Numbering Code	U-AGR04 3D312 LJ82	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	3rd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Fri.3
Instructor name	AKITSU MOTOKI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Thinking about how rural society is currently changing and how to research it targeting Japan and foreign countries. Regarding Japanese rural communities, we introduce the basic concepts for the analysis of such and explain research examples based on our own research experiences. In addition, we introduce trends and research examples of sociological research targeting the agricultural industry. We would like to explain the subject matter as concretely as possible using photos, videos, etc.
Course Goals	Understanding the fundamental matters concerning contemporary issues related to rural society research and its methodology, including the viewpoints of research in Japan and the West.
Schedule and Contents	1. The significance of learning modern food and agriculture sociology 2. Social construction of rural communities in modern times 3. I turn research and post-war history 4. Current status of I turn and changes after migration 5. Rural gender research 6. Post-war history of rural gender 7. The rural sociology of developed countries: Europe 8. The rural sociology of developed countries: The US 9. House theory 10. Village theory - approach from the group - 11. Village and region - connection with maintenance - 12. Encounter and exchanges: design of urban-rural exchange 13. Survival problems of communities and regional revitalization 14. Transformation of Asian rural communities 15. Final test 16. Feedback will be communicated separately.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	The evaluation criteria and level of achievement will be based on the "Evaluation Criteria and Level of Achievement" section of the student handbook of the Faculty of Agriculture for the relevant year. The evaluation method consists of small reports (30%) assigned during each lesson and a final test (70%).
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Reading the literature indicated in class and doing reviews and developmental learning.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Materials related to each lesson will be distributed.
References, etc.	日本村落研究学会編『むらの社会を研究する』『むらの資源を研究する』（農山漁村文化協会） 小池・新山・秋津編『キーワードで読みとく現代農業と食料・環境』（昭和堂） 秋津ほか『農村ジェンダー』（昭和堂） 桝潟・谷口・立川編『食と農の社会学』（ミネルヴァ書房） （関連ＵＲＬ） http://ocw.kyoto-u.ac.jp/faculty-of-agriculture-jp/2011/department-c04/6247000/lecturenote(OCW講義ノー トURL(２０１１年度))