J-RAPID Workshop on support and utilization of digital archives related
to the Kahramanmaraş (Southeast of Türkiye) earthquake (2024/3/12-15)
Theme：The 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, disaster digital archive
Place： Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Türkiye
Participants: Prof. Fumihiko Imamura, Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri , Yu Watanabe(D2)Project on Creation support and utilization of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake related digitalarchive was started from the 31st August 2023. The first workshop for the project was held at theScience Museum on the 15th November 2023, in collaboration with the 1923 Great KantoEarthquake Special Project. During the workshop, we discussed the role and potential of archives,
as well as expectations and future challenges. This time, the second workshop was held at theMiddle East Technical University (METU) with the leader of Türkiye side, Prof. Ahemt C. Yalciner,
at Ankara, Türkiye during 12-15 March 2024 including students’ participation from both Japan andTürkiye on "Disaster Digital Archives for Tomorrow”.
The workshop started on the first day (12th March 2024) by having a series of presentations
related not only to the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake but the earthquakes in Japan and disasterdigital archive moderated by Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri. Local participants are not only METU
students but also participants from JICA Türkiye office. The first presentation was given by Prof.
Aysegul Askan and Assoc. Prof. Meltem Senol from METU on seismic hazard assessment beforeand after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake as well as damage and vulnerability in theearthquake affected areas. The second presentation was made by Prof. Hidenori Watanabe (theUniversity of Tokyo) on disaster digital archives and recent initiatives by showing many examplesof applications to historical disasters such as the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, the 1923
Great Kanto Earthquake, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Russian invasion of Ukraine in2022 and the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The third presentation was made by Prof. Fumihiko
Imamura on lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the 2024 Noto PeninsulaEarthquake. The last presentation was made by six graduate school students from the Universityof Tokyo (Prof. Watanabe`s lab) on cutting-edge research using VR, digital map and othertechnologies using the previously mentioned disasters as research targets.
The second day of the workshop (the 13th March) until the last day of the workshop (the15th March) was a students workshop for “Disaster Digital Archives for Tomorrow” with participationfrom graduate students from METU, Tohoku University and the University of Tokyo. Students fromboth countries were splitted into four groups and worked together to create a prototype of theirdisaster digital archive using 3D maps and other usable tools. Some ideas such 1) Using game toarchiving photos and let the players understand evacuation route, 2) Serious game to let the playersprepare disaster mitigation related goods, 3) Using of projection mapping and idea of immersive
museum so that the users understand disaster processes (before disaster, during disaster and afterdisaster) and 4) using 3D photo technologies and text-mining to let the users understand how toevacuate and trend of wording at each disaster stage. This workshop demonstrates a good
example of collaboration of the young generation from both countries which is sustainable evenafter the project has ended.

Presentation by Prof. Aysegul Askan

Presentation by Assoc. Prof. Meltem Senol

Presentation by Prof. Hidenori Watanave

Presentation by Prof. Fumihiko Imamura

Presentation by student

Student workshop

Text and photos： Prof. Fumihiko Imamura, Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri , Yu Watanabe(D2)