(cache)Chelsea Szendi Schieder: "Rest in peace, Matsuo Keiko. This is a photograph from one of her visits to Sanrizuka, in 1979. I was lucky to meet her on my first visit to Omuta, Kyushu, in 2017. I was there with an infant, sussing out the archives. I have our interviews and the materials she saved. 1/1"

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Chelsea Szendi Schieder

‪@chelseaszendi.bsky.social‬

Rest in peace, Matsuo Keiko. This is a photograph from one of her visits to Sanrizuka, in 1979. I was lucky to meet her on my first visit to Omuta, Kyushu, in 2017. I was there with an infant, sussing out the archives. I have our interviews and the materials she saved. 1/1

December 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM

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‪Chelsea Szendi Schieder‬ ‪@chelseaszendi.bsky.social‬

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I wrote a little on how her archive came to be. The long trial she waged against Mitsui to recognize the damages of CO poisoning and the burden of care work undertaken by workers’ families is a longer story I am now piecing together. I am sorry she won’t see it.