Course title | |||||
地域社会調査法 [Method of Eco-social Investigation] | |||||
Course category | Requirement | Credit | 1 | ||
Department | Year | 2~ | Semester | 1st | |
Course type | 1st | Course code | 01rn2019 | ||
Instructor(s) | |||||
朝岡 幸彦, 竹本 太郎, 榎本 弘行, 澤 佳成, 大倉 茂, 林 丈雄 [ASAOKA Yukihiko, TAKEMOTO Taro, ENOMOTO Hiroyuki, SAWA Yoshinari, OHKURA Shigeru, HAYASHI Takeo] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address |
Course description |
Generally, creating a sustainable society is required to get a resident and community sustainable. Due to the rapid development and depopulation or congestion, a lot of communities are losing the function to cooperate as a community. This course will require participants to learn research methods in sociology (qualitative research method and participation observation) to capture the elements to realize the sustainable community. ①Understand the basics of community research(institutional research・interview research・participation observation・workshop) ②Understand the basic points of the research site. |
Expected Learning |
To obtain a fundamental method of social research through community survey such as an on-the-spot investigation, interview, participant observation and workshop in Toyamago region (Toyamago consist from two regions which are Kamimura and Minamishinano) in Iida-city, Nagano prefecture. Also, course participants will learn how the residents and government of Iida city work on their region’s problems by conducting research. |
Course schedule |
(1) Prologue 1. Guidance: What do we learn from a social research? ( ASAOKA, ENOMOTO, SAWA, TAKEMOTO,HAYASHI) (2) Method of a social survey 2. How to do a social survey (2) Method of qualitative research, including interview method (ASAOKA) 3. How to do a social survey (3) Method of research in rural districts (TAKEMOTO) 4. How to do a social survey (4) techniques for interviewing (SAWA) 5. How to do a social survey (5) Method of work-shop (HAYASHI) (3) Introduction of Iida city, Nagano prefecture 6.Rural community development in Toyamago region(Iida City employee, Director of Kamimura and Minamishinano community center) (May 8th ). 7.Community development in Iida city (Iida City employee) |
Prerequisites |
Practice on Eco-social Investigation |
Required Text(s) and Materials |
MAKINO, M, “Entaku no chiiki syugi(円卓の地域主義)”, (2016, Jigyo kousou daigakuin syuppanbu) |
References |
“Field Worker’s Handbook” (2011, Nihonbunkajinruigakkai kanshu) S.B.Merriam “ Shitsuteki chosa nyumon” (2004, Mineruvashoten) Shinichi Wada, Nakata Toyokazu,”Hattentojyokoku no hitobito no hanashikata” (2010, Mizunowashuppan) Others will be introduced in class. |
Assessment/Grading |
Written report and contribution of a lecture |
Message from instructor(s) |
Let’s enjoy to learn through a practice with residents in Iida city. |
Course keywords |
Social research, Community, Promotion of a project in rural districts, qualitative research, participants observation |
Office hours |
Upon request (contact each faculty by email for appointment) |
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Lecture Language |
Japanese |
Language Subject |
Last update |
2/12/2021 4:53:25 PM |