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Event Date: October 2, 2024, 12:10 PM – 10:50 PM
Brown Bag Seminar
Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series The 159th Seminar “Learning about Designing Society from the History of Chairs”
九州大学アジア・オセアニア研究教育機構（Q-AOS）では「Brown Bag Seminar Series」を毎週水曜日のランチタイムに開催いたします。本学のアジア・オセアニア地域やSDGsに関連する最新の研究活動を多くの方に知っていただき、異分野研究ネットワークや交流やきっかけの場を提供できればと思います。どなたでも気軽に御参加いただける内容となっております。途中参加、途中退室もOKです。皆様の御参加をお待ちしております。
Details
- Date
- 2024/10/02 12:10 ~ 2024/10/02 12:50
- Style
- Zoom Webinar
- Language
- Bilingual Japanese-English support (simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission Fee
- Free
- The maximum number for the webinar participants
- 500 people
- Contact
- Person：Kyushu University Q-AOS Administrative Office
TEL：+81-92-802-2603・2605
E-mail：aoevent★jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp（Please change ★ to @）
Abstract
How is social design done? In this seminar, we will trace the introduction of chair culture into Japan since the Meiji period and the changes in Japanese chair design, and discuss the process and methods of "social design" that can be seen from this.
For the Japanese people, who did not have the habit of sitting on chairs in buildings such as houses, the change in living style from "Yuka-za (Sitting on Floor)" to "Isu-za(Sitting on Chair)" was a part of the Europeanization policy, and the change occurred through the school classrooms where children studied. In this process, there is debate and resistance over whether it should be "Yuka-za"or "Isu-za", and in this process an argument is made that the chair seat is better. After a while, the contradictions that became apparent gave the Japanese people the motivation to design their own chairs, and eventually a uniquely Japanese chair was created. This book introduces the series of processes that changed the customs and culture of the Japanese people as an interesting and thought-provoking example of "social design."
For the Japanese people, who did not have the habit of sitting on chairs in buildings such as houses, the change in living style from "Yuka-za (Sitting on Floor)" to "Isu-za(Sitting on Chair)" was a part of the Europeanization policy, and the change occurred through the school classrooms where children studied. In this process, there is debate and resistance over whether it should be "Yuka-za"or "Isu-za", and in this process an argument is made that the chair seat is better. After a while, the contradictions that became apparent gave the Japanese people the motivation to design their own chairs, and eventually a uniquely Japanese chair was created. This book introduces the series of processes that changed the customs and culture of the Japanese people as an interesting and thought-provoking example of "social design."
Program
12:10 – 12:15 Introduction
Toshinori TANAKA Associate Professor (Q-AOS Coodinator)
12:15 – 12:40 "Learning about Designing Society from the History of Chairs”
Eizo Okada, Professor
(Integrated Initiative for Designing Future Society,)
12:40 – 12:50 Q&A
※The recorded video will be available on our website at a later date for a limited time.
Please check the archive of BBS from here.
Toshinori TANAKA Associate Professor (Q-AOS Coodinator)
12:15 – 12:40 "Learning about Designing Society from the History of Chairs”
Eizo Okada, Professor
(Integrated Initiative for Designing Future Society,)
12:40 – 12:50 Q&A
※The recorded video will be available on our website at a later date for a limited time.
Please check the archive of BBS from here.
Material
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