WMJA0501 Advanced Studies in Integrated Arts and Human Sciences B

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Lecture Code WMJA0501 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 人間総合科学特論B

Subject Name
（Katakana）ニンゲンソウゴウカガクトクロンB

Subject Name in
English Advanced Studies in Integrated Arts and Human Sciences B

Instructor To be announced.

Instructor
(Katakana) タントウキョウインミテイ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte：IAS K205

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

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

Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 14 : Cultural Studies

Eligible Students Students interested in the principles of community organization, community enrichment and information space

Keywords Local communities, constitutive principles, information space

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)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The aim of the course is for students to achieve the following.
The aim of the course is to enable students to achieve the following: - To be able to read various aspects of local communities from the metaphor of ‘settlement’ and, in the light of their own interests, to verbalise the constitutive principles of local communities that can have centripetal force in the present day and in the near future.
To be able to apply the principles of the community to the concept of social implementation from the perspective of ‘designing an information space that supports the wellbeing of people living in the community’.

Class Schedule lesson 1 Introduction: what does it mean to question wellbeing in the community?
Lesson 2: General remarks: local communities as seen through the ‘teachings of the village’.
Lesson 3: Teachings of settlements 1: nature/symbols/information.
Lesson 4: Examination of individual ideas 1.
Lesson 5: The whole and its parts.
Lesson 6: Place and homogeneous space.
Lesson 7: Function and aspect.
lesson 8: Mid-term presentation
lesson 9: Information space design 1: Principles of local community organization learned from the ‘village teachings’
Lesson 10: Information space design 2: Social implementation of information space to support local communities (case study 1)
Lesson11. Design of information space 3: Social implementation of information space supporting local communities (case study 2)
Lesson 12: Examination of individual ideas 2
Lesson13: Final presentation 1
lesson 14: Final presentation 2 - Critique etc.
lesson 15: Summary: The future of local communities and the contemporary meaning of ‘village teachings’.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Reference book: ‘100 Teachings of the Villages’ by Hara Hiroshi, Shokoku-sha.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Visual Materials, Other (see [More Details])

(More Details) PC

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Project Learning, Flip Teaching

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review (Preparation) You will probably deepen your understanding of the lecture if you have researched any one of the issues related to the ‘wellbeing of people living in local communities’ before coming to the lecture.
Also, please identify some places in the city where you live that have a particular ‘centripetal force’ and come prepared to discuss the reasons for this from multiple perspectives, including social, economic, cultural and technological perspectives.
（You will be asked to come up with an idea for a community problem that you would like to solve with the power of information. You will clarify your ideas through discussions with your supervisor and other students in each class. Come to class prepared to talk openly about your ideas.

Requirements none

Grading Method Participation in discussions (50%) and assignments (50%)

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Bring your own PC

Other Lecture Date (Planned)
9/16(tue.) 10:30-17:50
9/17(wed.) 10:30-17:50
9/18(thur.) 10:30-16:05
9/19(Fri.) 10:30-17:50

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	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
Lecture Code	WMJA0501	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	人間総合科学特論B
Subject Name （Katakana）	ニンゲンソウゴウカガクトクロンB
Subject Name in English	Advanced Studies in Integrated Arts and Human Sciences B
Instructor	To be announced.
Instructor (Katakana)	タントウキョウインミテイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte：IAS K205
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face

Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students	Students interested in the principles of community organization, community enrichment and information space
Keywords	Local communities, constitutive principles, information space
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)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The aim of the course is for students to achieve the following. The aim of the course is to enable students to achieve the following: - To be able to read various aspects of local communities from the metaphor of ‘settlement’ and, in the light of their own interests, to verbalise the constitutive principles of local communities that can have centripetal force in the present day and in the near future. To be able to apply the principles of the community to the concept of social implementation from the perspective of ‘designing an information space that supports the wellbeing of people living in the community’.
Class Schedule	lesson 1 Introduction: what does it mean to question wellbeing in the community? Lesson 2: General remarks: local communities as seen through the ‘teachings of the village’. Lesson 3: Teachings of settlements 1: nature/symbols/information. Lesson 4: Examination of individual ideas 1. Lesson 5: The whole and its parts. Lesson 6: Place and homogeneous space. Lesson 7: Function and aspect. lesson 8: Mid-term presentation lesson 9: Information space design 1: Principles of local community organization learned from the ‘village teachings’ Lesson 10: Information space design 2: Social implementation of information space to support local communities (case study 1) Lesson11. Design of information space 3: Social implementation of information space supporting local communities (case study 2) Lesson 12: Examination of individual ideas 2 Lesson13: Final presentation 1 lesson 14: Final presentation 2 - Critique etc. lesson 15: Summary: The future of local communities and the contemporary meaning of ‘village teachings’.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Reference book: ‘100 Teachings of the Villages’ by Hara Hiroshi, Shokoku-sha.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Visual Materials, Other (see [More Details])
(More Details)	PC
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Project Learning, Flip Teaching
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	(Preparation) You will probably deepen your understanding of the lecture if you have researched any one of the issues related to the ‘wellbeing of people living in local communities’ before coming to the lecture. Also, please identify some places in the city where you live that have a particular ‘centripetal force’ and come prepared to discuss the reasons for this from multiple perspectives, including social, economic, cultural and technological perspectives. （You will be asked to come up with an idea for a community problem that you would like to solve with the power of information. You will clarify your ideas through discussions with your supervisor and other students in each class. Come to class prepared to talk openly about your ideas.
Requirements	none
Grading Method	Participation in discussions (50%) and assignments (50%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Bring your own PC
Other	Lecture Date (Planned) 9/16(tue.) 10:30-17:50 9/17(wed.) 10:30-17:50 9/18(thur.) 10:30-16:05 9/19(Fri.) 10:30-17:50
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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