perceive disasters as "their own business." This method involves: (1) interdisciplinary lectures atschool; (2) visits to disaster-affected areas and opportunities to hear the stories from'kataribe'/storytellers, visits to memorial monuments and museums, and interacting with victims; (3)group work to identify challenges for earthquake recovery and to explore ways to solve thosechallenges; and (4) planning and execution of lectures on DRR for other students based on theirlearning. By creating a protocol in which "learners become teachers," students might better be able toview disasters as "their own business;" that is, as
having direct relevance to them.
Next, Ms. Vanda Lengkong (Plan International Asia Pacific Regional Office) reported that in Southeast
Asia, DRR education is promoted through the ASEAN Safe School Initiative (ASSI). This governmentled initiative is conducted in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs). The initiative fosters
crosssectoral coordination between the disaster management sector and the education sector. It
creates space to discuss and share school safety technical resources, approaches, and soundpractices to minimize the impacts of disasters on children and the education sector. This initiative isunique in that the elements included in the formal educational system are supplemented with DRR
educational activities for children and parents in the community. In Indonesia for instance, "wayang"(puppet shows) are used as educational tools for sharing DRR knowledge and lessons.
Finally, Dr. Sebastien Boret (IRIDeS, Tohoku University) pointed to the importance of museums andmonuments as methods of DRR education, particularly in promoting "collective memory." He cited theexample of Aceh Tsunami Museum in Indonesia, which functions not only as a center for education andlearning but also as a memorial, an evacuation building, and an activity space where the community
can gather and interact. Additionally, Dr. Boret showed examples of monuments to the Great East
Japan Earthquake. He argued that these monuments create places where community members areable to express their grief collectively, and where they can also learn about the history of local
disasters. Monuments also constitute a local heritage asset that promotes disaster tourism.
Mr. NAKAGAWA Masaaki, ADRC's Executive Director concluded the event by noting that themethodologies of DRR education are most effective at encouraging proactive learning and action when
they are appropriate for a given context and aligned with a community's culture and practices.