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開講科目名 ／Course	プロジェクト演習／Activity for Project
時間割コード ／Course Code	T4T10499_T2
開講所属 ／Course Offered by	観光学部／Faculty of Tourism
ターム・学期 ／Term・Semester	2026年度／Academic Year　　第1クォーター／1Q
曜限 ／Day, Period	金／Fri　1
開講区分 ／Semester offered	前期／the former term
単位数 ／Credits	2.0
学年 ／Year	2,3,4
主担当教員 ／Main Instructor	Adam Doering／Timothy Adam DOERING
授業形態 ／Lecture Form	演習
教室 ／Classroom	西２号館Ｗ２-２０３／W2-203
開講形態 ／Course Format
ディプロマポリシー情報 ／Diploma Policy	要件年度 ／Required Year 要件所属 ／Course Name ディプロマポリシー ／Diploma Policy DP値 ／DP Point 2020/04 ～2025/04 観光学部 課題解決力と自己学修能力 10

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名 ／Instructor	教員所属名 ／Affiliation
Adam Doering／Timothy Adam DOERING	観光学部（教員）

授業の概要・ねらい ／Course Aims	This course examines coastal tourism development and ocean-based lifestyles in Japan through the lens of surfing and surf tourism. Surfing is explored not only as a sport, but as a cultural practice that shapes relationships among place, community, environment, and tourism economies. Focusing on Japan highlights how global surf culture is adapted within specific social, historical, and coastal contexts. The course has two main aims. First, students develop a critical understanding of the historical development of surfing and surf tourism, along with contemporary issues such as sustainability, localism, gender, environmental politics, and community change. Second, the course introduces ethnography as a qualitative method for understanding tourism and everyday social life, emphasizing learning both about surfing and through engagement with coastal environments. Topics addressed in the course include: • The historical development and global circulation of surfing • Surf tourism and rural coastal development in Japan • Localism, gender, and belonging in surf communities • Surfing and post-disaster recovery • Ocean safety, risk, and coastal governance • Environmental activism and surfing politics • Ethnographic approaches to studying tourism and coastal cultures
到達目標 ／Course Objectives	By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze surfing and surf tourism as socially embedded practices and apply ethnographic perspectives to the study of tourism and ocean-based cultures. The course also encourages students to experience and reconnect with the sea through surfing as a way to understand how surf tourism can foster meaningful human–ocean relationships. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the history and evolution of modern surfing and its relationship to tourism development. 2. Critically evaluate the potential of surf tourism for rural and regional development. 3. Explain the relationship between surf culture, place-making, and tourism in Japan. 4. Engage with scholarly and public debates concerning surfing culture, gender, and localism. 5. Explain how surf tourism can contribute to post-disaster recovery processes. 6. Assess the role of surf tourism in community development and environmental sustainability initiatives.
成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading Policies/Criteria	The course combines fieldwork trips and classwork. Assessments include short reflections and a final ethnographic report on surfing and surf tourism in Wakayama and is structured as follows: Assessment 1: Lecture summaries and reflections What: Lecture comprehension task Weight: 30% of total grade (3 reviews x worth 10% each) Length: 1 page (100-200 word summary, 100-200 word reflection) Assessment 2: Fieldwork interviews and summaries What: Conduct at least interviews Weight: 30% of total grade Length:  Short summary of the interviews (3-4 pages) Assignment 3: Final ethnography and presentation What: Ethnography of Japanese surf culture Weight: 40% of total grade Length: 5 page ethnography (2,000 words)
教科書 ／Textbook	水野 英莉 (2020). ただ波に乗る Just Surf―サーフィンのエスノグラフィー。 ISBN-10: ‎ 4771033560 ￥2,640
参考書・参考文献 ／Reference Book	Additional readings will be assigned in class.
履修上の注意 ・メッセージ ／Notice for Students	The class will include both Japanese and English. Although you generally won’t leave waist depth water, it is recommended that you can swim a minimum of 50 meters to safely participate. No previous surfing experience is required for the class. Course costs: Rental wetsuits 15,000¥ (6 times x 2500¥)
履修を推奨する関連科目 ／Related Courses	Tourism and Environment; Principles of Tourism C; Ethics of Tourism & Travel
授業時間外学修（予習・復習等）の内容 ／students learning outside of the class, preparation and review are included	We will surf on Friday mornings and afternoons as per the students schedule. BUT, waves are inconsistent in Wakayama and surfing depends on nature so some changes to the schedule. Some student flexibility is necessary.
その他連絡事項 ／Other messages	N/A
授業理解を深める方法 ／How to deepen your understanding of classes	Not only surf, but read and engage with the reading material and class discussions. This is not a surf class but an academic study of surfing that includes a surfing component. Deeping knowledge of surf tourism destinations requires reading the literature and critical thinking.
オフィスアワー ／Office Hours	Office hours: Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 Or contact me through email to arrange a meeting time: adoering@wakayama-u.ac.jp
科目ナンバリング ／Course Numbering	TN0002J00100T261
実務経験のある教員等による授業科目 ／Practical Experience	実践的教育 ／Practical Education 2. 該当する 実践的教育の内容 ／Contents This course centers around experiential learning, with the first half of the class being more traditional lectures and the second half will comprise of surf and ocean safety lessons at the beach.

No.	回（日時） ／Time (date and time)	主題と位置付け ／Subjects and position in the whole course	学習方法と内容 ／Methods and contents	備考（担当） ／Notes
1	1	History and Evolution of Surfing	Students will learn about the history and evolution of surfing from he’e nalu to Olympic sport in Tokyo, over a century of surfing's evolution.
2	2	Surf Tourism Development in Japan	This lecture will examine surf tourism development in Miyazaki Prefecture.
3	3	Surfing & Gender I	In this lecture we will explore how surfing and surf culture maintains a masculine surfing culture through localism practices.
4	4	Surfing and Gender II	We investigate how women carve out new spaces in contemporary surfing culture in Japan and internationally
5	5	Surfing & Post-disaster Recovery	In this lecture we will learn about how surfing is used to help recover from post-disaster and tsunami effected areas of Fukushima and Aceh (Indonesia)
6	6	Guest Lecture	An invited guest speaker will be welcomed on a specific area of surf culture relating to the interests of the class.
7	7	Preparation for surfing lessons and fieldwork	We will go over safety and rules for surfing and prepare for conducting fieldwork in the surf.
8	8	Fieldwork 1	Learning how: Surfing safety and rules of surfing at Isonoura Beach.	Assignments 1-3 due.
9	9	Fieldwork 2	Learning how: Keep paddling
10	10	Fieldwork 3	Learning how: Reading the waves	Assignment 2 due.
11	11	Fieldwork 4	Learning how: Catching a wave
12	12	Fieldwork 5	Learning how: The "pop-up"
13	13	Fieldwork 6	Learning how: Riding a wave
14	14	Fieldwork 7	Learning how: Catching waves independently.
15	15	Presentations of final ethnographies	Final presentations and discussions on the theme of your choice in relation to surfing, surf culture and surf tourism and learned in the readings and from personal experience.	Final essay due.