“Systemic Design Seminar” sponsored by issue design ~Hirotada Ototake will be invited as a guest to hold a dialogue event to think about social system reform~
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Press release: September 9, 2024
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“Systemic Design Seminar” sponsored by issue design ~Hirotada Ototake will be invited as a guest to hold a dialogue event to think about social system reform~
*Held on Saturday, October 5th at Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, also streamed online*
Issue Plus Design (Representative: Yusuke Kakei), a specified non-profit organization, will welcome Hirotada Ototake, an author and opinion leader in the field of diversity and minorities in Japan, as a special guest on Saturday, October 5, 2024. We will be holding a “Systemic Design Seminar” series. At this event, we will learn about design approaches to social issues and deepen dialogue on the theme of social system transformation.
*Providing a forum for dialogue towards social system change* We, issue design, have created books such as “How to navigate the world with dementia,” “Parent and Child Health Handbook,” “School Activities Together,” and “Pre-Single Mothers Handbook,” etc. for people who are called minorities. I have been working on a project for. Due to prejudice and discrimination, people in socially weaker positions are still looked down upon and face many barriers and difficulties.
A society where people who are called minorities can live in an easy way is a kind society where everyone can live in an easy way. With this in mind, we continue to take on the challenge of transforming the Japanese social system through design for minorities.
In the “Systemic Design Seminar” series, we welcome guests who are taking on the challenge of reforming social systems in various fields, and deepen their learning about system change that goes beyond problem solving.
Our guest this time is author Hiromasa Ototake. Mr. Ototake is working hard to realize an inclusive society by transforming the social system itself through education and politics. We will welcome opinion leaders in Japan’s diversity and minority fields as guests, and together we will think about what is needed to transform Japan’s social system and what Japan should be like in the future.
The moderator is Megumi Hinami Arai, a female entrepreneur who is also active on government committees. He deepened the discussion by drawing on his experience of starting a business during his university days and trying to create a better social system by understanding the diverse ways of families without being bound by traditional views on family and marriage. Masu.
*For application and details* *Click here*
Event overview
* ������Date and time*
Sunday, October 5, 2024 14:00-15:30
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You can participate in person or watch online (archive distribution available) Face to face: Tokyo Midtown Design Hub International Liaison Center (Midtown Tower 5F, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Directly connected to Exit 8 of Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo Line) Online: Zom
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1,000 yen
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14:00 – Introduction
14:05 – Performance 1: Yusuke Kakei, representative of ssue design 14:20 – Performance 2: Mr. Hiromasa Ototake
14:40 – Conversation between Kakei and Ototake (Moderator: Megumi Arai) 15:20 – Closing
* ������Recommended for these people*
・Those who would like to hear about Kakei and Mr. Ototake
・Those who are working on solving issues in the medical and welfare fields, such as dementia and school attendance support.
・Those who want to consider the relationship between nursing care, medical care, education, and design
*Guest profile*
* Hirotada Ototake *
Born in 1976 in Tokyo. Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics. “Five Body Dissatisfaction”, which was published while he was a student at university, has a total of 600 A bestseller with over 10,000 copies sold. After graduating, he worked as a sports writer. After that, he served as an elementary school teacher and a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. Participated in the management of a “town nursery school” that aims to raise children with roots in the community. Since 2018, he has been working on a prosthetic leg project and achieved a 117m walk at the National Stadium. In 2022, he challenged the House of Councilors election (Tokyo constituency) but lost. He is active as an opinion leader in the field of diversity in Japan, including serving as an MC on news programs.
* Hinae Niori *
Director of Manma, a specified non-profit organization
In 2014, while attending university, he founded manma and started the “Family Study Abroad” experience program where students accompany families raising children for a day in their daily lives and meet role models for their way of life.
Serves as a committee member of the Children and Families Agency, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, etc. Completed the Graduate School of System Design Management, Keio University.
host profile
*Yusuke Kakei*
Representative of Issue Plus Design, a specified non-profit organization Born in 1975. Graduated from Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Sociology. Completed the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (Doctor of Engineering). Specially appointed professor at Keio University Graduate School.
Established the social design project issue design in 2008. Since then, he has been engaged in research and practice in the field of design to solve social issues.
Since 2017, he has been a founding member of the Dementia Future Co-Creation Hub, working to create a society where people with dementia can live comfortably. His books include “Design that changes the region” and “
Social Design Practical Guide,” “Population Decline x Design,” “How to Create Sustainable Communities,” “How to Navigate in a World with Dementia,” etc.
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*issue design*
A social design project started in 2008 with the slogan “Using citizens’ creativity to address social issues.” Citizens, governments, and businesses participate to use the beauty of design and the power of empathy to address social issues facing the region, Japan, and the world. “Dekimasu bib” to support volunteers in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, “Parent and Child Health Handbook” to support pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, and “Community” travel guidebook to enjoy meeting people.
“Travel Guide” and “Sagawa Town, Kochi Prefecture, drawing the future of the region with 300 residents”
We are currently implementing a number of design projects, including “Comprehensive Plan Created Together” and “How to Walk in a Dementia World,” which visualizes the world in which people with dementia live, as well as other design projects that take on the challenge of solving local issues using a variety of approaches in collaboration with governments and companies.
https://issueplusdesign.jp/
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Issue Plus Design (person in charge: Sato)
Email info@issueplusdesign.jp