ARS10001 Anthropology of　Globalization I

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies

Lecture Code ARS10001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name Anthropology of　Globalization I （グローバリゼーションの人類学 I）

Subject Name
（Katakana）グローバリゼーションノジンルイガク I

Subject Name in
English Anthropology of　Globalization I

Instructor ADAMS JILL PETERSEN,ADAMS JILL PETERSEN

Instructor
(Katakana) アダムス　ジル　ピーターセン,アダムス　ジル　ピーターセン

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Weds3-4：IAS K210

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 14 : Cultural Studies

Eligible Students undergraduate students, 2nd year above

Keywords cultural anthropology, global studies, memory studies, Hiroshima, US, Atomic Bomb

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
・The knowledge and understanding of one's own language and culture and other languages and cultures that are prerequisite abilities for communication with people from different cultures and areas of specialization.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the
mutual relations and their importance among individual
academic disciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
・The ability to specify necessary theories and methods for the consideration of important issues.
・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
・The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Using foundational theories from disciplines such as cultural anthropology, global studies, and memory studies, our course engages the legacies of war and catastrophic loss. We will analyze the different ways meaning is constructed and communicated in monuments, memorials, and sites of memory—particularly between the United States and Japan since 1945.  We use the tools of our disciplines to better identify, understand, and analyze the meanings communicated and contested in these spaces. We will join our academic concepts to real life places, people, and problems using “case studies.” These case studies help us apply but also critique academic theories, developing new concepts and modes of understanding.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction and Course overview
lesson2 Key concepts in the Study of Globalization
lesson3 Key concepts in the study of cultural, social and public memory
lesson4 monuments, memories, and meanings
lesson5 how to question memorial sites like an anthropologists
lesson6 US-Japan case study 1: "Smithsonian controversy", Enola Gay
Exhibitions in the U.S., and American Memorial Limits
lesson7 Japan-U.S. Case Study 2: Hiroshima A-Bomb Memory and English
access to Japanese memories
lesson8 Final Case Study Analysis Due
lesson9
lesson10
lesson11
lesson12
lesson13
lesson14
lesson15

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Selection from John McCormick’s "Introduction to Global Studies and/or
Manfred Steger’s Globalization: A Very Short Introduction" and others

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

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Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review The following abilities and skills are needed; The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
・ The ability to specify necessary theories and methods for the consideration of important issues.
・ The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.

Requirements

Grading Method evaluation will be made according to the abilities as follows: The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.
・ The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
・ The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies
Lecture Code	ARS10001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Anthropology of　Globalization I （グローバリゼーションの人類学 I）
Subject Name （Katakana）	グローバリゼーションノジンルイガク I
Subject Name in English	Anthropology of　Globalization I
Instructor	ADAMS JILL PETERSEN,ADAMS JILL PETERSEN
Instructor (Katakana)	アダムス　ジル　ピーターセン,アダムス　ジル　ピーターセン
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Weds3-4：IAS K210
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)

Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students	undergraduate students, 2nd year above
Keywords	cultural anthropology, global studies, memory studies, Hiroshima, US, Atomic Bomb
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines. ・The knowledge and understanding of one's own language and culture and other languages and cultures that are prerequisite abilities for communication with people from different cultures and areas of specialization. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic disciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines. ・The ability to specify necessary theories and methods for the consideration of important issues. ・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them. ・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. ・The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Using foundational theories from disciplines such as cultural anthropology, global studies, and memory studies, our course engages the legacies of war and catastrophic loss. We will analyze the different ways meaning is constructed and communicated in monuments, memorials, and sites of memory—particularly between the United States and Japan since 1945. We use the tools of our disciplines to better identify, understand, and analyze the meanings communicated and contested in these spaces. We will join our academic concepts to real life places, people, and problems using “case studies.” These case studies help us apply but also critique academic theories, developing new concepts and modes of understanding.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction and Course overview lesson2 Key concepts in the Study of Globalization lesson3 Key concepts in the study of cultural, social and public memory lesson4 monuments, memories, and meanings lesson5 how to question memorial sites like an anthropologists lesson6 US-Japan case study 1: "Smithsonian controversy", Enola Gay Exhibitions in the U.S., and American Memorial Limits lesson7 Japan-U.S. Case Study 2: Hiroshima A-Bomb Memory and English access to Japanese memories lesson8 Final Case Study Analysis Due lesson9 lesson10 lesson11 lesson12 lesson13 lesson14 lesson15
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Selection from John McCormick’s "Introduction to Global Studies and/or Manfred Steger’s Globalization: A Very Short Introduction" and others
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	The following abilities and skills are needed; The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines. ・ The ability to specify necessary theories and methods for the consideration of important issues. ・ The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.
Requirements
Grading Method	evaluation will be made according to the abilities as follows: The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them. ・ The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. ・ The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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