Outputs (4)

Dark Tourism and Dissonant Memories in Korea and Japan: The potentials of dark tourism as a tool to visualise marginalised narratives of colonialism (2024)
Thesis
Johnsen, N. Dark Tourism and Dissonant Memories in Korea and Japan: The potentials of dark tourism as a tool to visualise marginalised narratives of colonialism. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Dissonant collective memories of colonialism underlie enduring conflicts between South Korea and Japan. Memory and identity politics, aimed at nurturing national pride, have perpetuated misrepresentations of their shared colonial past, sidelining nar... Read More about Dark Tourism and Dissonant Memories in Korea and Japan: The potentials of dark tourism as a tool to visualise marginalised narratives of colonialism.

The Sado Gold Mine and Japan’s ‘History War’ Versus the memory of Korean Forced Laborers (2022)
Journal Article
Johnsen, N. (2022). The Sado Gold Mine and Japan’s ‘History War’ Versus the memory of Korean Forced Laborers. Japan focus, 20(1), Article 5686

Japan has nominated the Sado Gold Mine for UNESECO World Heritage inscription despite South Korean opposition due to Japan’s refusal to recognize the role of wartime Korean forced labor at this location. Japan’s previous industrial World Heritage ins... Read More about The Sado Gold Mine and Japan’s ‘History War’ Versus the memory of Korean Forced Laborers.

Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution - Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 2 (2021)
Journal Article
Johnsen, N. (2021). Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution - Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 2. Japan focus, 19(5),

Abstract: This article is the second in a two part-series. Part 1 introduced Katō Kōko as the pivotal figure behind the World Heritage inscription process and the controversial historical narratives of “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.”... Read More about Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution - Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 2.

Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 1.pdf (2021)
Journal Article
Johnsen, N. (2021). Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 1.pdf. Japan focus, 19(1),

Abstract: Katō Kōko is the pivotal figure behind the World Heritage inscription process and the controversial historical narratives of “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.” Several of these industrial sites used Korean as well as Chinese an... Read More about Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 1.pdf.