Comprehensive Liberal Arts

Theme “Challenge to Local Community Issues”

　Every year, Shimonoseki City University opens general education classes for students to citizens. In the fall semester of 2009, lectures will be held 14 times from September 28 to January 26, under the theme of "Challenge to Local Community Issues". Any citizen can attend the course freely, so please join us (no application required, no tuition fee).

Time:	5 hours Monday from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm 　　　　(The 11th December 24 is Thursday, and the 14th January 26 is Tuesday at the same time.)
Location:	211 classroom on the first floor of Lecture Block B, Shimonoseki City University 　　　　(However, on November 9th, 111 classrooms on the first floor of Lecture Block A)
Person in charge (coordinator):	KAKU Kazunori (Associate Professor, Shimonoseki City University)

[Notice of supplementary course]

Date and time:	Monday, February 1, 2010 5.
Lecturer:	Mr. Kiyoo Kumai (Director, Tsunoshima Nature Museum)
Lecture Title:	1 Ecosystem theory, why is the forest a lover of the sea?

[Aim of the lecture]

　We will verify scars that modern civilization has given to nature and traditional society along with reports from the field. Rather than simply accusing the problem, we will work together with the local community on what kind of civilization can be transformed based on various practices.
　In Part 1, we report what is happening in the sky, sea, and mountains in this area from changes in the ecology of living creatures.
　In Part 2, we consider the continuation and transformation of traditional culture through traditional crafts, festivals, sake, etc. How does traditional culture respond to changes in society?
　In Part 3, we look at the current state of agricultural and rural areas in Japan, which is currently in danger. In addition, based on reports on the ideal way of community-based community development, the involvement of universities in the local community, the relationship between disaster prevention and local communities, etc. I want to explore.

[Main class plan (syllabus)]

	Theme	Tutor
1st September 28	Introduction "The Purpose of Comprehensive Liberal Arts-Contemporary Civilization and Local Social Issues"	KAKU Kazunori (Associate Professor, City University)
2nd October 5	Part 1 Accuseation from Nature Think of monkey harm	Teruo Yamado (Professor, Municipal University)
3rd October 19	The natural environment of Shimonoseki as seen from wild birds	Tetsuji Kajihata (Representative of NPO Shimonoseki Natural Ecosystem Support Work, Chair)
4th November 2	"Theory of ecosystems, why is the forest a lover of the sea?"	Sumio Kumai (Director, Tsunoshima Nature Museum)
5th November 9	Part 2 Reinstatement and Development of Traditional Culture The present, past, and future of Akama Inkstone-Thinking about the succession of traditional crafts from the perspective of Inkstone.― (This day is the 111 classroom on the first floor of Lecture Block A.)	Nobuo Horio (Inji)
6th November 16	Tawarayama Green Tourism - Community Development through Exchange	Yoshihiko Fujinaga (Nagato City Hall, NPO Yuyu Green Tawarayama)
7th November 30	New development of sake culture-Challenge of local warehouses	Tadaomi Uchida (President, Shimonoseki Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.)
8th December 7	Part 3 Rebuilding Local Communities Modern Japanese Food and Agriculture	Sadao Tokuno (Professor, Kumamoto University)
9th December 14	The heart of agriculture and agriculture of life	Hitoshi Kanada (Chairman, Kikukawa-cho Rainbow Rice Cultivation Study Group)
10th December 21	Food Environment and Life	Yoshihito Itohara (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
11th December 24 　Thursday	Creating a place to stay in the local community ‐Possibilities of contact and lively salons	Toshihiko Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Yamaguchi Prefectural University)
12th January 18	Disasters and local communities	Naotoshi Yokota (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
13th January 25	Residents' Life on Urban Slope	Ryuzo Kanado (Professor, Municipal University)
14th January 26 　Tuesday	How people live in town, what is between the world and me? ‐Or the fiction of the neo-liberal economy as seen from the Hudband market	Daisuke Takekawa (Professor, Kitakyusyu City University)

[School Evaluation, etc.]

　Citizens do not have exams or grade evaluations.

[Textbooks and Reference Books]

　Textbooks are not used. Reference books will be introduced as appropriate during the lecture.

We look forward to your participation. The date and time of the lecture and the theme are subject to change. For the latest information, please refer to the Regional Co-creation Center page.

Inquiries and applications

Executive Office Academic Affairs Group, Shimonoseki City University
TEL. 083-254-8613 / FAX. 083-253-1622