Education and Culture

Theme "Challenge for Community Issues"

　Every year, Shimonoseki City University opens a comprehensive education class for students to citizens. In the fall semester of 2009, lectures will be held 14 times from September 28 to January 26 under the theme of "Challenge for Community Issues". Any citizen can take the course freely, so please join us (no application required, free tuition fee).

Time:	Monday 5 hours 4:30 p.m. 　　　　(The 11th December 24 is Thursday, and the 14th January 26 is the same time on Tuesday.)
Location:	Shimonoseki City University Lecture Block B 1F 211 classrooms 　　　　(However, 111 classrooms on the first floor of Lecture Block A on November 9)
Person in charge (coordinator):	KAKU Kazunori (Associate Professor, Shimonoseki City University)

[Announcement of Supplementary Course]

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

[Objects of the lecture]

　We examine the scars that modern civilization has given to nature and traditional society, along with reports from the field. Rather than simply accusing problems, we will work together with the local community about what civilizations can be transformed based on various practices.
　Part 1 reports on what is happening in the sky, sea, and mountains in the area from changes in the ecology of creatures.
　In the second part, we will consider the sustainability and transformation of traditional culture through traditional crafts, festivals, sake, etc. How does traditional culture respond to social changes?
　In Part 3, we look at the current state of agricultural and rural areas in Japan, which are in danger. On top of that, based on various reports on the community-based community development, the involvement of universities in the local community, and the relationship between disaster prevention and the local community, the possibility of a change from the local community is explored.

[Main Class Plan (Shirabass)]

	Theme	Lecturer
1st session September 28	Introduction “The Purpose of Education: Contemporary Civilization and Local Community Issues”	KAKU Kazunori (Associate Professor, City University)
2nd session October 5	Part 1 A Charge from Nature Thinking about monkey harm	Teruo Yamado (Professor, City University)
3rd session October 19	The natural environment of Shimonoseki seen from wild birds	Tetsuji Kajihata (Chair, Representative of Shimonoseki Natural Ecosystem Support Work)
4th session November 2	" ─ Ecosystem theory, why is a forest lover of the sea?"	Sumio Kumai (Tsutsushima Nature Museum, Director)
The 5th session November 9	Part 2 Reinforcement and Development of Traditional Culture Current, past, and future of Akama Inkstone-Thinking about the succession of traditional crafts from the perspective of inkstone.― (This day is 111 classroom on the first floor of Lecture Block A.)	Nobuo Horio (Inkkuri Tsukasa)
The 6th session November 16	Tawarayama Green Tourism - Community Development through Interaction	Yoshihiko Fujinaga (Nagato City Hall, NPO Yuyu Green Tawarayama)
7th session November 30	New development of sake culture - Challenges of local breweries	Tadaomi Uchida (President, Shimonoseki Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.)
The 8th session December 7	Part 3 Rebuilding Local Communities Modern Japanese Food and Agriculture	Sadao Tokuno (Professor, Kumamoto University)
The 9th session December 14	Life and the Heart of Agriculture	Jinji Kanada (Chairman, Kikukawa-cho Rainbow Rice Research Group)
The 10th meeting December 21	Food Environment and Life	Yoshihito Itohara (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
The 11th meeting December 24 　Thursday	Creating Places for Local Communities ‐Potential of contact and lively salon	Mr. Toshihiko Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Yamaguchi Prefectural University)
The 12th meeting January 18	Disasters and Local Communities	Naotoshi Yokota (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
13th January 25	Residents' Life on urban slopes	Ryuzo Kanado (Professor, City University)
The 14th meeting January 26 　Tuesday	How people live in town, what lies between the world and me ‐Or the fictionality of the neo-liberal economy as seen from the market.	Daisuke Takekawa (Professor, Kitakyusyu City University)

[Graster evaluation, etc.]

　Citizens do not have exams or grade evaluations.

[Textbooks and reference books]

　We do not use textbooks. Reference books will be introduced as appropriate during the lecture.

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

Inquiries and applications

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