Comprehensive education

Theme: Challenge to Local Communities

　Every year, Shimonoseki City University offers comprehensive education classes for students to citizens. In the fall semester of 2009, lectures will be given 14 times from September 28 to January 26 under the theme of "Challenge for Local Communities". Anyone of the citizens can take the course freely, so please join us (no application required, no tuition fee).

Time:	Monday 5:00 pm 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm 　　　　(The 11th December 24 is Thursday, and the 14th January 26 is Tuesday at the same time.)
Location:	Shimonoseki City University Lecture Block B 1F 211 classroom 　　　　(However, on November 9th, 111 classrooms on the 1st floor of Lecture Block A)
Person in charge (Coordinator):	KAKU Kazunori (Associate Professor, Shimonoseki City University)

[Notice of supplementary lecture]

Date and time:	5 hours on Monday, February 1, 2010
Lecturer:	Mr. Kiyoo Kumai (Director, Tsunoshima Nature Museum)
Title of Lecture:	Ecosystem theory: Why is the forest a lover of the sea?

[The aim of the lecture]

　We will examine the scars that modern civilization has given to nature and traditional societies along with reports from the field. Rather than merely accusing the problem, we will consider together with the local community what kind of civilization is possible based on various practices.
　In Part 1, we report what is happening in the sky, sea, and mountains in the region from changes in the ecology of living creatures.
　In Part 2, we will consider the sustainability and transformation of traditional culture through traditional crafts, festivals, sake, etc. How does traditional culture respond to changes in society?
　In Part 3, we look at the current situation of agricultural and rural areas in Japan, which is in danger. In addition, based on various reports such as the way of community development led by residents, the involvement of universities in local communities, and the relationship between disaster prevention and local communities, we will explore the possibility of transition from local communities. I want to go.

[Main lesson plan (syllabus)]

	Theme	Lecturer
The 1st September 28	Introduction "The Purpose of Comprehensive Culture: Modern Civilization and Local Communities"	KAKU Kazunori (Associate Professor, City University)
The 2nd October 5	Part 1 Accusations from Nature Think about monkey harm	Teruo Yamado (Professor, City University)
The 3rd October 19	Natural environment of Shimonoseki seen from wild birds	Tetsuji Kajihata (Chair, Representative of the NPO Shimonoseki Natural Ecosystem Support Work)
The 4th November 2	“Ecosystem theory, why is the forest a lover of the sea?”	Sumio Kumai (Director of Tsunoshima Nature Museum)
The 5th November 9	Part 2: Restoration and Development of Traditional Culture The present, past, and future of Akama inkstones: Thinking of the succession of traditional crafts from the perspective of Inkstoneji― (This day is 111 classroom on the 1st floor of Lecture Block A)	Nobuo Horio (Inkstoneji)
The 6th November 16	Tawarayama Green Tourism - Community Development through Exchange	Yoshihiko Fujinaga (Nagato City Hall, NPO Yuyu Green Tawarayama)
The 7th November 30	New development of sake culture - Challenges of local brewery	Tadaomi Uchida (President of Shimonoseki Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.)
The 8th December 7	Part 3: Rebuilding the Community Modern Japanese Food and Agriculture	Sadao Tokuno (Professor, Kumamoto University)
The 9th December 14	The Mind of Agriculture and Farming of Life	Jinji Kanada (Chairman of Kikukawa Town Rainbow Rice Cultivation Study Group)
The 10th December 21	Food environment and life	Yoshihito Itohara (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
The 11th December 24 　Thursday	Creating Places in Local Communities ‐Possibility of contact and lively salons	Toshihiko Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Yamaguchi Prefectural University)
The 12th January 18	Disasters and Local Communities	Naotoshi Yokota (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
The 13th January 25	Residents' lives on urban slopes	Ryuzo Kanado (Professor, City University)
The 14th January 26 　Tuesday	How people live in a city, what is between the world and me? ‐Or the fictional nature of the neoliberal economy as seen from the tangent market	Daisuke Takekawa (Professor, Kitakyusyu City University)

[Estimation of grades]

　Citizens do not have exams or grade ratings.

[Textbooks and Reference Books]

　I will not use textbooks. Reference books will be introduced as needed during the lecture.

We look forward to your participation. The date and time of the lecture and the theme are subject to change. For the latest information, please refer to the page of the Regional Co-creation Center.

For inquiries and applications

Executive Office Academic Affairs Group, Shimonoseki City University
TEL. 083-254-8613 / FAX. 083-253-1622