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It is common to all societies that the family is the basic unit of society, but its form and the role of each member vary greatly according to history and culture. In Japan, the situation surrounding the family is currently undergoing remarkable change and diversification. In this class, we will focus on the family in contemporary Japan to understand the dynamics of society from a variety of angles, including history, law, labour and welfare, and to consider the future of the family.

The class will be basically conducted in a lecture style, but students are also asked to join the group work to analyze the data relating the theme of this class. It is desirable to be active in the class.

This course aims to learn about the psychoanalysis discovered by Sigmund Freud. Essentially, psychoanalysis is a clinical practice, but it is also a modern thought and science. Psychoanalysis, which assumes an unconscious area in the human mind, is useful in understanding human beings. I would like to invite you to psychoanalysis through this lecture.

With the trend of mobile computing and ubiquitous computing since the end of the 20th century for the wellbeing of people and groups, computers have become faster, larger, smaller, and more wireless, and have widely penetrated into our daily lives. In this research, we are constantly looking into the future, more than 10 years into the future, to define the mental, physical, and social wellbeing of our lives (in both physical and cyber space) in the future, and to research and develop ICT/AI and other technologies to realize it.

Since the end of the 20th century, the trend of mobile computing and ubiquitous computing has led to faster, larger, smaller, and more wireless computers, which have become widely used in our daily lives by optimizing them for each individual. However, the explosive amount of information produced by ICT/AI systems, for example, can lead to information overload in our daily lives, and the provision of individually optimized information (e.g., AI-based personal optimization of news articles provided on social networking sites) can distort the information we come into contact with and affect our thinking. It is also true that there are many problems created by the current architecture of typical information systems, such as the fragmentation of communities.
In this research, we will conduct research and development on a new information system architecture that is different from the typical individual-oriented architecture of "sensing personal big data, analyzing big data, and providing information optimized for the individual," always looking more than 10 years into the future.

Design has changed and expanded its role over time. The role of esthetics, giving form and colour. The role of process improvement, such as research, prototyping and communication. The role of strategy, business model building and vision definition. ......

These changes and expansions of roles have generally been developed as techniques by design professionals. On the other hand, as some people say "design is too important to be kept only for designers", nowadays design has also started to be used as a tool open to the general public and applied to creating and improving government services, social movements and the construction of autonomous ecosystems.

Until now, design has mainly played a problem-solving role in order to create what society needs. But can't design be used to create small things that have meaning for an individual, even if they are not necessarily needed by society at the moment?

We are all born with much creativity. However, as we grow up, many of us put invisible shackles on it, thinking that it is a talent of a few. What can design do to help us break these shackles and reclaim our inherit ability?

Context design is an approach to design that focuses on "narratives" or "weak contexts" of individuals and their interpretations. It allows each individual who comes into contact with the design to create his or her own "story". In other words, it is a creative activity and a method of "weaving together" in which the writer intends for the reader's independent involvement and multiple interpretations to emerge. The result is a creative activity in which the writer intends for the reader to become a writer and the consumer to become an expressionist.

庄内平野には美しい農村⾵景が広がり、⽇本海の磯浜・砂浜、雪深い出⽻⼭地、各所に湧き出る温泉など変化に富んだ⾃然環境に囲まれ、酒、⼭菜、海産物などの⼀次産品は、多彩で⾼度な質を備えた⾷⽂化を⽣み出しています。 また、鶴岡市街地は城下町の都市構造を現代に残し、明治の洋⾵建築物はじめ数多くの歴史的な遺産が残されています。学問、⽂学などを尊ぶ江⼾時代以来の城下町⽂化を中⼼に、出⽻三⼭・⽻⿊修験などの⼭岳信仰、⿊川能などの⺠俗⽂化、農⼭漁村⽂化など、多様で重層的な⽂化構造を鶴岡に⾒ることができます。 本授業では、このような鶴岡市と庄内地域の恵まれた環境を素材に、⾃然に育まれた⽂化の楽しみ⽅を、体験を通して学びながら、理想的な⽣活環境のあり⽅と⽣き⽅を考えます。

Telecommunications networks in particular the Internet are becoming more and more necessary and indispensable for social and economic activities in the era of digitalization.

Taking advantage of the teacher's experiences of policy practices in the Japanese government (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - MIC) and the OECD secretariats, this course provides overview and case studies of Japanese telecommunications policy in the areas of infrastructure development, competition enhancement, consumer protection and international communications, etc., with focusing on each policy's backgrounds, purposes and further challenges.

In order to fully understand policy backgrounds and make policy discussion meaningful, the first section of the course will be dedicated to learning and discussing necessity of policy intervention, with introduction of related basic economics concepts.

Note: In this course "policy" also means regulation unless otherwise indicated.

Japan is currently facing the problem of a shrinking society characterised by the low birthrate, the ageing, the declining population and the change of household structures. The new challenges arising from the climate change cannot be also overlooked. In this lecture, we will focus on Germany, which faces similar challenges to Japan. In contrast to the UK and France, where there was a concentration of urbanisation in London and Paris, the urbanisation has been progressed in Germany by maintaining a polycentric structure, and the cities are now developing an urban planning programme in collaboration with the federal and state governments in order to ensure the future development potential of the city. The aim of this lecture is to clarify the characteristics of German cities using this programme as a guide, and to gain implications for regional revitalisation in Japan.

Arabic skills course aims at further development of knowledge learned in intensive course and establishment of practical Arabic skills. Every semester, Skill 1 to Skill 4 are offered. Please note that contents and levels of each class are different. This course can be taken repeatedly. This class is Skill 1. It is designed to improve reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills in a well-balanced manner, using texts that provide information about Arab society and culture. It is recommended that students take Skill 2 at the same time.
*Different materials are used in the spring and fall semesters. After completing two terms of Skill 1, students are encouraged to move on to Skill 3.

Wie denken junge Deutsche? Was koennen wir ihnen ueber die japanische Gesellschaft mitteilen? Was moechten wir ueber Deutschland wissen?
In diesem Seminar sprechen wir ueber gesellschaftliche Trends in Japan und Deutschland, wie immer gemeinsam mit einer Partnergruppe an der Martin Luther-Universitaet in Halle. In "gemischten" Kleingruppen (SFC-Halle) werden per Video-Chat Themen zur Praesentation vorbereitet. Bei der Aufbereitung der Themen werden wir die Instrumente Medienanalyse, Umfragen und Interviews nutzen. Die Ergebnisse werden dann im Plenum besprochen und bei jeder Videokonferenz vorgestellt.
Arbeitssprachen sind Deutsch und Japanisch.

This lecture examines risk management as a management decision-making process from the "Shougo-seisaku-gaku". Traditional risk management focused on planning and reducing vulnerabilities. However, in the era of VUCA, is it appropriate to predict, plan, and reduce vulnerabilities?　This lecture is to start with this question. Therefore, I will not be lecturing on so-called "how to's" such as how to avoid risks wisely. This lecture is not based on pragmatism in the United States, so please do not misunderstand this point.