What to learn – From the Graduation Thesis Subjects of March 2012 Graduates

Crossing Cultures

Connecting People with Language and without

• Characteristic sounds of the Kochi dialect – Elongation of the successive “ei” vowel sounds
• Comparative study of Japanese subtitles and voiceovers for home comedies
• Reverse electronic onomatopoeia dictionary using image parameters
• Influences of visibility and favorability in unconscious face recognition

Various Cultures and their History

• Music of Kagoshima and the West – Focusing on military music and wind instruments –
• The towns and buildings of the Czech Republic
• The relationship between wine and Western culture – The symbolism and role of wine –
• French perspectives on love and marriage – From historical transitions to the present –

Men and Women

• Study of sex-related work – Dismantling the “double standard” –
• Exploring the role of gender in magazines
• Differences in the sexes and overcoming the boundaries
• Gender and identity portrayed in the bodily imagery of modern art

Ethnicities and Cultures

• Problems with Australian multiculturalism as evidence in the Cronulla riots
  – Why did a racial riot occur in a multi-cultural nation? –
• Observations on the Christianization of aborigines
  – Can aboriginal culture and Christian philosophy coexist? –
• Nationalism and monuments in Germany
  – The controversy over monuments for Europe’s holocaust victims –
• The current state of affirmative action
  – From affirmation to preserving diversity –

The Frontline of Culture

• Society and culture through exhibitions – Exhibits in the Louvre – From post-war to modern –
• Multicultural exhibits of the musée du quai Branly – Defining the language of culture –
• The surrealism of Rene Magritte – The differences with Andre Breton –

 

Crossing Borders

Regarding international politics

• Understanding Japan’s middle power diplomacy – Focusing on theory and reality –
• The culture of Angkor – The cultural prestige of the 1931 Paris International Colonial Exposition
• Counter Insurgency in Malaysia (1948-1989) – Military and non-military actions –
• Escape from camp Cowra – Japanese prisoner options –

Development and Culture

• Informal education by NGOs – Based on the Vietnam experience –
• Role of external parties in participatory development – The selection of beneficiaries –
• Definition of development – Examples of farming villages in Thailand –

People Crossing Borders

• Immigration policy and the French Republic
• Integration failure in Germany and the limits of national immigration policies
  – The differences in immigration conditions and the possibility of regional integration overlooked by the government –
• Problems and prospects for the abduction of children in international divorces
• Study of foreigners living in Japan during the Great East Japan Earthquake
  – What was learned from the perspective of foreigners living in Japan –

Questioning the World’s Future

• Public-private cooperation in the fight against urban poverty in the U.S.
  – Comparison of U.S.A., Sweden, and The Netherlands –
• Causes for the nuclear renaissance in Japan – Energy policy – past and future –
• A scene from the Annual Freshman Orientation in May: Group discussion