AQS00701 Rural Revitalization

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code AQS00701 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name Rural Revitalization (地域活性化)

Subject Name
（Katakana）チイキカッセイカ

Subject Name in
English Rural Revitalization

Instructor ZOLLET SIMONA

Instructor
(Katakana) ゾレット　シモーナ

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

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Thur3-4：IAS K306

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Discussion, presentation

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 13 : Area Studies

Eligible Students

Keywords Rural revitalization, rural areas, rural sociology, rural revitalization, entrepreneurship, agriculture, tourism, sustainability, sustainable development, SDG-03, SDG-05, SDG-08, SDG-10, SDG-11, SDG-15, SDG-17

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Multidisciplinary subjects
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 specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them.

Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the
mutual relations and their importance among individual
academic disciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to specify necessary theories and methods for the consideration of important issues.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Critically understanding rural decline, rural revitalization, and their related phenomena as well as current status in different countries and regions. Explaining and applying theories about regional revitalization and sustainable tourism. Providing feasible suggestions on regional problems.

Class Schedule lesson1 Guidance; historical background on rural decline
lesson2 Theories for regional revitalization
lesson3 Rural revitalization policies and practices in Japan
lesson4 Culture, Identity, and Community: the role of heritage in rural revitalization
lesson5 Rural revitalization, in-migrants, and entrepreneurship
lesson6 Regional revitalization and tourism; art and creative tourism in rural areas
lesson7 Rural revitalization, the environment and sustainability; sustainable agriculture
lesson8 Group presentation: Providing possible solutions on a specific regional case study

please note that the order of the lectures might be different than the one in the syllabus

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Readings will be announced in class

PC or AV used in
Class,etc.

(More Details) PC-necessary

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Be ready to discuss in class and bring your creativity!

Requirements

Grading Method Active participation in class (30%), group work (30%), reports and presentations (40%)

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Bring your laptop to class

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	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	AQS00701	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Rural Revitalization (地域活性化)
Subject Name （Katakana）	チイキカッセイカ
Subject Name in English	Rural Revitalization
Instructor	ZOLLET SIMONA
Instructor (Katakana)	ゾレット　シモーナ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Thur3-4：IAS K306
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Discussion, presentation
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	13 : Area Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords	Rural revitalization, rural areas, rural sociology, rural revitalization, entrepreneurship, agriculture, tourism, sustainability, sustainable development, SDG-03, SDG-05, SDG-08, SDG-10, SDG-11, SDG-15, SDG-17
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Multidisciplinary subjects
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 specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them. Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic disciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability to specify necessary theories and methods for the consideration of important issues. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Critically understanding rural decline, rural revitalization, and their related phenomena as well as current status in different countries and regions. Explaining and applying theories about regional revitalization and sustainable tourism. Providing feasible suggestions on regional problems.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Guidance; historical background on rural decline lesson2 Theories for regional revitalization lesson3 Rural revitalization policies and practices in Japan lesson4 Culture, Identity, and Community: the role of heritage in rural revitalization lesson5 Rural revitalization, in-migrants, and entrepreneurship lesson6 Regional revitalization and tourism; art and creative tourism in rural areas lesson7 Rural revitalization, the environment and sustainability; sustainable agriculture lesson8 Group presentation: Providing possible solutions on a specific regional case study please note that the order of the lectures might be different than the one in the syllabus
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Readings will be announced in class
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	PC-necessary
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Be ready to discuss in class and bring your creativity!
Requirements
Grading Method	Active participation in class (30%), group work (30%), reports and presentations (40%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Bring your laptop to class
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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