Participants: 21 (14 students, 6 Host University members, 1 Visiting Faculties)

* Additionally, 2 students from the Minamata High School participated during the first 3 days of fieldwork activities in Tokyo.

Indonesia

Brawijaya University (UB)

• • Fahmy Almaliki Dwi Aditya (Faculty of Engineering)

  • Naufal Haris Rusyard (Faculty of Computer Science)

Hasanuddin University (UNHAS)

• • Shabila Nuramaliah Poetry (Faculty of Engineering)

Syiah Kuala University (USK)

• • Muhammad Syahru Rahmadhan (Computer Engineering)

Universitas Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT)

• • Daniel Azarya Tafuama (Faculty of Engineering

Japan

Keio University (KEIO)

• • So Tokumaru (Environment & Information Studies)

  • Taiyo Noah Reimers (Environment & Information Studies)

Malaysia

University of Malaya (UM)

• • Afdhal Haziq bin Noramly (Faculty of Engineering)

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

• • Nurul Shafiyah binti Zulkarnain (School of Computer Sciences)

Philippines

University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD)

• • Patricia Aira Dy Herrera (College of Architecture)

Vietnam

Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)

• • Nguyen Dac Viet Ha (School of Economics and Management)

Thailand

Chulalongkorn University (CHULA)

• • Kornwaree Jangyodsuk (Faculty of Engineering)

Bangladesh

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

• • Farhan Tanvir Ahmed (Information and Communication Technology)

Myanmar

University of Computer Studies Yangon (UCSY)

• • Yoon Thiri Aung (Faculty of Computer Science)

Fieldwork Host

Keio University (KEIO)

• Fieldmaster and Organizer: Keisuke Uehara (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)

• Fieldmaster: Hikaru Kobayashi (Graduate School of Media and Governance)

• Fathima Assilmia (Keio University Global Research Institute)

• Leandro Navarro Hundzinski (Keio University Global Research Institute)
  

• Kiyoko Itagaki (Keio University Global Research Institute)

• Teaching Assistant: Shumpei Tasaki (Student at the Faculty of Policy Studies)

Visiting Faculties

University of Computer Studies Yangon (UCSY)

• Si Si Mar Win (Faculty of Computer Science)

Summary:

In this program, participants learned and utilized the EBA method, practicing Data Collection, Data Analyzation, Data Visualization, and Storytelling. They observed and learned about the impact of environmental pollution by exploring the field in Minamata city, located in Kyushu island, southern part of Japan. The city is known for Minamata disease, which is caused by mercury pollution from a chemical factory in 1950’s. It is the first disease caused by food chain due to environmental pollution.

Participants learned about the field while investigating the following questions:

• How could environmental disaster have been avoided/prevented if modern knowledge (design, technology, governance, management, etc) had been available?
• How can the community mitigate and bounce back from future environmental disaster?
  

During the fieldwork, students engaged in discussions with stakeholders for a deeper investigation of the issues faced by the local community. Then, each group proposed a service solution for a city that is resilient to human-made environmental disasters, thinking about different possibilities for Minamata City and other places in the world that share a story of revitalization.

Main Activities and Locations Visited:

– Service Dominant Logic workshop

– Pre-fieldwork in Tokyo: location decided by each group

– Minamata SDG Digital Art Workshop: Sorting Waste

– Minamata Virtual Map and Learning Materials

– Lecture by Kobayashi-sensei

– Minamata VR Viewing

– Visit at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

– Visit at the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park

– Presentation session at Haneda Campus