ASF33001 Special Topics in Social Field Studies A

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ASF33001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 社会フィールド研究特論Ａ

Subject Name
（Katakana）シャカイフィールドケンキュウトクロンA

Subject Name in
English Special Topics in Social Field Studies A

Instructor YAGASAKI TAIYO

Instructor
(Katakana) ヤガサキ　タイヨウ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte：IAS K313

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 12 : Geography

Eligible Students

Keywords Disaster risk, Local disaster prevention, Disaster culture, Resilience, Reconstruction, Disaster transmission.
SDGs_11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) This lecture course is intended to understand the complex relationship between natural environment and human society from the perspective of disaster geography.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Class Objectives
     Students are expected to understand complex relationship between natural disasters and human culture. They are also expected to acquire capability to assess disaster risks, to participate in local disaster prevention, to contribute to reconstructing local community, and to transmit memory of disasters.

Class outline
     Natural disaster is a serious threat to human society. Therefore, people have tried to reduce disaster risks, and local communities were reconstructed when they were damaged by disasters. In our time, the relationship between natural disasters and human society is changing due to global warming and globalization. This lecture course poses a question “How should we cope with natural disasters.” Three themes are examined to approach this question: 1) mechanism of disasters and coexistence of human society and natural disasters, 2) local disaster prevention and disaster culture, and 3) resilience and the transmission of disaster experience in local community.

Class Schedule Introduction
1) Definition and philosophy of disaster and geography.

Mechanism of disasters and coexistence of human society and natural disasters
2) Volcanic disaster.
3) Earthquake disaster.
4) Tsunami disaster.
5) Landslide disaster.
6) River flood disaster.
7) Heavy snow disaster.

Local disaster prevention and disaster culture
8) Hazard map.
9) Relationships between public assistance, mutual assistance, and self-help.
10)  Disaster culture

Resilience and the transmission of disaster experience in local community
11) Evacuation and living at shelter.
12) Reconstruction process of local community.
13) Transformation of local community after disaster.
14) Transmission of disaster experience and disaster education.

Conclusion
15) How should we cope with natural disasters in our period.

Four Reports

Text/Reference
Books,etc. No textbook used. Reference may be introduced during lecture.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Lectures will be given by using Power Point. Google Form may be used as needed.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Preparation
Students are expected to prepare for lecture by researching keywords.

Review
Students are expected to review the lecture contents after each lecture for 1 hour. This lecture course demands 4 research papers (4 hours for each paper).

Requirements None

Grading Method 1) Attitude toward class accounts for 20%.
2) Four search papers account for 80%.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other 8/5-8/7

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ASF33001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	社会フィールド研究特論Ａ
Subject Name （Katakana）	シャカイフィールドケンキュウトクロンA
Subject Name in English	Special Topics in Social Field Studies A
Instructor	YAGASAKI TAIYO
Instructor (Katakana)	ヤガサキ　タイヨウ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte：IAS K313
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)

Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	12 : Geography
Eligible Students
Keywords	Disaster risk, Local disaster prevention, Disaster culture, Resilience, Reconstruction, Disaster transmission. SDGs_11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	This lecture course is intended to understand the complex relationship between natural environment and human society from the perspective of disaster geography.
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Class Objectives Students are expected to understand complex relationship between natural disasters and human culture. They are also expected to acquire capability to assess disaster risks, to participate in local disaster prevention, to contribute to reconstructing local community, and to transmit memory of disasters. Class outline Natural disaster is a serious threat to human society. Therefore, people have tried to reduce disaster risks, and local communities were reconstructed when they were damaged by disasters. In our time, the relationship between natural disasters and human society is changing due to global warming and globalization. This lecture course poses a question “How should we cope with natural disasters.” Three themes are examined to approach this question: 1) mechanism of disasters and coexistence of human society and natural disasters, 2) local disaster prevention and disaster culture, and 3) resilience and the transmission of disaster experience in local community.
Class Schedule	Introduction 1) Definition and philosophy of disaster and geography. Mechanism of disasters and coexistence of human society and natural disasters 2) Volcanic disaster. 3) Earthquake disaster. 4) Tsunami disaster. 5) Landslide disaster. 6) River flood disaster. 7) Heavy snow disaster. Local disaster prevention and disaster culture 8) Hazard map. 9) Relationships between public assistance, mutual assistance, and self-help. 10) Disaster culture Resilience and the transmission of disaster experience in local community 11) Evacuation and living at shelter. 12) Reconstruction process of local community. 13) Transformation of local community after disaster. 14) Transmission of disaster experience and disaster education. Conclusion 15) How should we cope with natural disasters in our period. Four Reports
Text/Reference Books,etc.	No textbook used. Reference may be introduced during lecture.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Lectures will be given by using Power Point. Google Form may be used as needed.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Preparation Students are expected to prepare for lecture by researching keywords. Review Students are expected to review the lecture contents after each lecture for 1 hour. This lecture course demands 4 research papers (4 hours for each paper).
Requirements	None
Grading Method	1) Attitude toward class accounts for 20%. 2) Four search papers account for 80%.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other	8/5-8/7
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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