Tag: Jan Smith

Four Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima – Lesson 1

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Lesson 1 From Chernobyl and Fukushima –  Media & Crisis Fatigue

Chernobyl in Ukrainian Art began in earnest only decades after the disaster

I was invited to attend and speak at the Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World 2012, in Yokohama on January 14th and 15th.   I am not a scientist, nor a model activist, but what I could share was what I learned from the survivors* of Chernobyl.  On the 15th, I presented these impressions in the session, “Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima”.

 

Lesson 1 –  Media & Crisis Fatigue

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Fukushima One Year Later

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Fukushima One Year Later – First Impressions

Sign Showing the Dangers on the Road, Minamisoma - Jan Smith 2011

Last week, at the invitation of Peace Boat, and as part of my ongoing personal art project dealing with post-nuclear landscapes, I traveled to Fukushima and recorded my first pictures and impressions.   Continue reading “Fukushima One Year Later” →

Chun Yeung Street Market – Hong Kong

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Chun Yeung or North Point Street Market

The Chun Yueng Street market in North Point is not the largest, nor best known of Hong Kong’s markets.  Still relatively unknown to tourists, it is a great way to uncover Hong Kong’s living street culture, and mingle with a market lifestyle that is neighborhood based. Continue reading “Chun Yeung Street Market – Hong Kong” →

Battle of Kiev 1941 – The Red Army in Ukraine

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The Battle of Kiev 1941

Painting in the Museum of the Great Patriotic War – Jan Smith 2011
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Sixty years ago today, on September 26th, 1941, nearly a million Soviet troops lost the First Battle of Kiev to the combined German Army Group South and Army Group Center.  They outnumbered the Germans nearly two to one, but Soviet defense tactics were still extremely primitive and no match against German armor.

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