Field Internship:
Exploiting the Educational Power of Fields
Yohei Murakami
Unit of Design,
Kyoto University

Design School CurriculumCultivating outstanding professionals who can design social systems andarchitectures in collaboration with experts from diverse domains^+ Shaped People_
Write doctoral thesis
Leading Project(PhD research)
Before QE, take generaldesign courses, own
domain design courses,
and design practices
on campus
After QE, gain practicalfield experience incompanies, NPOs/
NGOs, and universities

Severalweeks –
monthsField InternshipResearch Internship

Approx.

100 weeks

Open Innovation
Practice

Approx.

10 weeks

Qualifying Examination (QE)
Approx.
5 courses Domain Design Courses

Approx.

General Design Courses 5 courses

Field-based Learning / 1 week !
severalProblem-based Learning times
Study in preparatory course for half a year, then begin regular course
Architecture(Graduate Schoolof Engineering)

Mechanical Engineering(Graduate Schoolof Engineering)

Informatics(Graduate Schoolof Informatics)

Management(Graduate Schoolof Management)

Pass entrance exam of desired graduate schoolPsychology(Graduate Schoolof Education)

Field Internship
Internship exploiting the educational power of fields. Students form
an interdisciplinary group and tackle a field problem as professionals
Goals

` Identify the field problem and define it as a solvable challenge` Practically apply design theories/methods to the field` Propose solutions through communication with local stakeholders
Informatics
Informatics

Engineering

Management

Psychology

Field
Theory/MethodEnvironmentForeign Field

Domestic Field

StudentTeamW

Implementation Structure
Interns form a team to solve a design problem in a field where a hostorganization is working
Kyoto University

MoU

Regarding intellectual
property & expenses

Host Organization
Host Mentor
Coordination

Supervisor
Instructdesignmethods
Student
ExpertadviceAdvisors

DesignProblemDesign TeamInternship

Team consisting ofinternal and external
experts

Facilitator
Problem
Solvers

Utilize expertise to
explore possible
solutions

Host organization’s
design problem
and field

Participation

Field

X

Schedule (30 course-hours)
2 hours

Explanation & Internship Preparation
Introduction to Internship by the supervisor. Comprehension by the students
through online surveys. Lectures and interviews with the Host Mentor if possible

15 hours

Field Practice 1
Students start internship under the guidance of the Host Mentor. Mainly focus
on problem-finding by field analysis

2 hours

On-Campus Activity
Brush-up solutions that was examined in the field under guidance of theSupervisor and Advisors. Make an activity plan for the latter field practice

10 hours

Field Practice 2
Crystallize the solutions and prepare presentations under guidance of the Host
Mentor. Explain the solutions to local stakeholders on the final day

1 hourFinal Presentation
Explain design process, theories, and methods to be applied, and own roleand contributions. Report additional surveys after the field practices

YCase | Conserving Rice Terraces in Bali
THEME Sustainable Tourism around Rice Terraces
HOST

Indonesia Heritage Trust (NGO)

DURATION 2015/8/3-7, 2016/8/18-22
CONTENT Create solutions to improve QoL in arural community while maintaining rice terraces

After recognized as a world heritage in 2012,
Bali attracts more foreign tourists rapidly–! cf. 3 million foreign tourists in Kyoto!!

Many villas and cafés for foreigners are being
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Many high-class hotels are built along a river–! Decrease in quantity and quality of water!!

Weaken irrigation associations–! Increase in maintenance cost of irrigation

ZImplementation StructureKyoto University
Design School

Indonesian Heritage
Trust
Host Mentor
Coordination

Supervisor
Instructdesignmethods
Students
ExpertadviceAdvisors(Architecture)

Urban Discovery Asia

Nyuh Kuning
Village Conserving

Landscape ofRice TerracesDesign Team
Problem
Solvers
Facilitator

Experts(Cultural Resource)

App.
Developers

Universities, NewsMedia, Governments
Professors,
Students,
Journalists

Udayana Univ.
(Local Univ.)
Experts(Agriculture)
[Design Process
DAY 0 Literature Research

Internet and paper survey on campus

DAY 1 Lecture from Experts & Field Visit
Receive a lecture from local experts about ricecultivation, irrigation associations, and religious ritualsDAY 2 Field Survey & Interview

Trace irrigation and interview stakeholders like aleader of the association, chief priest, travel agency,
local government etc.

DAY 3 Group DiscussionOrganize insights obtained from the lectures and fieldsurvey. Do ideation like brainstorming

DAY 4 Prototyping & Preparation
Make a sketch and mockup of ideas as a prototype,
and prepare slides for the presentation

DAY 5 Presentation
Explain the ideas to local stakeholders like local
governments, irrigation associations, travel agencies,
temples, farmers, etc.

\Problem Finding and Solving
Culture

EconomyInterview with irrigation
associationsInterview with tourist
agenciesProblem
Potential decrease infarmers caused by lowinterest in religious rituals
Solution







Problem
Decrease in tourism
resourcescaused byretirementof craftsmen
Solution

Agriculture education toyoung people by active
learning

Rural camp toexperience local life
related to Subak

Environment
Analysis of transition ofland use by GISProblem
Buyout of rice fields byforeign investors. Farmers
sell them due to high-tax
SolutionTax exemptions
according to the
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Practice of facilitation and management skills•! I learned how to manage an international team by carefully confirming
mutual understanding in English step by step•! I tried controlling our discussion to be balanced among diverse domains
Utilization of experience and expertise•! I could discuss effectively with other experts in English because I had
experienced facilitation and English discussion in design school in
Okinawa and Hong Kong•! I could observe the field from perspective of biology and fisheries while
understanding information provided by local experts
Feedback to research•! It’s helpful for my research involving local government and inhabitants toknow a problem-solving process in collaboration with industry-government
Interdisciplinary collaboration•! I acquired a behavior that always thinks not only how to maximize mypresence in my team, but also how to utilize strengths and weaknessesof other members to maximize the performance of the whole teamUWInterdisciplinary Collaboration
Division Decompose a field problem into sub-problems of each disciplineor hierarchically separate implementation of solutionsInterface

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Evaluation by host organization

"! I was grateful that the students had made a more systematic
summary and detailed solutions than the previous interns fromother universities"! The students were really active, and naturally compared
information obtained from our field with one from other fieldthey had known
•! An idea is implemented by the host organization–! Should ask students to consider feasibility of the idea by thehost organization as well as social acceptability of the idea•! Continuous participation in the field–! Need to continuously participate in the field but not once toestablish a relationship of mutual trust•! Information synchronization–! Need to share information because the host organization has
progress and field situation changes after one year passes
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