Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code WMBB2001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 歴史文化論講義A
Subject Name
(Katakana)
レキシブンカロンコウギA
Subject Name in
English
Lecture on History and Culture A
Instructor NAKAMURA TAIRA
Instructor
(Katakana)
ナカムラ タイラ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Tues7-8:LET A152
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture・ Seminar ・Discussion・Oral presentation・Field Trip 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords Capital, State, Minority, Colonialism, Writing 
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)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
    We will discuss reflexively methods of inquiry itself, while thinking a topic of both “Comparative Japanese Culture” and Asian histories and cultures. Readings will be regarded around S. Hall, Sakai Naoki, Spivak, Bhabha, Said by now. This class is connected to "Seminars on history and culture A" and you have to take both course basically. 
Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 Discussion on readings and methods of discussion
lesson3 A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
lesson4 A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
lesson5 A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
lesson6 Hall’s “The Work of Representation”
lesson7 Hall’s “The Work of Representation”
lesson8 Reading and discussion
lesson9 Reading and discussion
lesson10 Reading and discussion
lesson11 Reading and discussion
lesson12 Reading and discussion
lesson13 Reading and discussion
lesson14 Reading and discussion
lesson15 Reading and discussion 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Hall, Stuart. 1997. “The Work of Representation,” Stuart Hall ed. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. pp: 13-74. Sage Publications & Open University.
Rancière. 2011. Muchi na kyoushi. (Translation)Hoseidaigaku.
Spivak, G. C. 1999. A Critique of Postcolonial Reason. Harvard University Press.
呉叡人2021『台湾、あるいは孤立無援の島の思想:民主主義とナショナリズムのディレンマを越えて』みすず書房(『受困的思想:臺灣重返世界』台北:衛城、2016年)
And others.
 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Text・Handout・Picture(Video/Other) 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Be conscious of master’s and doctoral thesis. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Participation to reading and discussion. 
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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