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Faculty of Economics Department of Co-existing Society Studies

Recruitment stopped in April 2023

For all students enrolled in faculties and departments that will cease accepting new students, we will ensure that they maintain their affiliation with their chosen department and the educational environment there until graduation. We, the faculty and staff, will also fulfill our responsibility to provide support for their student life, career paths, and job placement.

Faculty Introduction

SAITO, Yasunori Professor

Specialized fields
  • Regional sociology, disaster sociology, citizen activity theory
Research Keywords
  • Disaster, community, volunteer, NPO, temporary housing
Courses taught
  • Volunteerism and NPO Theory, Social Movement and Community Theory, Fundamentals of Fieldwork, Fieldwork Ia, Basic Seminar, Seminars I, II, and III
Representative works
  • Saito, Yasunori, 2019, "Another Way of Community Formation: Considering Sendai's Reconstruction from the Perspectives of 'Temporary Housing' and 'Hometown Salons'," in Yoshino, Hideki and Kato, Masayoshi (eds.), *Disaster Recovery and Prospects: Towards Sustainable Local Communities*, Yuhikaku. (Published May 2019)
  • Saito, Yasunori, 2017, "Life histories of the 'second generation' working in non-profit organizations in disaster-stricken areas: NPOs wavering between activity and employment," in Naoki Yoshihara, Kaori Nitagai, and Yukimasa Matsumoto (eds.), *Life Records of the Great East Japan Earthquake and <Reconstruction>*, Rokka Publishing, pp. 344-371.
  • Saito, Yasunori, 2016, "Rethinking Community Formation in Temporary Housing: Living Issues and Network Development at the 'Asuto Nagamachi Temporary Housing' following the Great East Japan Earthquake," *Annual Report of the Japan Society for Regional Sociology*, 28: 61-75.
Message from the teacher

The seminar's motto is "Thinking from the field." While it's important to read specialized books and theoretically analyze the logic behind social phenomena, we want young people to focus on experiencing social issues happening "here and now" through the diverse voices of those directly affected. The seminar conducts fieldwork in Sendai City and other areas within and outside the prefecture, and holds an annual "Graduation Research Presentation." Recent graduation research themes have included Sendai's sub-center (Nagamachi and Izumi-Chuo), the Naruko Onsen "Farmers' House," community development, disaster-stricken shopping streets, intangible culture in tsunami-affected areas, temporary housing and disaster-relief public housing, and more. In the past, we have collaborated with government agencies and NPOs to produce maps of the areas surrounding disaster-relief public housing and booklets on the local history of tsunami-affected areas. We look forward to the participation of those who are proactive and willing to get their hands dirty.

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