María Laura Martelli Giachino
María Laura Martelli Giachino has a degree in Journalism (Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 2015). Graduated with her thesis "The Tohoku catastrophe. An analysis of the media reconstruction of Japan's image in the face of the tsunami." He traveled to Japan to interview residents of one of the cities affected by the disaster, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. He continues his studies of Japanese and English. She has been General Editor of the digital media Alternativa Nikkei since March 2016. Since she was a child, she was passionate about the culture and history of Japan, which led her to venture into the language. He has knowledge of Drawing, Illustration and Digital Editing that he incorporates into manga-style drawing.
Last updated May 2019
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Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 7: Making the comeback
Jan. 20, 2014 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
Read part 6 >> 7. Starting the return In Block 808, two young people who live and grew up in Rikuzen Takata (RT), Kinno Masaki and Shoko-san, comment that there were many young people who decided to leave RT after what happened. Masaki-san thought about it, but she didn't because she has nowhere else to go, and decided to stay in place.They explain that young people do not talk much about the situation after these two years. Masaki-san's family, for …
Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 6: Kesennuma and Ofunato
Jan. 13, 2014 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
Read part 5 >> 6. Visiting Kesennuma and Ofunato At the meeting of those responsible for the Tanabata Festival we met some of the members of this team: Yoshikatsu Sasaki, Mikiko Nakamura, Oikawa-san (he was treasurer of Kawaramachi Town), Yuko Kikuchi and Kunichi Kikuchi. We also met Akihito Kasuga (student volunteer at an Osaka University) and Shoma Okamoto (co-founder of SAVE TAKATA). Mr. Okamoto is also Director of the organization SAKURA LINE 311. He created it with two other people …
Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 5: The Tanabata tradition
Jan. 6, 2014 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
Read part 4 >> 5. Efforts to maintain the Tanabata tradition Since he was a child, Yoshikatsu Sasaki participated in the summer festival called “Ugoku Tanabata Matsuri”, which is celebrated on August 7 of each year in the city of Rikuzentakata (RT), Iwate Prefecture.After the tsunami, he was in charge of rebuilding this tradition with ten friends, and is responsible for its organization. They all lived in a neighborhood of the city called Kawaramachi Town, which was destroyed by water. …
Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 4: In a temporary home
Dec. 30, 2013 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
Read part 3 >> 4. In the temporary home of Takata High School After finishing the city tour, Mrs. Okamoto invites us to the temporary home of her younger sister, Junko-san, which is located in the Takata High School area (Takata Koukou). He comes to greet us when we get out of the car, with a big smile, and shows us the way to the entrance. Outside you can see clotheslines with clothes to dry.Before climbing the small steps to …
Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 3: Affected areas
Dec. 23, 2013 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
Read part 2 >> 3. Lower Rikuzentakata: Affected areas After the meeting at the WaiWai restaurant, Keiko-san takes us in his car to begin the tour of the lower part of Rikuzentakata (RT), affected by the tsunami.But first, we make a stop at the SAVE TAKATA office. There are a series of photos hanging on a wall near the entrance. They were taken from the roof of a city hospital, destroyed during the disaster: “Kenritsu Takata Byouin ”. As you …
Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 2: Akinari Ohta
Dec. 16, 2013 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
Read part 1 >> 2. Arrival at Rikuzentakata and meeting with Akinari Ohta Saturday, May 11 – 11 pm Ikebukuro Station (Exit West side 7). From Ikebukuro, a district of Tokyo, we headed to the city of Rikuzentakata (RT), in Iwate Prefecture, with Adiene Roque, Specialist in Culture, Bilingualism and Interculturality. We took a Kesen Line bus (Bus Kesen Liner), since the train tracks to Rikuzentakata Station were destroyed by the tsunami. You can only get to the city through …
Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 1: NPO SAVE TAKATA
Dec. 9, 2013 • María Laura Martelli Giachino
For the Thesis work for the Journalism degree, at the University of Salvador (USAL), in Buenos Aires, I chose to deal with the topic of the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. On May 12, 2013, I visited three cities affected by the disaster, in Rikuzentakata, Ofunato (Iwate Prefecture) and Kesennuma (Miyagi Prefecture). Adiene Roque, Specialist in Culture, Bilingualism and Interculturality, accompanied me as an interpreter for the interviews carried out. Prior to this visit, I had …
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