Islands After the War
A Comparative Study of Landscapes across the Pacific Theater
Personal Group Research (Summer 2024)
Islands After the War:
A Comparative Study of Landscapes across the Pacific Theater
Teammates
Gio Hur︎︎︎
Carlo Raimondo︎︎︎
Hannah Hardenbergh︎︎︎
Location(s)
Iejima, Okinawa; Japan
Saipan, Tinian; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Funding
Graduate Comparative Research Grant
Harvard University Asia Center
Regular Grant
Northern Marianas Humanities Council
(National Endowment for the Humanities subgrantee)
Advisor
Kira Clingen
2024-25 Daniel Urban Kiley Fellow & Lecturer in Landscape,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Islands After the War:
A Comparative Study of Landscapes across the Pacific Theater
Teammates
Gio Hur︎︎︎
Carlo Raimondo︎︎︎
Hannah Hardenbergh︎︎︎
Location(s)
Iejima, Okinawa; Japan
Saipan, Tinian; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Funding
Graduate Comparative Research Grant
Harvard University Asia Center
Regular Grant
Northern Marianas Humanities Council
(National Endowment for the Humanities subgrantee)
Advisor
Kira Clingen
2024-25 Daniel Urban Kiley Fellow & Lecturer in Landscape,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Project Overview
Islands After the War is an exploration of eight significant sites that played crucial roles during World War II, across Okinawa, Japan and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The eight sites, spanning both land and sea, provide a comprehensive view of the Pacific Theater’s landscapes, each offering unique insights into the complexities of war and the ways in which history is preserved and remembered.
The team: Gio Hur, Carlo Raimondo, Hannah Hardenbergh, and I traveled to these sites together from May-June of 2024. Written as an anthology, each chapter of the book presents one site from each archipelago and puts the two landscapes in conversation with one another. Each chapter synthesizes ideas around preservation, ecological systems, access, ruination, and spirituality. This framework allows for new ways to interpret the sites’ historical contexts, spatial forms, and presence within their contemporary urban contexts.
Islands After the War is an exploration of eight significant sites that played crucial roles during World War II, across Okinawa, Japan and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The eight sites, spanning both land and sea, provide a comprehensive view of the Pacific Theater’s landscapes, each offering unique insights into the complexities of war and the ways in which history is preserved and remembered.
The team: Gio Hur, Carlo Raimondo, Hannah Hardenbergh, and I traveled to these sites together from May-June of 2024. Written as an anthology, each chapter of the book presents one site from each archipelago and puts the two landscapes in conversation with one another. Each chapter synthesizes ideas around preservation, ecological systems, access, ruination, and spirituality. This framework allows for new ways to interpret the sites’ historical contexts, spatial forms, and presence within their contemporary urban contexts.
© 2024 Emily Kim