May Festival Open Lecture 2013
Content List
Aging Society with Fewer Children and the Mutual Aid Model
This lecture focuses on the population change and considers an ideal future social aid model and relationship between different generations in Japan where is facing the hyper-aged society. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
EXPECTOLOGY
Remembrance and realization are important factors for creating design. Expectology is a new concept of enhancing creation particularly focusing on that factors. Based on the senses and inspiration, what can we design? This lecture illustrates what is Expectology, and how it could contribute our creation. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
Reconsidering University Students’ Job Hunting in Japan
Currently, job hunting in Japan sometimes courses serious melancholy and suicide for university students. This lecture points out the issues of the social problem based on a historical overview from the post-World War II in Japan and seeks a solution for the future. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
Design of Agricultural Reconstruction in the Stricken Area of Tohoku Earthquake
Tohoku Disaster including earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant accident in 2011 brought huge damage to paddy fields. This lecture introduces efforts for restarting rice farming and cultivating new biomass products in the stricken area, and then considers a better design of reconstruction of agriculture in Tohoku. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Ja…
Recent Japanese Infrastructures and Strategy for Preventing Accidents
As Sasako tunnel collapse accident in 2012, infrastructures in Japan such as tunnels, roads, railways, water pipes, and electric wires are getting old. This lecture describes current situation in Japan's infrastructures and considers strategy for preventing accidents and disaster damage. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.