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)
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
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2/12/2021 4:53:25 PM