2019 年 23 巻 p. 12-19
Cultural policy as one of the regional policies had developed cultural facilities (hardware) in local areas. After that, it became to encourage cultural activities (software) utilizing those cultural facilities. And then, it is becoming to be required cooperation with related policy areas such as tourism, town development and education. The “Bird Theater” which is a regional theater company based in Shikano-cho, Tottori City, supported a compulsory education school the “Shikano Gakuen” to form a new subject named “Arawashika” including cultural activities such as theatrical workshops. The theater company proposed that theatrical workshops contribute to “proactive, interactive and deep learning” required under new curriculum guidelines and the school accepted the proposal. This case shows a good collaboration between culture and education with the purpose of fostering the ability to survive an unprecedented social environment such as population decline and practices like this case will also contribute to maintain regional sustainability.