Members of the text initiative Fukushima present short talks on the topics they have explored in recent months. This will include an introduction to the contributions of Japanese artists and intellectuals, a short history of Japan’s acceptance of nuclear power and an inquiry into the problem of biased science.

Program

Andreas Krautwurst: “Accidents” – Comments on the Japanese history of nuclear power

Miriam Schwarz: The Japanese acceptance of nuclear power and the bias of “favourable science” – Case study Takeshi UMEHARA

Takahashi HIROKO: Civil protest and civil engagement

Gwendolyn Kirchknopf and Sascha Boljevac: The children of Fukushima

Julia Kühn and Jessica Alexander: “Angry vegetables” − Protest in poster form

Martin Ries: “Fukushima photography” - Kazuma OBARA

Robert Fuchs: The nuclear disaster in video games

Prof. Dr. Lisette Gebhardt: Japanese literature after Fukushima

All talks in German