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Social Issues Through Drama (8 Weeks)     Mondays 19:10-21:30     May 29th ~ July 14 Application deadline May 21 Instructor: Sarajean Rossitto Apply for this Course: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/admissions/form-application.php?course=SID101 Details: The purpose of this class is to develop a more critical understanding of social issues through drama. The class focuses on the issues included in the play (SEVEN) including but not limited to democracy, education, reproductive health, trafficking in persons, refugees and crisis and home (domestic) violence. Each week we will cover one section of the play SEVEN after reviewing at least one major issue. Weekly online reading assignments introduce background information to help participants understand the connections between the issues presented and the play. Each student is expected to: 1) do some background research on one character; and 2) take part in a final reading of the ...

Peace Boat’s Global University Peace Boat’s Global University - Now Accepting Participants for August 2017 [Tokyo-Yangon] How do we achieve peace and justice in society? This question is more pressing today, when the tendency to secure safety by division and exclusion―rather than cooperation and inclusion―seems to be spreading globally. When we turn on news, anti-immigration rhetoric is heard everywhere and intolerance to others seems to be growing stronger. From August 10 to 28, 2017 , Japan-based international NGO Peace Boat’s Global University will organise a 19-day programme with the theme “Building Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in the Asia-Pacific.” The programme will be a combination of interactive onboard seminars and field visits in four places (Tokyo, Xiamen, Singapore, and Yangon). Drawing on actual case studies from the Asia-Pacific region, this programme will expose participants to issues related to poverty and discrimination, environmental issues, mig...