ARC01901 IGS Special Topics BI

Hiroshima University Syllabus

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

Lecture Code ARC01901 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name IGS Special Topics BI （IGS特論 BI）

Subject Name
（Katakana）アイジーエストクロン BI

Subject Name in
English IGS Special Topics BI

Instructor AZIMI NASSRINE

Instructor
(Katakana) アズィミ　ナスリーヌ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Weds3-4：IAS K110

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture/discussion/group & individual presentations

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Political Science

Eligible Students 2nd to 4th-year students

Keywords Peace, communications, SDGs, United Nations

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This course would like to awaken students’ interest in the vast variety of mechanisms at our disposal to convey the compelling urgency of peace. The messengers, and message, of peace could include through environmental activism, business ventures, political action, spiritual, artistic or community work. We will look at examples of different strategies and approaches, and analyze their effectiveness in moving hearts and minds.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introductions and definitions; Why is mankind addicted to conflict?
lesson 2History of communicating peace: From the Cyrus Cylinder to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to Mahatma Gandhi
lesson3 Talking peace through Art and Architecture?  Cases of Aleppo, Syria and the masterpiece of TANGE Kenzo, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park
lesson4 Peace as seen by economic and business thinkers — Tsuru Shigeto (1912 - 2006) and the cost of militarism; and the cost of war; the Case of Patagonia
lesson5 Excelling the tools of communications — case of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
lesson6 Making the case for peace through the soil and the trees — Sadhguru’s Save Soil; Green Legacy Hiroshima’s (GLH) Initiative
lesson7 Has the information revolution made communications simpler — grappling with AI — Tools without Thought?
lesson8 Student presentation
lesson9
lesson10
lesson11
lesson12
lesson13
lesson14
lesson15

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Selected passages from Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah HARARI, Harvell Secker publishers.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

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Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review There will be debriefing of previous session at start of each class. Students are required to come with brief notes on what they learned.

Requirements

Grading Method Participation in class discussions, presentations, and a term research paper. Participation in class discussions is key and will account for a large part of grades.

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it The lecturer has had a long career at the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), designing executive training in developing countries and leading programs and offices in Geneva, New York and Hiroshima. She has also spearheaded a global campaign to share seeds of Hiroshima’s A-Bombed trees, and initiated the Emerging and Developing Economies Network (EDEN).

Message

Other

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 Global Studies
Lecture Code	ARC01901	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	IGS Special Topics BI （IGS特論 BI）
Subject Name （Katakana）	アイジーエストクロン BI
Subject Name in English	IGS Special Topics BI
Instructor	AZIMI NASSRINE
Instructor (Katakana)	アズィミ　ナスリーヌ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Weds3-4：IAS K110
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture/discussion/group & individual presentations
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Political Science
Eligible Students	2nd to 4th-year students
Keywords	Peace, communications, SDGs, United Nations
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course would like to awaken students’ interest in the vast variety of mechanisms at our disposal to convey the compelling urgency of peace. The messengers, and message, of peace could include through environmental activism, business ventures, political action, spiritual, artistic or community work. We will look at examples of different strategies and approaches, and analyze their effectiveness in moving hearts and minds.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introductions and definitions; Why is mankind addicted to conflict? lesson 2History of communicating peace: From the Cyrus Cylinder to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to Mahatma Gandhi lesson3 Talking peace through Art and Architecture? Cases of Aleppo, Syria and the masterpiece of TANGE Kenzo, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park lesson4 Peace as seen by economic and business thinkers — Tsuru Shigeto (1912 - 2006) and the cost of militarism; and the cost of war; the Case of Patagonia lesson5 Excelling the tools of communications — case of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) lesson6 Making the case for peace through the soil and the trees — Sadhguru’s Save Soil; Green Legacy Hiroshima’s (GLH) Initiative lesson7 Has the information revolution made communications simpler — grappling with AI — Tools without Thought? lesson8 Student presentation lesson9 lesson10 lesson11 lesson12 lesson13 lesson14 lesson15
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Selected passages from Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah HARARI, Harvell Secker publishers.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	There will be debriefing of previous session at start of each class. Students are required to come with brief notes on what they learned.
Requirements
Grading Method	Participation in class discussions, presentations, and a term research paper. Participation in class discussions is key and will account for a large part of grades.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	The lecturer has had a long career at the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), designing executive training in developing countries and leading programs and offices in Geneva, New York and Hiroshima. She has also spearheaded a global campaign to share seeds of Hiroshima’s A-Bombed trees, and initiated the Emerging and Developing Economies Network (EDEN).
Message
Other
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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