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International Workshop PoliTo-Ryukoku
During the second week of September, five students from different Master's programs held at Politecnico di Torino (Sustainable Design Architecture, Systemic Design, Management Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, and Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions) travelled to Kyoto, Japan, to participate, alongside five colleagues from Ryukoku University (Kyoto), in an intensive workshop focused on the future of rural areas.
Under the mentoring of a joint team of professors from the Politecnico (Magda Bolzoni and Giancarlo Cotella) and Ryukoku University (Naoko Oishi and Daisuke Abe), the students engaged in intensive fieldwork, conducting site visits, participating in roundtable discussions, and meeting with local residents, institutions, and stakeholders. The goal was to understand the challenges and to reflect on the development opportunities of the rural area of Seki, located in Nantan municipality, in Kyoto Prefecture. This initial analytical phase led to the development of a strategy that integrates various social innovation actions, aimed at reversing the negative socio-economic trends affecting the area. The long-term goal is to generate dynamics that could lead to the repopulation of the region and strengthen its socioeconomic fabric and services.
On the morning of Saturday, September 14, students and professors gathered at the PoliTo Japan Hub in Kyoto to present and discuss the results of their work. The meeting was introduced by Professor Giuseppe Pezzotti, Director of the Kyoto office of the Japan Hub, who emphasized the importance of strengthening the centre's activities and, more generally, of consolidating relations between Italy and Japan on common issues, such as the development of declining rural areas.
In the coming months, the research team will focus on refining the strategy and will reconvene at the end of February at the Politecnico di Torino to repeat the analysis and strategy development process, this time focusing on a marginal area of the Metropolitan City of Turin. The initial results are encouraging, and the dedication of the students and professors involved is genuinely aimed at making a difference and charting new development paths for territories currently struggling to emerge from crisis trajectories.
#Japan Hub
Under the mentoring of a joint team of professors from the Politecnico (Magda Bolzoni and Giancarlo Cotella) and Ryukoku University (Naoko Oishi and Daisuke Abe), the students engaged in intensive fieldwork, conducting site visits, participating in roundtable discussions, and meeting with local residents, institutions, and stakeholders. The goal was to understand the challenges and to reflect on the development opportunities of the rural area of Seki, located in Nantan municipality, in Kyoto Prefecture. This initial analytical phase led to the development of a strategy that integrates various social innovation actions, aimed at reversing the negative socio-economic trends affecting the area. The long-term goal is to generate dynamics that could lead to the repopulation of the region and strengthen its socioeconomic fabric and services.
On the morning of Saturday, September 14, students and professors gathered at the PoliTo Japan Hub in Kyoto to present and discuss the results of their work. The meeting was introduced by Professor Giuseppe Pezzotti, Director of the Kyoto office of the Japan Hub, who emphasized the importance of strengthening the centre's activities and, more generally, of consolidating relations between Italy and Japan on common issues, such as the development of declining rural areas.
In the coming months, the research team will focus on refining the strategy and will reconvene at the end of February at the Politecnico di Torino to repeat the analysis and strategy development process, this time focusing on a marginal area of the Metropolitan City of Turin. The initial results are encouraging, and the dedication of the students and professors involved is genuinely aimed at making a difference and charting new development paths for territories currently struggling to emerge from crisis trajectories.
#Japan Hub