Course title | |||||
農村社会論 [Rural Sociology] | |||||
Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
Department | Year | 3~ | Semester | 1st | |
Course type | 1st | Course code | 01rn3051 | ||
Instructor(s) | |||||
竹本 太郎 [TAKEMOTO Taro] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address |
Course description |
Utilization and ownership of forest in rural area has been affected enormously from modernization. In this lecture we survey firstly change of using forest resources, then secondly change of managing forest from the perspective of ownership in order to find out conditions of rural restoration. |
Expected Learning |
Understand change of relation between human and nature in community under the influence of modernization. Grasp the current problems in community from the perspective of rural sociology. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/) |
Course schedule |
1st Guidance 2nd What is community ? (1) 3rd What is community ? (2) 4th Natural resource utilization and land ownership 5th What are commons ? 6th Change of forest resources in rural areas (1) What is Satoyama landscape ? 7th Change of forest resources in rural areas (2) The firewood age 8th Change of forest resources in rural areas (3) The plantation age 9th Change of forest resources in rural areas (4) The biomass age 10th Change of forest management in rural areas (1) Change of ownership 11th Change of forest management in rural areas (2) Conflict of ownership and management 12th Change of forest management in rural areas (3) Community forests 13th Change of forest management in rural areas (4) Forest owners’ cooperative 14th Change of forest management in rural areas (5) Possibility of rural restoration 15th Wrap up |
Prerequisites |
This course carries 2 credits. In addition to 30 hours you spend in the class, you are recommended to prepare for, and review, the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class, using the textbook and the reference books specified below. |
Required Text(s) and Materials |
T. Odagiri, ed. Nousanson Saisei ni Idomu. Iwanami Shoten, 2013 |
References |
T. Takemoto. Gakkorin no Kenkyu. Nousangyoson Bunka Kyokai, 2009 |
Assessment/Grading |
Three reports on the current problems in community from the perspective of rural sociology assigned in the class |
Message from instructor(s) |
Course keywords |
Rural area, community, natural resource, forest and modernization |
Office hours |
Remarks 1 |
Remarks 2 |
Related URL |
Lecture Language |
Japanese |
Language Subject |
Last update |
2/27/2021 11:55:27 AM |