About this website

Thank you for visiting our website, which is administered by Genta Nakano of the Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. The ACTION! VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY videos available on this website have been posted with the consent of the persons appearing in them. Please note that, in determining whether or not to display a video that has been contributed, the Administrator checks with the contributor as to whether or not the consent of all persons appearing in the video has been obtained before making a decision.
It is our hope that this website will provide a forum for disaster risk reduction education and learning about community disaster preparedness activities.

This website presents some of the video works created as part of the “Applications and demonstrations of Japanese ocean bottom observation system and culturally-tuned disaster education program” conducted under the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s Accelerating Social Implementation for SDGs Achievement (aXis).