Grad Students' and Faculty/Staff Members' Mini-lecture Program The 18th Session
Content List
#1 Deriving New Learning Experiences from the Library [JP]
The "Mini-lecture Program" is part of the Active Learning Practice in the Library. This program offers you to give active learning oriented lectures by graduate students and young faculty members who have completed the University of Tokyo Future Faculty Program (UTokyo FFP). NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese. - Organizer's website: The University of Tokyo New Library Pro…
#2 How were Hangul(the Korean alphabet) vowels created? - Understand the principles behind the creation of vowel characters and master the 5 monophthongs! - [JP]
Hangul was created in 1443 by Sejong, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty, and was promulgated in 1446 in a book called 「Hunminjeongeum」. According to 「Hunminjeongeum」, the basic vowels of Hangul are hieroglyphs in the shape of Sky (ㆍ[ʌ]), Earth (ㅡ[ɯ]), and Human (ㅣ[i]). And it also describes the position of the tongue and the shape of the lips when vowels are pronounced, based on excell…
#3 What would happen if we got dementia? : Let's imagine what it would be like to live with dementia.
What is the experience of living with dementia? In this lecture, you will learn 1) an overview of dementia, 2) an overview of cognitive dysfunction, and 3) the difficulties that arise in the lives of people living with dementia based on a case. The goal is to enable participants to imagine a part of the world of living with dementia. The "Mini-lecture Program" is part of the Active Learning …
#5 Why do you perceive 'gloss' there?: Image statistics support our visual perception.
When we see the surface of an object, we can immediately perceive its textural attributes. Recent studies suggest that this is based on features called image statistics. In this video, I will briefly introduce image statistics. Lecturer: Taiki Orima The "Mini-lecture Program" is part of the Active Learning Practice in the Library. This program offers you to give active learning oriented l…
#6 "Language, Nation, Family and Migration: Rethinking from the Definition of “Mother Tongue”"
A person may have several different mother tongues by the definition of “mother tongue”. In this mini-lecture, I will talk about this diversity in the relationships between people and languages from the perspectives of family, nation and migration. The "Mini-lecture Program" is part of the Active Learning Practice in the Library. This program offers you to give active learning oriented lectu…
#7 You can fight a once pernicious disease! Protect yourself and those around you from tuberculosis.
How can you fight tuberculosis, a once incurable disease? This lecture will teach you how to protect yourself and those around you from tuberculosis. Support and treatment are improving daily; please consult a professional during treatment. The "Mini-lecture Program" is part of the Active Learning Practice in the Library. This program offers you to give active learning oriented lectures by…