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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College College of Intercultural Communication
Course Code DM667
Theme・Subtitle グローバル・コモディティから考える
Class Format Face-to-face (partially online)
Class Format (Supplementary Items) ゲストスピーカーの都合により、2回の授業（6・11回目の授業）をオンラインで実施する可能性がある。オンライン実施回に変更が生じる場合は、授業内またはCanvas LMS等で周知する。
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Mon.5･M302
Credit 2
Course Number ICC3340
Language Japanese
Class Registration Method Lottery Registration（定員：100人/ Capacity：100）
Grade (Year) Required 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 〇（履修中止可/ Eligible 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。
Notes
Text Code DM667

【Course Objectives】

(1) Learn the current situation and issues of global commodities (raw materials, agricultural, forestry, marine, and other commodities traded in international markets) and be able to discuss them from the perspectives of the development studies and theory, as well as from the perspective of the mono kenkyu (the commodity studies) and the area studies.
(2) To be able to study practical examples of global commodities aiming for fair trade and to understand their characteristics.
(3) By learning about the actual situation of global commodity trading, students will be able to take a standpoint to think of international cooperation issues not as problems of others overseas, but by linking domestic and overseas issues, and acquire an attitude to try to solve them.

【Course Contents】

In this lecture, we will focus on bananas, a global commodity that we have come to take for granted.
In Part I, the course will begin by learning about the supply chain (and value chain) of bananas: how they are grown, harvested, and exported to Japan. Particular attention will be given to the situation in the Philippine production sites, where repeated problems such as low-wage labor, labor union repression, and pesticide disasters have occurred. In addition, the course will introduce these issues from the perspective of the "mono kenkyu" (the commodity studies) and the area studies.
In Part II, you will be introduced about practices to solve problems related to global commodities such as bananas. These efforts range from those that seek alternative models based on the position that poverty in producing countries cannot be solved by market-based international trade, to those that seek better ways to trade while accepting market economy, to those that utilize the expertise of companies to tackle the issues. International frameworks that encourage companies to self-regulate are also developing. You will learn practical examples of each approach.
In Part III, the students will understand and discuss the characteristics of the cases studied in Part II, placing them in the development studies. the students will consider how you, as a consumer, are involved in the global commodity issues and think about how you can take action tackle them.

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