2024 S Semester

Course Title
Social and Cultural Diversity

Instructor
ROLAND Douglas

Core Courses

Research WorkshopDay
Hours

Course Objectives/Overview

This seminar-style course will explore issues related to language and society. The specific topics will be decided based on theWed. 3 interests of the students and the instructor. As part of the class, you will learn to conduct empirical investigations of language andsociety using tools such as corpus analysis and surveys.

Normative Basis of Global Society

O'DEA JohnTue. 3In this course, we will read Martha Nussbaum's qualified defense of cosmopolitanism - the broad idea of an ethical/political stancethat transcends cultural differences - and discussions of similar ideals in other philosophical traditions.

Research Workshop I - III (Onlyfor Program Students)

GSP Head of Program

Tue. 5To be announced in class.
In this course, we’ll critically examine the books and articles relevant to migrants and refugees’ education and transition fromeducation to work in the field of sociology and educational studies. The topics we’ll cover are (i) identity, culture and sense ofbelonging, (ii) social stratification, and (iii) schools and teachers, then an essay question will be provided for each topic.
In Week 1, the course structure and our goals will be explained.
From Week 2, students are expected to read the assignments before each class and are prepared for discussion. For each week,
we’ll have one or two presenters. They are expected to bringElective Courses

Theory of International
Interdependence Ⅱ

TAKAHASHI Fumiko- summary of the articles (research question, method & data, findings and conclusion)
Wed.4 - evaluation of the articles (strength, limitations, implications to academic field and society etc.)- discussion
At the end of the course, you will be required to pick up one question from a list of questions and write an essay of approx. 2,000words.
Students will be able to- discuss the significance, contributions, and limitations of each paper,- critically examine the paper from the methodological point of view, and- discuss the essay question, based on the assigned literature.

Theory of International
Interdependence Ⅳ

SUZUKI SanaeFri.3

Comparative Studies of Social andCultural Diversity Ⅰ

O'DEA John

Thu.3

This course aims to understand current streams on international intervention. Against internationally recognized non-intervention
principle, international intervention has been practiced for years. We mainly read journal articles on international intervention
which include those on related topics such as responsibility to protect and humanitarian intervention, and case studies in severalregions.
Analytic Philosophy is the predominant style of English-language philosophy, in which language and its connection to the mind
and the world became a prime concern. In this course we will read a variety of important original papers from 20th century
Analytic Philosophy.

Comparative Studies of Social andCultural Diversity Ⅲ

Theory of Transnational Markets
and Civil Society Ⅰ

CAPEL, Mathiew

MIYAZAKI Masato

Tue.3

The aim of this course is to make the portrait of contemporary filmmakers, who all occupy an ambiguous position between
mainstream and independent cinema. Through a close analysis of their filmography, we will identify their main characteristics andchallenges in the face of changes in the medium, proposing a contemporary history of cinematographic forms.
The filmmakers considered (not all will be discussed) are : Michael Mann, Doug Liman, Monte Hellman, Jeremy Saulnier, DavidLowery, M. Night Shyamalan, Jeff Nichols, Kelly Reichardt, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Katsuya Tomita, Tetsuya Mariko, Nami Iguchi,Rabah Aïmeur-Zaimèche, Alain Guiraudie, Justine Triet, etc.

Tue. 5

We will study issues/problems in international finance from economic, political, historical and international relations perspectives.
We will look at the inherent vulnerabilities of international financial system, and understand the essence of the measures toaddress them through the accumulated theories and policies. I will also talk about my experience in working at international
financial institutions whenever opportunities arise.
Claims that democracies such as Australia, Japan and the USA are facing a crisis of citizen trust have grown louder and morewidespread in recent years. Fewer and fewer people in democracies seem to trust politicians, political processes and politicalinstitutions. Without sufficient levels of trust, so the arguments go, citizens will withdraw from political engagement andgovernments will have difficulty convincing citizens to comply with public policies. All of this seems to add up to trouble forcontemporary democracies, which rely on political cooperation between strangers and public acceptance of the legitimacy ofgovernment processes and policies. But is trust in political actors, processes and institutions actually declining in democracies?
What do researchers mean when they talk about political trust and distrust? How have they gone about measuring trust anddistrust? Even if trust is declining, is that necessarily a bad thing for democracies? Or should we be pleased that citizens aretaking a more skeptical view of politicians who do not deserve to be trusted? If declining trust is bad for democracies, what canbe done to increase it? Is political distrust more common among some types of citizens (for example, the young) than others?

Theory of Transnational Markets
and Civil Society Ⅳ

Theory of Normativity in Global
Society Ⅰ

SMITH, Rodney

THOMPSON, Mieko

Wed. 2Thu. 2This postgraduate seminar will explore these questions in a comparative way, focusing on political trust and distrust in
democracies in the Pacific region, inclduing Australia, Japan and America. The seminar is divided into four main sections. In thefirst section, we will explore debates around the definition and concept of trust. In the second section, we will look at recent
debates about the relationship between trust, distrust and democracy. In the third section, we will look at empirical studies ofcitizen trust and its relationship with other political attitudes and behaviours. In the final section, we will look at whether anythingcan be done to strengthen democracies by increasing levels of political trust, or by directing existing political distrust into healthierforms of skepticism. Please note that we can spend more or less time on each of these four sections according to students’interests.
Students will engage with these topics via seminar discussions based on academic readings and other source material about
political trust and distrust in contemporary democracies. Discussions will compare Australia, the USA, Japan, as well as any otherdemocracies in the Asia-Pacific region that students are particularly interested in. The course will provide an English language
teaching environment designed to encourage development of academic reading, writing and analysis skills in English.
This course introduces qualitative research methods and provides hands on opportunities to experience research practice,focusing on five major qualitative research approaches (narrative approach, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, casestudy). It involves thorough discussions of qualitative research methodology including its nature, design, data collection
procedures, and conceptualization. The course further familiarizes students with and guides them through the process ofconducting their own pilot study related to each student s discipline and interests.

Comparative Studies of theNormative Basis of Civil SocietyⅠSpecial Lecture on Global SocietyⅠSpecial Lecture on Global Society
Ⅲ

GIRAUDOU, IsabelleThu. 5Fri. 3

This course is a collaboration between Uppsala University, SINReM and the University of Tokyo. It will focus on how global
industrial companies manage issues related to economic, environmental and social sustainability. Based on a flipped classroom
philosophy with Problem-Based Learning (PBL) elements, it includes case assignments, individual assignments and active
participation in the seminars. The involved teachers and students have different backgrounds and competences. The Uppsalabased teachers are mainly interested in issues related to sustainability, technology and ethics, while the Tokyo based teachers
have unique competences in chemistry, law, and pedagogy. The UU students are from the Master Programme in Industrial
Management and Innovation with a special interest in issues related to business and technology. The UTokyo students are latteryear undergraduate students in Environmental Sciences. The SINReM students are from the Master Program in Sustainable andInnovative Natural Resource Management. We hope that these diverse backgrounds and competences can enhance students'
experience of and learning from the cases which forms the basis for this course.
Upon completing the course, students are expected to be able to* describe how sustainability (economic, social, environmental) is manifested and portrayed in global industrial companies,* describe how sustainability work is managed in global industrial companies,* describe in detail the management of sustainability work in companies in one particular technology-intensive industry over thepast ten years,* discuss and reﬂect upon sustainability issues, and how they are managed, in a range of technology-intensive industries,* plan and execute a project aimed at collecting, systematizing and analyzing information about how sustainability work is
managed in global industrial companies, by means of annual reports, sustainability reports, and other sources, and apply relevant
theories from industrial engineering and management, as well as sustainability and environmental sciences to analyze thecompanies as above.

FUKUMOTO ErikoIn this course, students learn about STS (Science, Technology and Society) through case studies. What is this called science? How
can we manage the conflicts between S&T and Society? Who are the experts? These questions appear in various issues around us,Wed. 4
such as the pandemic of COVID-19, environmental problems, disasters, and emerging technologies. In this course, we learn about,and discuss cases from STS perspectives. Students are required to do their own case analysis in their final report.

GIRAUDOU Isabelle

This course explores the role of law and governance in mediating the human-environment interface. It focuses on the legal andconsequent governance challenges presented by the emergence of the Anthropocene as a possible new geological epoch. Whilethe epoch has yet to be formally confirmed, the trope and discourse of the Anthropocene already confront law and governancescholars with a unique challenge concerning the need to question, and ultimately re-imagine, international environmental law andgovernance interventions in the light of a new socio-ecological situation. Through interactive lectures, classroom discussions
based upon pre-assigned readings, and the elaboration of a joint mini-project, students not only assess the (mostly unsuccessfuland ineffective) regulatory interventions used thus far to mediate the human-environment interface; they also examine thepossibility to develop counter-narratives and alternative institutional practices, by drawing on most recent critical legal
approaches as well as sociocultural traditions that have been marginalised within international environmental law.

Fri. 5

This is a course on visual culture in the 20th and 21st century, with a particular focus on the interplay between media technology,culture and society. This course will also be multidisciplinary in nature, as we reflect on our discursive assumptions in thehistorical, sociological, anthropological, philosophical disciplines among others. While the readings may primarily coverphenomenon in the United States, participants will be strongly encouraged to think of the specificity of the impact of globalization
on media and society in various regions of the world including Japan.

Seminar on Global Society Ⅲ

ITATSU YukoThu. 2

The course objectives are the following:-Gain a better understanding of the relationships between society, media, people, institutions and how they function as agents ofmaintaining the status quo or for fostering change-Learn about the transformative faculties and social implications of quotidian applications of technology-Gain deeper understanding of the academic disciplines
Topics will include (but are not limited to):-representation of race, ethnicity and gender and other minorities-regional, transnational and international ecosystems of information technology-artificial intelligence and algorithmic bias
-technological advancement and implementation in everyday life and the powers at play
The course will address the individuality of language in relation to translation and the modern world. It is designed to further
explore problems concerning translation and the international world. We will survey theories and practices of translation with a
special emphasis on (a) the modern international world and Eurocentricity; (b) the international co-figuration of national/ethniclanguages; (c) national territory and population in the formation of the sovereign state; (d) the co-figurative schematism in themodern regime of translation.

Seminar on Global Society Ⅳ

SAKAI Naoki

Throughout this course, translation is not defined narrowly as a transfer of a message from one national or ethnic language intoanother. Translation is primarily understood to designate a practice within which to create continuity at the point of discontinuity
in the social; it is an act by which to generate a sense out of a social encounter that does not make sense precisely because it isWed. 3 given as something incommensurate in the first place. In this respect, translation occurs at the singular point of nonsense.
When translation is understood in the modern regime of translation (conventional apprehension of translation in the modernworld) the representation of translation establishes a division of two spheres (which are usually equated to two nationallanguages, the original language and the target language) and thereby marks the limit of what can be expressed in one medium.
Broadly understood, however, translation can take place not only between two national languages but also at a variety ofboundaries within a single society. The course will investigate different economies of translation by which different social andcultural identities are constructed and/or transformed; it will emphasize the disappearance of multi-lingualism in the modern
nation-state and the mutation of translation economies which has given rise to new ways of imagining the organicist unity of a
new community called “a nation.”