AHFE Open AccessReconstructing the Authenticity of Wajima Lacquerware in the Disaster Recovery Process
Abstract
The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake devastated Wajima City, forcing the Wajima lacquerware community to redefine its craft’s authenticity amid the crisis. This study investigates how stakeholders negotiate tensions between traditional preservation and disaster recovery imperatives. Using an institutional logics perspective, we identify a three-layered Stratification of Authenticity: (1) the Inviolable Core protecting essential material/procedural integrity, (2) the Negotiable Periphery where standards are reinterpreted, and (3) the Peripheral for market innovation. The findings reveal that a rigid adherence to the Core is not an obstacle to recovery, but rather the essential foundation for reconstructing authenticity in the disaster recovery process. Anchoring identity in strict procedural, material, and institutional standards provides the foundational stability needed to safely explore flexibility in the outer layers. This layered structure allows the integration of external resources without compromising the craft's core identity, demonstrating how core rigidity functions as a vital resource for creative reconstruction in traditional industries.
Keywords: Wajima-nuri, Authenticity, Post-disaster Reconstruction, Institutional Logics, Sustainability Of Traditional Crafts
DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1007736
Cite this paper
More from this volume
- Translational Service Research And Design Methodology: What it is, What it is not, What it might be
- Service Ecosystem Engineering to Overcome Translational Gaps in Digital Transformation
- Human Judgment in Democratic Service Systems: A Knowledge–Values–Thinking Capability Framework
- Bridging Translational Gaps in Psychological Care - A Care Platform Approach
- Closing the AI-Loop: A Review of Human-Guided Machine Learning Approaches
- Evolving the OVB Service Platform Approach to Overcome the AI Experimentation Trap
- Beyond Availability: Closing Adoption Gaps in Digital Health Prevention — A TSRDM Approach
- Navigating Digital Transformation: The Strategic Alliance as a Digital Catalyst for Corporate Digital Entrepreneurship in China’s EV Transition
- Shaping Börsen-Zeitung: Evolving from Print Media to a Leading Community Platform for Financial Market Decision-Makers
- Applying TSRDM framework to Charité´s Fast Follower IT Strategy - Bridging Translational Gaps of Digital Transformation
- Bridging Translational Gaps in Learning Healthcare Systems
- The mimetic Power for the Diffusion of Innovation