SCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)

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ARS300HA
Subsistence, Resource Use and Sustainability

Shamik Chakraborty

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school SCOPE (Sustainability Co-Creation Programme)
Attached documents
Year 2023
Class code C3514
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Previous Class title
Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 木3/Thu.3
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name
Grade 1~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Category 展開科目/Disciplinary & Elective Courses
日本社会とサステイナビリティ/Japan & Sustainability

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Outline and objectives

This course focuses on subsistence resource use as one of the main parameters of sustainable societies, human wellbeing, and conservation.
The main objectives are:
•Develop an understanding of sustainability issues and the role of subsistence resource use in environmental, economic and societal sustainability.
•Understand multiple and diverse values of subsistence practices across regions from selected case studies.

Goal

At the end of the course, students will develop a good understanding of the main arguments related to subsistence resource use and sustainability with particular case studies. Students will become aware of various related issues. They will also have useful knowledge for further studies/research on sustainability issues.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Among diploma policies, "DP3" is related

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

This course will be taught online. The course will be based on class lectures, students feedback, and assignments. Feedback on assignments submitted by students will be provided in class or through the Learning Management System (Hoppii).

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:オンライン/online

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Week 1[オンライン/online]:Nature and scope of the course

Introduction: What is resource? What is sustainability? What is resource sustainability and why we should study it?
Difference of market based resource use and subsistence resource use.

Week 2[オンライン/online]:Globalization and subsistence

A short history of subsistence resource use concept.
Economic globalization and subsistence.

Week 3[オンライン/online]:Subsistence as a culture

Social-ecological systems and subsistence resource use.
The meaning of subsistence as a means to provide nutrition.
The meaning of subsistence as a culture.

Week 4[オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use and traditional knowledge

Subsistence resource use and traditional knowledge.
Subsistence resource use and ecosystem connectivity.

Week 5[オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use in rural and urban environments

Subsistence resource use in space and time.
Subsistence in rural and urban settings.
Premodern and contemporary subsistence.

Week 6 [オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use and biodiversity

Subsistence resource use and biodiversity. Links to biodiversity and ecosystem services through subsistence.

Week 7[オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use in inland areas

Subsistence resource use in the mountainous inland areas: case studies from different parts of the world.
Examples: Himalayan region (India/Nepal), Shirakami sanchi (Japan).

Week 8[オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use and ecosystem connectivity

Subsistence resource use in watershed context: river-forest-coast connectivity and resource cycle.
Example: Sunderbans mangrove forests.

Week 9[オンライン/online]:Subsistence in coastal areas

Subsistence resource use in the coastal areas (traditional coastal farming and fishing), examples through case studies.
Example: Farming and fishing systems in coastal areas of Seto Inland Sea

Week 10[オンライン/online]:Presentations

Student presentations (individual or group presentations depending on student number).

Week 11[オンライン/online]:Threats to subsistence resource use

Globalized and localized threats to subsistence resource use, lessons from case studies in Japan and other Asian countries.

Week 12[オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use and ecosystem services

Subsistence resource use relationship with ecosystem goods and services with examples.

Week 13[オンライン/online]:Subsistence resource use and environmental policies

Subsistence resource use and its links with environmental policies such as Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Convention for Biological Diversity, and UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: connectivity between landscape, people and policies.

Week 14[オンライン/online]:Course wrap up

Summary and course wrap up.

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Textbooks

There are no specific textbooks for the course. Handouts will be distributed in the class (or uploaded in the Hoppii system) from the book mentioned below, as well as from selected journal articles and other books.
•The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy. Maria Mies & Veronika Bennhold-Thomsen. Zed Books, 2000.

References

None

Grading criteria

Class participation: 20%
Student presentations: 30%
Final paper: 50%

Changes following student comments

No significant changes were required based on students' comments.

Equipment student needs to prepare

None

Others

Please note that if the number of students attending the first class significantly exceeds expectations, in order for the instructor to effectively manage the class, the number of students who are allowed to register for the course may be limited.