These days, economic globalization and competitive mechanism, which is unique for a market economy, influence local communities and sometimes results in losing the basic infrastructure of human cooperation.
Their regeneration is an urgent issue that civil society should focus on. Particularly in Japan, where decentralization is ongoing, the activities and movements by local people's initiative participations for cultural creation and actualization of local potential with governments and enterprises are more expected.
How can museums, which are intellectual and creative public goods, contribute to public creation in Japan where many kinds of “public to private” movements are still developing? This class will explore the vision and possibilities of museum literacies with students.