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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.

我が国の平均寿命はほぼ世界最長、乳幼児死亡率はほぼ世界最低である等、我が国の社会保障制度が優れているという指標は枚挙にいとまがない。本講義では、この我が国の社会保障制度の特徴、その長所と短所、我が国から得られる教訓等について、制度の背景となる社会事情も含めて理解を深めるとともに、他国において社会保障制度を構築し、あるいは他国における社会保障制度をより改善する際に有用な知識や手法を身につけることを目指す。講義においては我が国の個々の制度（医療、介護、年金、労働保険、生活保護等）を取り上げるとともに、学生に諸外国（たとえば留学生の出身国等。これに限らない。）の社会保障制度について短い中間レポート（受講者に公開される）を書いてもらうこととする（これにより受講者は他国の制度について、また日本制度との違いについても併せて理解することができ、また我が国の制度（特に医療制度）が「特殊過ぎて直接は他国に応用できない」という点を補えるというメリットがある）。GIGAプログラムの一環として英語で授業を行う。

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