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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2026
College Graduate School of Social Design Studies
Course Code VM225
Theme・Subtitle (ライフストーリーと社会的帰属)
Class Format HyFlex
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Sat.2
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Credits 2
Course Number SDS5210
Language Japanese
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
Course Cancellation -(履修中止制度なし/ No system for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/about/disclosure/educational_policy/sd.html
Notes 社会デザイン研究科では、教室での対面授業を基本としながら、同時に遠隔地在住の学生の学びを保証するため、オンラインでも受講できる形で授業を行う。なお、履修者全員の了承が取れた場合には、「対面のみ」もしくは「オンラインのみ」で授業を行うこともある。

【Course Objectives】

In a stable society, an individual’s life follows a series of milestone “rites of passage.” Through these symbolic experiences, people learn social norms and deepen their sense of belonging. However, in a society marked by rapid change and instability, the norms themselves become fluid, making it difficult to establish social belonging.

The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 was not only an unprecedented disaster; it was also an identity crisis that shook the very foundations of the society we had built. Since 2020, humanity’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has made us acutely aware that the world is interconnected as one. At the same time, rising geopolitical tensions have ushered in an era in which globalism and localism are in constant tension. The destruction caused by conflicts and wars erupting around the world, as well as the damage to the global environment brought about by seemingly peaceful economic activity, all ultimately stem from the actions of each of us as human beings. What we dismiss as “someone else’s problem” or “another country’s issue” is, in fact, all interconnected.

Our society itself is confronting a massive “rite of passage” with no clear exit in sight. In such an era, individuals bear the responsibility of actively inscribing the trajectory of their own lives into contemporary history. I believe this process involves not being swept along by increasingly unstable and fluid social conditions, but instead proactively restoring social norms and a sense of belonging. I myself went through a rite of passage of burnout in my professional life. By reflecting on my past, receiving help from others, and reestablishing social norms and belonging, I was able to step forward into a future life.

In this course, drawing on the Story Matrix Theory that I systematized from my own lived experiences, we will navigate the narrative arc of life—introduction, development, turning point, and conclusion. We will look back on life experiences from the “past” and assign them new meanings through reinterpretation and retelling. At times, this entails a transformation of the (old) identity that defines the present self—particularly when “silent stories” emerge. Then, starting from a renewed “present,” we will envision the “future” through life design and draw closer to an “ideal life.” By engaging in this entire process as a team (community), we begin the collaborative editing of new social stories—stories of renewed social norms and belonging.

【Course Contents】

After the first orientation session, the course unfolds across four stages (“introduction, development, turning point, and conclusion”), followed by a final session for overall reflection. The entire course is designed to unfold as “one single story.”

Introduction — An overview of life stories (a narrative that runs through the past, present, and future)

Development — Discovering personality (a framework for viewing the self objectively)

Turning Point — Rites of passage and society (catalysts for personal growth)

Conclusion — The life story as a hero’s journey (designing an “ideal life”)

In this course, while drawing on the concept of life stories as used in sociology, psychology, and related fields, we do not adhere rigidly to strict academic definitions. Instead, we use life stories as one method for giving three-dimensional form to the practice of social design. Taking “3.11” and the COVID-19 pandemic as shared experiential starting points, we combine the four life stages—childhood, youth, midlife, and old age—with perspectives on historical periods and generations across nearly 80 years of postwar history. By weaving individual life stories together, we transform “my story” into “our story” and into the story of society. Such collective narratives become a platform for social design practices that enable the realization of diverse “ideal lives.”

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 オリエンテーション―「ライフストーリーとは何か」
2 起 ライフストーリー概論1(ライフストーリーの理論的系譜)
3 起 ライフストーリー概論2(「個人の物語」の枠組み)
4 承 パーソナリティの発見1(外部環境(1)時代が育てるライフストーリー)
5 承 パーソナリティの発見2(外部環境(2)世代で共有するライフストーリー)
6 承 パーソナリティの発見3(内部環境(1)パーソナリティを知る)
7 承 パーソナリティの発見4(内部環境(2)9つのタイプ・9つのレベル)
8 転 通過儀礼と社会1(伝統社会における「成人」)
9 転 通過儀礼と社会2(現代社会と「中年の危機」)
10 転 通過儀礼と社会3(老年の可能性―「100年人生」の時代)
11 結 英雄の旅としてのライフストーリー1(ライフデザイン(1)過去の再編集)
12 結 英雄の旅としてのライフストーリー2(ライフデザイン(2)現在の再認識)
13 結 英雄の旅としてのライフストーリー3(ライフデザイン(3)未来の再創造)
14 総括―「英雄の旅―理想の人生を生きる」

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

補足事項 (Supplementary Items)
内省と対話を重視します。

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

授業時間外の学習に関しては、必要に応じて別途指示します。

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
レポート試験 (Report Exam) 50
平常点 (In-class Points)50 クラスディスカッション参加(25%)
リアクションペーパー提出(25%)
備考 (Notes)

【テキスト / Textbooks】

なし/None

【参考文献 / Readings】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 桜井厚 『ライフストーリー論』 せりか書房 2005
2 やまだようこ 『人生を物語る―生成のライフストーリー』 ミネルヴァ書房 2000
3 谷口貢 『日本人の一生―通過儀礼の民俗学』 八千代出版 2014

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

【その他 / Others】

【注意事項 / Notice】

本科目は授業回の全てにおいて、理論等学術的な知見を踏まえつつ、担当教員の実務家としての経験、または研究成果を活かし、教員と学生との双方向の討論を重視した実践的な授業とする。学生には、課題の発表や討論など、授業での積極的な参加を期待する。