英文摘要 |
The Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (iii) of the University of Tokyo was founded on April 1st 2000. Alongside the iii, there is a parallel organization called the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies (GSII); however the former one is primarily a research organization. The purpose of the latter one is to provide graduate students with a broad training in information studies while still allowing them to pursue advanced research on specific topics. This structure was devised in order to overcome the limitations of existing graduate schools, where knowledge is divided into exclusive areas of specialization which tend to become highly formalized. The iii is a university-wide organization bringing together information-related research and education from many different disciplinary perspectives. Furthermore, it seeks to add new depth and dynamism to the University as a whole. |