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In this seminar, we will learn about the latest advances in music science by reading and discussing a different recent original research article every week. Half of the articles will be ones published by other labs, while half will be manuscripts published or near publication by our own CompMusic and NeuroMusic labs. Students will help Prof. Savage and Prof. Fujii choose articles and will take turn leading discussion of articles. Several times we will invite authors of the articles to give evening guest lectures. At the end of the semester all students will present their own original research projects.

In the emerging era of the "creative society," creativity stands as the key attribute. We at Iba Lab are committed to exploring and defining 'creative literacy' — a forward-thinking take on literacy that goes beyond reading and writing to foster creation for realizing a better future, and we will continue to dedicate our efforts towards this endeavor. Our focus spans three exciting areas: manga, generative AI, and pattern languages.

Starting from the 2024 academic year, we are committed to conducting our research meetings in English. While not all faculty and student members are proficient in English, this initiative aims to welcome members who do not speak Japanese and foster inclusive activities. This approach also serves to improve our English communication skills through regular practice. Projects will vary in their language use: some in English, others in both Japanese and English, and some only in Japanese. For detailed information, we encourage you to review the project descriptions.

See the syllabus with visual materials at https://note.com/iba/n/n86564841dded

We will hold the Iba Lab information session on January 18 during the 6th period in classroom i11.
Note that the entry deadline is January 23rd.

The Subculture Factory research group will attempt to create its own entirely original subculture from
the ground up. Using a hodgepodge of obscure films, music, writings, and artwork for inspiration and
direction, we will embrace the absurdity of this endeavor and revel in the freedom of thought and
expression that the unlikeliness of immediate renown allots us. Though we will suspect that such
breakthroughs cannot be forced, through the insistence of the instructor we will doggedly manufacture
our shared identity, distinctive meanings, and resistance to “conventional” society. At every turn, we
will ask ourselves, “What would Damo Suzuki do?” In moments of advanced indecision, we will
consult Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies advice cards. Our forever incomplete,
always expanding, list of heroes will include: Björk, David Lynch, Naoko Yamano, Rob Halford, and
Thundercat. We use the word “factory” in honor of Andy Warhol and the scene that gave birth to the
Velvet Underground, who we believe to be the most important rock band in history. The Subculture
Factory research group hopes to attract artists, musicians, writers, performers, visionaries, enthusiasts
of any kind, and misfits. Our core belief is that destined creative interactions and cross-pollinations
lead to works of staggering beauty.

Classes are built around students presenting research related to subcultural writings, movies, music,
and artwork. The students will present their findings and interactions with this material as research.
They will not simply be describing these works, but developing interpretations while connecting the
work to subcultural theories or sociological concepts. Each class will include students presenting their
research while their classmates give feedback, and the instructor gives detailed guidance. We will focus
on nine subcultures (art scenes, music scenes, creative movements, etc.), before the seminar shifts to
a workshop style Subculture Factory for the last four classes.

The Subculture Factory research group will attempt to create its own entirely original subculture from
the ground up. Using a hodgepodge of obscure films, music, writings, and artwork for inspiration and
direction, we will embrace the absurdity of this endeavor and revel in the freedom of thought and
expression that the unlikeliness of immediate renown allots us. Though we will suspect that such
breakthroughs cannot be forced, through the insistence of the instructor we will doggedly manufacture
our shared identity, distinctive meanings, and resistance to “conventional” society. At every turn, we
will ask ourselves, “What would Damo Suzuki do?” In moments of advanced indecision, we will
consult Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies advice cards. Our forever incomplete,
always expanding, list of heroes will include: Björk, David Lynch, Naoko Yamano, Rob Halford, and
Thundercat. We use the word “factory” in honor of Andy Warhol and the scene that gave birth to the
Velvet Underground, who we believe to be the most important rock band in history. The Subculture
Factory research group hopes to attract artists, musicians, writers, performers, visionaries, enthusiasts
of any kind, and misfits. Our core belief is that destined creative interactions and cross-pollinations
lead to works of staggering beauty.

Classes are built around students presenting research related to subcultural writings, movies, music,
and artwork. The students will present their findings and interactions with this material as research.
They will not simply be describing these works, but developing interpretations while connecting the
work to subcultural theories or sociological concepts. Each class will include students presenting their
research while their classmates give feedback, and the instructor gives detailed guidance. We will focus
on nine subcultures (art scenes, music scenes, creative movements, etc.), before the seminar shifts to
a workshop style Subculture Factory for the last four classes.

We, Iba Lab, conduct practical academic research on new approaches in order to contribute toward a future where people can live more lively, by creating new ideas, concepts, methods, and media. Our vision is the creative society where people can live their life more naturally, creatively, and delightfully. Our mission is to Inquire about principles hidden in practices with great quality and support practices of people based on the discoveries.

In addition to the B1 (Foundation), the foundation of the Iba Lab, many students gather on Wednesday afternoons (3rd–6th periods) for the Iba Lab B2 Project to practice their research projects (the official timetable shows Wednesday 6th period, but those who participate in the B2 project should not have classes or other schedules from 3rd period to the evening). We will all hold a “loaf of time” together to fully immerse ourselves in the project activities.

From the Spring semester of 2023, Iba Lab is offered as two Type-B research group, “Kenkyukai,” that will be linked together. Therefore, please read both this B2 syllabus and the B1 syllabus “Natural & Creative Living Lab: Studies on Creative Practice for Supporting Natural and Creative Living” to understand the entire picture.

The purpose of Iba Lab is “To contribute toward a future where people can live more lively, by creating new ideas, concepts, methods, and media through academic research on new approaches.” We conduct academic research using new ideas that are unrestricted by the boundaries of existing academic disciplines or common sense. In addition, we develop new ideas, concepts, methods, and media that will solve current problems and improve the future. We will work with diverse actors to disseminate the results of our research and contribute to the realization of a future in which people can live more lively.

The vision of Iba Lab is “The creative society where people can live their life more naturally, creatively, and delightfully.” Prof. Iba has been advocating that the changes over the past 100 years should be viewed in terms of a “Consumer Society,” an “Information Society,” and a “creative society.” In the consumer society, people considered the purchase and enjoyment of goods and services, such as home appliances, and cars, to be essential to the richness of their lives. With the advent of the information society, the center of gravity of interest has shifted to communication, and good communication and relationships now symbolize the “richness” of life and living. Furthermore, in a creative society (partially underway today), people are creating their own things, ideas, methods, systems, societies, and ways of being and living, and the degree to which they are involved in “creating” for themselves is considered to be the “richness” of their lives and livelihoods.

Prof. Iba proposes the era of “creation” to be a future where people live more in harmony with nature and each person lives naturally like a human being, rather than within an artificial future encumbered by technology. At the Iba Lab, we aim for such a future of “Natural and Creative Living,” and are engaged in practical academic research to support the realization of a life that is a combination of “Natural,” “Creative,” and “Delightful.”

The Mission of Iba Lab is “To Inquire about principles hidden in practices with great quality and support practices of people based on the discoveries.”

How can we achieve “living naturally and creatively”? We must consider each area of practice in our daily lives and social activities. Therefore, the Iba Lab is engaged in academic research to clarify the reality of “Natural and Creative Living” in each practice, such as learning, work, child-rearing, caregiving, and life planning, and expressing it in the form of “pattern language” for supporting people who want to practice it.

At Iba Lab, we are predominantly engaged in creating pattern language as a way to support creative practice; however, we also conduct research on creating workshops, new methods and tools, and creative communities.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue. Given the research topic and progress, students will learn public administration thoeries and research methodologies.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar will attend a policy comeptition organized by the Japanese Public Policy Studies Association. The competition will be held in Ueda city, Nagano Prefecture, this year. To win this competition, English and Japanse seminars will work together to present our policy idea.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will learn what cutting-edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the students who conducted the fieldwork during the summer will write a proposal for the policy competition organized by Wakayama Prefecture. The seminar will also implement a research camp in Yamanashi, Niigata, or Gunma where the population is declining.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue. Given the research topic and progress, students will learn public administration thoeries and research methodologies.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar will present a policy proposal drawn from the fieldwork at the policy comeptition organized by the Japanese Cabinet Office. To win this competition, English and Japanse seminars will work together to present our policy idea.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as generative AI based businesses) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future.

In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future.

To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics.

There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects,

Intend to offer the class on-campus. Occasional teaching on-demand or real time on-line conceivable.

A few new students will be admitted for the Spring 2024 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business or in Network Industries will be given preferential consideration.

Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

Please also know that the instructor is retiring from Keio at the end of March, 2025 and will not be able to take care of GP1 and GP2 after that.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as generative AI based businesses) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future.

In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future.

To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics.

There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects,

Intend to offer the class on-campus. Occasional teaching on-demand or real time on-line conceivable.

A few new students will be admitted for the Spring 2024 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business or in Network Industries will be given preferential consideration.

Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

Please also know that the instructor is retiring from Keio at the end of March, 2025 and will not be able to take care of GP1 and GP2 after that.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will learn what cutting-edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the students who conducted the fieldwork during the summer will write a proposal for the policy competition organized by the Public Policy Studies Association Japan. The seminar will also implement a research camp in Yamanashi, Niigata, or Gunma where the population has declined.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as generative AI based businesses) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future.

In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future.

To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics.

There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects, and Brison, Stuart (スチュアート・ブライソン）(2020), "Introduction to Accounting in English （英語で学ぶ会計入門）," Chuo Keizai（中央経済）

Intend to offer the class on-campus. Occasional teaching on-demand or real time on-line conceivable.

A few new students will be admitted for the Fall 2023 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business or in Network Industries will be given preferential consideration.

Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

Please also know that the instructor is retiring from Keio at the end of March, 2025 and will not be able to take care of GP1 and GP2 after that.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as sharing services and trust based business models) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future.

In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future.

To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics.

There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects. and Brison, Stuart (スチュアート・ブライソン）(2020), "Introduction to Accounting in English （英語で学ぶ会計入門）," Chuo Keizai（中央経済）.
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Intend to offer the class on-campus while making sure students can participate all classes on-line (live) as well. Occasional teaching on-demand conceivable for various reasons.

A few new students will be admitted for the Spring 2023 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business will be given preferential consideration.

Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will first learn what cutting-edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue under the supervision of the instructor.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar engages in Fujisawa City Promotion Project in which the instructor serves as a committee member. It will also implement observations in Yamanashi, Niigata, or Aomori where the population declines.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will first learn what cutting-edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue under the supervision of the instructor.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar engages in Fujisawa City Promotion Project in which the instructor serves as a committee member. It will also implement observations in Yamanashi, Niigata, or Aomori where the population declines.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as sharing services and trust based business models) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future.

In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future.

To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics.

There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects. and Brison, Stuart (スチュアート・ブライソン）(2020), "Introduction to Accounting in English （英語で学ぶ会計入門）," Chuo Keizai（中央経済）.
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Intend to offer the class on-campus while making sure students can participate all classes on-line (live) as well. Occasional teaching on-demand conceivable when the instructor has to be away for Vice President duties.

A few new students will be admitted for the Fall 2022 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business will be given preferential consideration.

Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as sharing services and trust based business models) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future.

In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future.

To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics.

There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects. and Brison, Stuart (スチュアート・ブライソン）(2020), "Introduction to Accounting in English （英語で学ぶ会計入門）," Chuo Keizai（中央経済）.
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Intend to offer the class on-campus while making sure students can participate all classes on-line (live) as well. Occasional teaching on-demand conceivable when the instructor has to be away for Vice President duties.

A few new students will be admitted for the Spring 2022 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business will be given preferential consideration.

Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

Este seminario presenta los principales conceptos del bilingüismo y la lengua de herencia como un fenómeno individual y social. En este contexto nos enfocaremos en el análisis del idioma español / castellano como lengua de herencia. Los estudiantes profundizarán sobre la educación bilingüe y analizarán los problemas lingüísticos de las minorías étnicas en diferentes sociedades en las Américas y Japón.

Este seminario presenta los principales conceptos de la educación bilingüe, así como los tipos, factores y variables. Analizaremos las políticas y prácticas educativas de la educación bilingüe.
Los estudiantes profundizarán sobre la educación bilingüe y analizarán las políticas y prácticas que fomentan el mantenimiento y revitalización de las lenguas de herencia en las comunidades étnicas.

Este seminario presenta los principales conceptos del bilingüismo y la lengua de herencia como un fenómeno individual y social. En este contexto nos enfocaremos en el análisis del idioma español / castellano como lengua de herencia. Los estudiantes profundizarán sobre la educación bilingüe y analizarán los problemas lingüísticos de las minorías étnicas en diferentes sociedades en las Américas y Japón.

Although Aynu peoples are officially recognised as indigenous peoples of Japan, there are still few academic spaces where students can research on the Aynu language and culture. In this seminar, we learn the Aynu language, realise field visits to Hokkaido, and learn from (and engage in) the efforts to revitalise the language, and delve in to the world of Aynu culture through their oral narratives. All students participating in this research seminar will learn the language, but their personal research projects can span other topics. We welcome students interested in fieldwork-based social science and humanities, language revitalisation, and literary studies.

SFC kotan: Aynu Language and Aynu Oral Literature
We will learn and practice the Aynu language and Aynu oral literature, and explore the anthropological thinking (cultural anthropology, social anthropology, linguistic anthropology) behind these topics. Students can freely develop their individual research themes and topics, and those researching the Aynu language and Aynu oral literature will receive strategic support from this research laboratory.

We will learn and practice the Aynu language and Aynu oral literature, and explore the anthropological thinking (cultural anthropology, social anthropology, linguistic anthropology) behind these topics. Students can freely develop their individual research themes and topics, and those researching the Aynu language and Aynu oral literature will receive strategic support from this research laboratory.

This is a seminar on American politics and foreign policy. The focus is on current affairs. Students are to choose their own research topic and conduct their own independent research.