3S
List of seminars
Takemasa Ando Seminar
Cultural Studies of Food and Agriculture
Food is a part of our daily lives. Before we eat it, many people across borders are involved, from producers around the world to employees at the local supermarket. In past seminars, we used food as the subject and thought about how we are connected to the world.
Yukie Ohya Seminar
Sociology of Relationship Formation and Communication
How can we shape and express our "uniqueness" in today's rapidly changing society? Furthermore, we will consider how we will build "new relationships and systems" in the future from the perspectives of relationships with people (interpersonal relationships), relationships with things (consumption theory), and relationships with society and groups (Japanese society theory).
Hideaki Kikuchi Seminar
Contemporary social issues and sociology of welfare
We learn sociological ways of looking at and thinking about things through themes related to welfare and social issues (poverty, social exclusion, declining birthrates and an aging population, etc.). As part of this, in recent seminars, we have been conducting group research on videos (films, etc.) that address issues related to welfare.
Yuki Senda Seminar
modern sociology
In this increasingly globalized world, how is the society we live in structured and changing? You will learn sociological methods of analysis that take up and analyze a wide range of phenomena, from social issues to popular culture. You will also learn the basics of the sociology of gender and family.
Yuuko Tarumi Seminar
Comparative Sociology of Educational Inequality
We will consider the ideal state of education, society, and schools from the perspective of "educational inequality." Using empirical research that quantitatively analyzes academic achievement surveys and international comparative research that analyzes educational disparities in various countries, we will examine the phenomenon of educational disparities and the mechanisms that create them.
Natsuho Tomabechi
Family and education in data
In this seminar, students will select and address various phenomena related to family and education in modern society that are of interest to them.
In order to clarify the mechanisms behind why and how a certain phenomenon occurs, we will conduct quantitative analysis of social survey data and then discuss the results.Akiko Naito Seminar
Understanding "others" and the anthropology of multicultural coexistence
We will think about relationships and ties between people, our own culture and other cultures, and multicultural coexistence from the perspectives of family and marriage, gender and sexuality, as well as rituals and tourism, which are familiar and "natural" to us.
Yuko Nakanishi Seminar
Gender and Contemporary Society
This seminar examines how "being a man/woman" is a socially constructed concept. Topics covered include: (1) the background to the gender gap in university enrollment rates, (2) modern love and marriage, (3) gender disparities in labor, economics, and poverty risk, and (4) gender structures in sports, fashion, and manga.
Yuusuke Hayashi Seminar
Data science on people's attitudes and behavior
Social phenomena are caused by the accumulation of each of us' actions and consciousness. In this seminar, we clarify the structure and mechanism of people's actions and consciousness through quantitative analysis of social survey data. So far, we have conducted research on family, labor, inequality, etc.
Yasuhiro Hitomi Seminar
Sociology of Globalization
People, goods, money, culture, information, and many other things move across borders. Why is this phenomenon spreading, and how will it change our lives in the future? While learning about the increasingly globalized Japan and the world, students will acquire an international sociological imagination.
Takashi Matsui Seminar
Contemporary society seen through social movements
We will approach modern society through the study of social movements. So far, we have covered themes such as "globalization," "war," "historical revisionism," and "anti-Olympics." Through literature presentations, discussions, and group learning about social movements related to these topics, we will deepen our understanding of the current society in which we live.
Keisuke Yatabe Seminar
Sociology of Identity
"Who am I?" This seemingly private question is filled with society. In this class, we will clarify the mechanisms by which the "I" is socially established from the perspectives of others and stories, and unravel the structure of the anxiety that the "I" feel in today's fluid society.
Tetsuya Yamazaki Seminar
Lifeworld and Gender
This seminar uses "the me of today" as a starting point to consider a sociological perspective that goes beyond "I-we". In doing so, it sociologically unravels the question "Who am I?" of each seminar student by comparing the youth of today with that of our grandparents and parents, and focusing on the gender mechanisms woven by "male/female".
Youngmi Lim Seminar
Towards questioning what is taken for granted in our local communities
Students will study classic works of ethnography and gain an in-depth understanding of how to describe and analyze what they see and hear during field research. They will also consider the nature of places where diverse communities and people gather in modern society and begin research for their individual graduation thesis projects.