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SEMINAR LIST Seminar Introduction - Cultural Basics Seminar (Required for 2nd year students)

Without permission Aoyama Gakuin Campus Planning Office
Faculty: Taiki Amanouchi

The goal is to compile a booklet of new/improvement proposals for any scale of object, from an original university product at hand to the entire area surrounding the university. In the process, participants will experience techniques for sharing ideas in a team and reaching a consensus toward a common goal, techniques for researching literature on the multiple contexts surrounding the target and sharing knowledge (including reading), techniques for conducting field research in various locations to enhance proposals, techniques for providing evidence and persuasiveness to proposals through proposals, booklets, writing and layouts, and will improve the resolution of their observations of objects from their hands to urban spaces and their verbal expression.

Introduction to Multicultural Society
Teacher: Sayoko Iizasa

Focusing on the forefront of the world's multicultural society where various cultures, religions and values compete with each other, we will learn, debate and consider the challenges and possibilities for multicultural exchange and coexistence through theories, debates, events, initiatives, etc. We will also pay attention to the influence that arts activities have on intercultural understanding.

Video content industry management
Teacher: Takashi Uchiyama

Video content industry management
- Group reading of a textbook for film producers (in the original English) used at a top film school in the US.
- Production of actual footage such as short films, commercials, promotional videos, etc.

We aim to achieve a quality level that can withstand the evaluation of others, not just the self-satisfaction of the student. Whatever we do is merely a means to an end. The purpose of learning is to understand the attitude and behavior required to survive in the creative industry.

Popular Culture Theory
Teacher: Vinitpong Rujrat

We will look at the social situation and related phenomena surrounding popular culture (manga, anime, music, drama, games, movies, etc.) in Japan and around the world, and consider from multiple perspectives how we accept and disseminate this culture. In particular, we will learn the basics for researching pop culture in the network society, creator culture and fan culture in the SNS era, etc.

Create a digital product
Teacher: Masashi Oshima

In this seminar, we will learn computer programming and CAD and try to make a simple digital product. We are surrounded by a variety of digital products, from smartphones to toys. How are products that are "easy to use and fun to use" designed? For example, there is the methodology "design thinking" advocated by IDEO and the methodology "design-driven innovation" by Verganti. In addition, in this seminar, we will not only design but also create "things" that actually move using CAD, a 3D printer, and programming with microbit. Of course, we will only make a prototype, but we will learn various phenomena through making things.

Cultural Studies
Teacher: Taisuke Katayama

Music, theater, dance, movies, and other arts and cultures are enjoyable hobbies, but they are also important for forming one's own identity and gaining self-affirmation. They are also essential for recognizing, accepting, and coexisting with people with various values and lifestyles in society, and are also a source of creativity for opening up a new society. In the Katayama Laboratory, we research what kind of cultural policies are needed to create a society in which all people can express themselves and appreciate art. In the second-year basic cultural seminar, seminar students conduct collaborative research and make policy recommendations to local governments and other organizations.

Introduction to Digital Society
Teacher: Shigeo Kawashima

This seminar will cover the relationship between digital technologies such as social media (Twitter, YouTube, Insta, TikTok, etc.) and AI/robots (including generative AI) and individuals and society.
Rather than simply examining the current situation, we think together about what the underlying problem is and what steps can be taken to make it better.
In addition to reading and understanding the literature, the course will mainly involve research into various services, comparison of policies, discussion and presentations.
Through seminar activities, we aim to develop the social intelligence, creative intelligence, and critical thinking skills that will be highly required in a future society where digital technology will become extremely advanced.

Cultural Studies
Teacher: Keiko Kawamata

The purpose of this course is to teach the basic concepts of marketing and advertising.
First semester: Group discussions and presentations using textbooks
<Second Term> Challenge to the Sendenkaigi Award (advertising copywriting) and research on each individual theme

Business Management Lessons Learned Through Case Studies
Instructor: Taka Yong-sai (Substitute lecturer for the first semester: Kawai Daisuke)

We work on projects with companies with the goal of solving their problems.
So far, I have worked on projects related to human resource recruitment for small and medium-sized enterprises, and on improving product sales with the campus convenience store. Each project is a long-term project lasting about a year, but after that, I will be able to understand both theory and practice by studying theory through business management textbooks.

Introduction to Art Projects
Instructor: Naoya Sano

In recent years, "art festivals" in collaboration with local governments and "socially engaged art" aimed at solving social issues have been actively developed throughout Japan. This seminar will examine the outlines of these art projects and their potential in contemporary cultural policy from multiple perspectives.

In the first semester, students will learn theoretical foundations from perspectives such as "community building," "community," and "democratization of expression" through reading English-language literature and group work. They will also conduct fieldwork at nearby facilities based on their own proposals. In the second semester, they will deepen their practical skills by examining communication design that connects digital and offline through fieldwork at actual art festivals and analysis of social media. Finally, they will write an essay and cultivate the ability to articulate the relationship between art and society from an academic perspective.

Basic Philosophy Seminar (Culture, Ethics, Politics and Philosophy)
Teacher: Saori Sekine

Through reading literature on theories of justice, we will philosophically consider the functions of modern cultural communities and their ethical roles and problems. In a modern world where diverse cultures and differences in their values often clash, theories of justice, which span moral and political philosophy, suggest that culture and ideas can be the source of conflict or can overcome it. Through reading literature, this seminar aims to serve as an introduction to the formation of philosophical knowledge by having participants self-reflect on their own way of thinking and make basic considerations for considering an era in which communities with diverse cultures, traditions, and values can coexist.

Takarazuka Research
Teacher: Takahiro Takeuchi

We will delve into Takarazuka Revue from the perspective of "a representational device in culture." Since this is a general studies course, we want to (or have no choice but to) emphasize the intersection of creativity and management in theater. As the instructor, I hope that the seminar will become a "round dance of love and knowledge" about Takarazuka.

Social science academic literacy
Instructor: Masahiro Nakano

The purpose of this seminar is to cultivate the following abilities so that you will be prepared to conduct research independently.
?Ability to extract the information you need from a large amount of information
(How to search for literature and data, how to obtain them, how to read them, etc.)
?Ability to organize and summarize extracted information
(How to summarize the knowledge gained, how to create charts, etc.)
? Presentation skills to clearly and accurately convey the content
(How to give a presentation, how to structure a paper, how to cite references, etc.)

An Introduction to Everyday Cultural Policy
Instructor: Miho Nakamura

This introductory seminar aims to help each student become more aware of cultural policies in their immediate surroundings by visiting multiple cultural facilities, primarily public museums and theaters in the Tokyo metropolitan area, to gain hands-on experience, and learning about the cultural policies behind them.
Furthermore, as a foundational seminar at the university level, students will progress through stages such as multiple assignment reports, group discussions, and presentations from the first semester, culminating in a final report at the end of the second semester, with the aim of acquiring the basic literacy skills necessary for university learning.

View of life and culture
Teacher: Shinichi Fukuoka

Issues surrounding life are being debated today as social challenges. For example, is it really appropriate to consider a body whose brain has stopped functioning as a corpse (the issue of brain death)? To what extent is preventive treatment through DNA testing effective? What about the pros and cons of choosing life through prenatal testing? In fact, these issues are not just scientific issues. Rather, they are cultural issues. They are issues of outlook on life. We would like to consider the various issues surrounding life together with all of you enrolled in School of Cultural and Creative Studies.

Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics
Teacher: Daisuke Fukuda

Since you were born, have you been conscious of the laws regarding life, sex, and death? You may not have had much time to think about them, being busy with part-time jobs, exams, and other aspects of daily life. However, our lives are standardized in various ways. For example, we are pressured by expectations of "how we should be," such as being healthy, having high self-esteem, and manly. Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, continued to question the demand for such standardization in society, culture, and the arts. In this seminar, I would like to share Freud's questions with you.

Thinking about a story
Teacher: Junichi Miyazawa

While reading novels by contemporary authors in Japanese, we will think about what a "story" is. "Stories" are everywhere in the world. University life, friendships and romance, job hunting, work at a company, marriage, child rearing, various events, social structures and international issues all have "stories" lurking around, and they can either support you or restrict and toy with you. Writers and poets are the ones who question the nature of such "stories" and examine them through the creation of new "stories" such as novels and poems, and consider their own position. So why not face the "stories" of writers and poets? Since literature is the foundation of "story," you can also get hints for understanding theater, movies, music, etc. (In literary theory, you will particularly learn about "plots" and "narratives.")

From media literacy to information literacy
Instructor: Merklein,
Ivona

How much of the news and media we consume daily do we actually understand, how much do we remember, and how do we utilize the information we gain from it?
The goal of the first semester is to start with learning how to read the news, and to acquire foundational knowledge of media theory while refining media literacy. In the second semester, the goal is to connect media literacy with information literacy.

Learn Project Design
Teacher: Yutaka Morishima

In this exercise, we will design projects in collaboration with companies. Our goal is to cultivate a creative production team. The purpose is to spread values based on a humane way of life (a view of humanity) to society, in order to realize a better society.
In the Cultural Studies Seminar, you will learn presentation methods for creating projects in collaboration with companies. This requires a constant questioning of "why?" and a genuine desire to learn. That's when learning becomes enjoyable. By combining students' flexible thinking with the practical knowledge of companies, we design a more humane society. Please see the article below for an example of our seminar activities.





Thinking about Japanese local communities and cultures
Teacher: Shingo Yano

This seminar aims to give students a three-dimensional understanding of Japanese culture and to help them consider and explore their "position" for promoting creative activities, by understanding Japan's rich regional culture from a broad perspective and looking at the issues facing modern society, including cities, from a bird's-eye view. Through examples of mainly Japanese local communities, we will discuss the relationship between "people (society)" and the "natural environment" and the culture of life from the perspectives of sociology and folklore.

An Introduction to the Study of Music Culture
Instructor: Kyohei Miyairi (substituting for Michael Kuschel)

Our lives are filled with a wide variety of music, and we interact with it on a daily basis. When studying such familiar music, it is important not only to analyze the music itself, but also to look at the society and culture surrounding it. In this context, music becomes more than just a work of art; it becomes a vital "resource" that has the power to recreate the world for individuals and groups who "practice" it—for building communities, sparking social movements, wooing lovers, connecting with God, and so on. Through diverse case studies, this seminar will re-examine music from this "socio-cultural" perspective, exploring its significance and how it connects to contemporary social and cultural issues.

SEMINAR LIST Seminar Introduction - Cultural Studies (3rd and 4th year selection)

Aoyama One Point Development
Teacher: Hiroki Amano

The goal is to compile a booklet of new/improvement proposals for structures of any scale in urban spaces. In the process, participants will improve the resolution of their observations of structures and verbal expressions, experience techniques for sharing ideas in teams and reaching consensus toward a common goal, techniques for researching and sharing knowledge (including reading) about the multiple contexts surrounding the subject - memory, history, thought, art, technology, industry, systems, politics, etc. -, techniques for conducting field surveys in various locations to enhance their proposals, and techniques for providing evidence and persuasiveness to proposals through proposals, booklets, texts, and layouts, thereby improving the accuracy of their perception of structures.

Multicultural Society Theory (Politics of Coexistence + Art and Society)
Teacher: Sayoko Iizasa

What does it mean to achieve harmony in diversity based on mutual understanding and respect between different cultures? In this seminar, you will learn about theories and concepts of multiculturalism and interculturalism, as well as the policies for putting them into practice. Through concrete examples from multicultural societies both in Japan and overseas, you will consider the dynamism of cultural diversity and the current situation and challenges of multicultural coexistence. At the same time, you will also look at the role that arts (culture and the arts) activities play in multicultural coexistence and their social and political influence.

Video content industry management
Teacher: Takashi Uchiyama

The goal of this seminar is to have students create works that are not just for their own satisfaction, and to engage in creative work as a group rather than as individuals.

Popular Culture Studies
Teacher: Vinitpong Rujrat

Popular culture (manga, anime, music, dramas, games, movies, etc.) is all around us. This seminar will teach you how to develop your personal "hobbies," "interests," and "questions" into research from an academic perspective. The goal of this seminar is to produce a thesis or project (production) over the course of two years.

Interaction Design
Teacher: Masashi Oshima

In order to create "user-friendly computer systems," we will conduct research from the perspective of "interaction design." The exchange between humans and machines when operating machines such as computers is called interaction. Examples of interaction include flicking the screen of an iPhone or hearing a clicking sound. We will consider what kind of interaction is necessary to create a system that is easy to use, understand, and fun to use, and how the computer should be involved. In addition to just thinking about it, we will also actually program and create prototypes, checking them with our hands as we proceed.

Cultural Studies
Teacher: Taisuke Katayama

This research aims to determine what national and local governments (including national and public cultural facilities and cultural foundations) should do regarding arts and culture in order to realize the happiness of all people, not just enthusiasts. Based on their individual concerns, students will set research themes, conduct academically original research on cultural policy, and contribute to society by presenting their findings externally. Possible research themes include a wide range of topics such as public subsidies by national and local governments, policies to promote corporate patronage and donations, collaboration between government and NPOs, intermediary support organizations, public cultural facilities, nurturing artists, training personnel who support culture, support for guaranteeing cultural rights, and cultural policies organically linked with healthcare, welfare, tourism, industry, regional revitalization, and international exchange.

Ethical creativity in a digital society
Teacher: Shigeo Kawashima

This seminar will look at the relationship between digital technologies such as social media (Twitter, YouTube, Insta, TikTok, etc.), AI, robots, etc. (including generative AI) and individuals and society. The main themes are digital technology x X (creativity, work, production/distribution/consumption, human, freedom, democracy, ethics, cities, gender, education, etc.).
We aim to form the foundation for your future life by thinking deeply about what we should do and how we should do it to create a better digital society in which you can thrive. In addition to reading and understanding literature, we will mainly study various services, compare policies, hold discussions, and make presentations.

Cultural Studies 1 and 2
Teacher: Keiko Kawamata

The aim is to develop marketing skills by acquiring specialized knowledge about marketing, advertising and consumer behavior.
First semester: Group reading of books on marketing and consumer behavior
Second semester: Research on individual themes (research report writing/participating in external projects)

Field research on music culture
Instructor: Michael Kuschel (Substitute lecturer for Cultural Studies I: Kyohei Miyairi)

A light music club's live performance, where members strum electric guitars in between studying and job hunting, and shout out their inner emotions. A street demonstration advocating for human rights with a reggae beat that shakes even passersby. A shamisen practice room where the weight of 200 years is conveyed through melodies played 100 times. When people hear the word "music," many probably imagine "works" that have sound recordings or musical scores as their tangible form. However, no matter what kind of music it is, nothing can begin without the "scene" where these contexts intertwine, along with the human relationships that resonate with it and the cultural background that underlies it. In this seminar, we will explore what significance the diverse phenomenon of music holds for "practitioners" including ourselves, while keeping these "scenes" in mind, and how it connects with the surrounding social and cultural issues.

Management theory and practice
Instructor: Taka Yong-sai (Substitute lecturer for the first semester: Kawai Daisuke)

Due to new social issues such as the declining birthrate and aging population, and digital transformation, companies are facing the challenges of hiring new personnel and introducing digital transformation, while individuals are facing the challenges of responding to social and technological changes. Therefore, in this seminar, we will investigate how companies are responding to hiring new personnel and introducing digital transformation. We will investigate and analyze cases and compile them into a paper. Furthermore, by analyzing changes in the way individuals conduct job hunting and build their careers in response to these environmental changes, we will learn from cases and theories how companies and individuals can respond to environmental changes.

Art Communication and Social Design
Instructor: Naoya Sano

Focusing on "communication that conveys the value of art," this research explores management approaches that connect society and art through case studies of cultural and artistic organizations.
In their third year, students collaborate with the Tokyo Toy Museum, a public museum, on a project that encompasses everything from planning and implementation to evaluation. In their fourth year, they integrate their previous activities and theories, deepening their analysis and consideration of research data to complete their graduation thesis. Throughout their third and fourth years, they engage in practical work and presentations outside of the university, logically shaping their own insights and discoveries into their own unique perspectives. They cultivate a perspective that goes beyond mere "viewers," becoming "connectors" who proactively link art and society, along with the solid logical thinking skills that support this perspective.

Philosophical text research
Teacher: Saori Sekine

The aim of this seminar is to achieve a deep understanding of the philosophical ideas that form the intellectual backbone of Western culture, including their issues and background, through close reading and study of original philosophical texts and similar basic literature.

Research on Popular Theater
Instructor: Takahiro Takeuchi

My research focuses on a genre of theater known as "popular theater." While grounded in the fundamental elements of "theater"—actors, audience, repertoire, and performance space—I also explore cultural studies approaches, including representation, marginality, movement, and nostalgia. I want to emphasize "using the body in the field" as much as (or even more than) "using the mind in the classroom."

Political, economic, and social theories for coexistence
Instructor: Masahiro Nakano

It is said that many young people are not interested in politics. We often hear people say things like, "I don't know who to vote for because I never learned about it at school," or "I feel like people who don't understand shouldn't vote." It is true that education up to high school in Japan does not provide enough "sovereign education," and Japanese history does not go as far as modern times, so it cannot be said that politics and economics are properly studied. However, if you don't understand, you should learn it yourself. In order to cultivate fully-fledged sovereign citizens, this seminar aims to teach students about the history and current situation of modern Japan and other countries, theoretical knowledge of politics and economics, ideas and philosophies that serve as guidelines for policy making and daily life, and the general education surrounding them.

Cultural Policy Studies: The Relationship Between Culture and Society
Instructor: Miho Nakamura

This seminar studies cultural policy as a way of relating culture to society. We will examine it from multiple perspectives, primarily focusing on laws, institutions, and historical and social backgrounds. Research topics will include national and local governments, as well as the non-profit sector, artists, and civil society activities.
In the seminar, in addition to literature reviews and group work, students will also work on their graduation thesis, choosing a topic of their own interest. Besides off-campus visits, we plan to participate in inter-faculty seminars involving multiple universities studying cultural policy, as well as academic conference poster sessions.

View of life, culture, civilization, and modern times
Teacher: Shinichi Fukuoka

In my seminar, we set research themes on issues surrounding the outlook on life and culture/civilization, each of which we investigate, present and discuss the results of our research. In this year's seminar, we will build on the results of the basic seminar and further deepen our consideration of modern issues surrounding life. As for topics, in addition to issues of life and death, we would like to ask students to propose a variety of themes, such as men and women, food safety and security, the pros and cons of genetic engineering and other forms of life manipulation, prenatal testing, organ transplants, iPS cells, ES cells, and the issue of fabrication in scientific research, and we will select several of these to conduct research on.

Psychoanalytic reading of literature and art
Teacher: Daisuke Fukuda

With reference to works of art, I aim to grasp the basic concepts of psychoanalysis (drive, unconscious, transference, repetition). I would like to be able to concretely experience the subtlety and flexibility of Freud's theory. To do this, I need to study Freud's theory properly, but I also need to be exposed to many literary and artistic works, so I will make an effort to be exposed to many works on a regular basis (including works that do not suit my tastes). This year, I would like to consider the issue of the body from a philosophical and psychoanalytic perspective.

Analysis of architectural and urban imagery
Instructor: Akiko Honda

Since the 20th century, the space in which we experience architecture and cities has rapidly shifted from real-world spaces to media. Photography, film, television, manga, animation, games, the internet—the spaces that appear as images in these media are defining our concepts of architecture and cities even before real spaces and the experiences based on them.
In my seminar, we analyze architecture and cities as they are represented in various media, both real and fictional.

Thinking about stories and preparing for thesis writing
Teacher: Junichi Miyazawa

By reading novels by contemporary authors, you will deepen your thoughts on "narratives" and hone your ability to discuss them. "Stories" are everywhere in the world. University life, friendships and romance, job hunting, work at a company, marriage, child rearing, various events, social structures, and international issues all have "narratives" lurking around, and they can either support you or restrict and toy with you. Writers and poets are the ones who question the nature of such "narratives," examine them through the creation of new "narratives" such as novels and poems, and consider their own position. So why not face the "narratives" of writers and poets? Literature is the foundation of "narratives," so you can also get hints for understanding theater, movies, music, and more. (In literary theory, you will particularly learn about "plots" and "narratives.")

Media Studies
Instructor: Merklein,
Ivona

This is a seminar for students who wish to be involved in media production and information dissemination after viewing the media critically. Students will select a theme from issues surrounding media literacy and information literacy, news and advertising, social media and pop culture, and gender and sports, and conduct research. After acquiring sufficient knowledge of media theory, students will observe and conduct research on media as a social phenomenon. Media is not only our living environment, but also our culture itself. Based on this premise, research will be conducted within the theoretical frameworks of media ecology and cultural studies.

Learn Project Design
Teacher: Yutaka Morishima

In this exercise, we will design projects in collaboration with companies. Our goal is to cultivate a creative production team. The purpose is to spread values based on a humane way of life (a view of humanity) to society, in order to realize a better society.
In the Cultural Studies course, you will learn the theory and practice of project design necessary for realizing your goals. Specifically, you will learn the theories and practices of professional creators and producers active both domestically and internationally, and reflect on how to solve problems. Based on this, you will take on the challenge of project design, creating plans in collaboration with companies. For an example of our past work, please see the article below.





Considering the lifestyle and culture of the local community
Teacher: Shingo Yano

This seminar focuses on local communities (mainly Japan and East Asia) and considers the future of Japanese society and culture while examining the lifestyles and cultures that people have cultivated there, such as the systems of life and use of the natural environment that have been passed down. Through fieldwork mainly in Japanese local communities and Japanese culture, we will discuss the relationship between "people (society)" and the "natural environment" and the lifestyles and cultures from the perspectives of sociology and folklore.

RESEARCH THEMES Examples of student research topics

  • Prospects and Challenges of Peacebuilding Through Cultural Diplomacy: The Practices of Japanese Language Partners in the ASEAN Region
  • Short film "I am not..."
  • An analysis of social media discourse surrounding "AI illustrators" reveals the potential for future co-creation.
  • The current state and potential of tourism DX in Hakone Town: Through interview surveys with DMOs and businesses.
  • The International Reception of the Japanese Cast Version of the Musical 'SIX': From the Perspective of Intersectionality
  • A Modern Theory of Communication from the Perspective of Levinas
  • Recording and analyzing experiences surrounding popular theater—through theater viewing, tours, and workshops
  • The inevitable fate of frenzy: How fandom capitalism is rewriting society's standards of judgment
  • Research on the relationship between language and human migration
  • Heartbreak and Healing—Han Kang and the Pain of Life
  • The "unseen" aspects depicted in Hirokazu Kore-eda's film "Monster"
  • Improving the Value of Sports Media: Lessons from the Paris Olympics Swimming Competition
  • International market strategies supporting the production base of Japanese food ingredients: Building a global network through food safety and culture via horse sashimi
  • The role of bronze statues and their connection to the local community