Course title
環境文化史   [Cultural History of Environment]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 2  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01RN2228
Instructor(s)
高橋 美貴   [TAKAHASHI Yoshitaka]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
[This class will be discussed in Japanese.]The purpose of this lecture is to consider the Environmental history in the case of Japanese traditional society. This lecture will approach that purpose by paying particular attention to the historical landscapes, the lifestyle cultures, the livelihood cultures and so on, which were formed between the people and nature. The era focused on in this lecture is the period from early modern to modern times (from 17th to the early 20th) in Japan. In addition, the historical changes in the urban landscape in Japan will be also focused on in this lecture.
Expected Learning
To obtain the knowledge about the characteristics of the traditional civilization that existed in Japan before industrialized civilization appeared, and the disappearing process of the traditional civilization from a view point of environmental cultural history.
Course schedule
Ⅰ. Introduction - the traditional rural, family system and village in Japan -
Ⅱ.The cultural history of “Satoyama”
1.The cultural history of “Heichirin” (flatland forest)
2.The cultural history of “Karishikirin” (farm forest)
3.The cultural history of “Kusayama” (grass-covered plain for farming)
4.The cultural history of “Kusayama” and the traditional civilization of Japan
Ⅲ.The cultural history of manure and human waste
1. The transportation of human waste -from urban area to rural area-
2.The cultural history of excretion and lavatories
3.The modern history of human waste
Ⅳ.The lower class and recycling system of the traditional urban society
Ⅴ.The cultural history of townscapes
1.The appearance and landscape of the modern city of Tokyo
- as a case of “Yamanote” (the hilly sections of Tokyo)-
2.The townscape and the urban culture in modern Japan
- as a case of the “Shitamachi” (the commercial district of Tokyo) ?
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
To be announced in the lecture. Prints to be distributed in the class.
References
To be announced in the lecture.
Assessment/Grading
The grade will be calculated by a report (approximately 80%) and “the opinion cards” (approximately 20%). “the opinion card” is a card which the students should submit answering the lecturer’s questions in every class. The lecturer will select interesting cards among them and introduce them in the next class. If student’s “opinion card” is adopted, the submitters can receive added points.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Lifestyle culture and livelihood culture, “Satoyama” ( forest or grassy fields near the human habitation used to maintain the traditional agriculture and live), the traditional civilization in Japan, Japan’s rapid economic growth in the post-war era, the changes of urban landscapes and culture
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/20/2018 1:47:53 PM