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   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
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
1/31/2022 11:12:35 PM