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Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences International Peace and Co-existence Program
Lecture Code	WMG02201	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Basic Cultural Anthropology I
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Basic Cultural Anthropology I
Instructor	NAKAZORA MOE
Instructor (Katakana)	ナカゾラ　モエ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Weds5-8：IDEC 204
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Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	11 : Cultural Anthropology
Eligible Students	graduate students
Keywords	Cultural anthropology, fieldwork, ethnography, culture, environment, and development
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
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Class Objectives /Class Outline	In this class, students will be exposed to the fundamental ideas of cultural anthropology, which has produced a number of significant studies about “developing countries/regions.” Starting from classical theories and methodologies, the class also deals with various anthropological approaches toward development, as well as its more recent attempts to understand modern institutional/urban settings rather than only rural communities through fieldwork. Participants are NOT required to have knowledge of anthropology in advance, and anyone who would like to gain new insights to deepen their understanding of development are welcome.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Orientation：Anthropology in/as regional studies of developing countries. ＜PartⅠ: CLASSICS＞ lesson2: Basic methodologies: Fieldwork and ethnography lesson3: Encountering other cultures: Evolutionism lesson4: Understanding other cultures1: Functionalism and fieldwork   lesson5：Understanding other cultures 2: Cultural relativism and thick description lesson6：Mini-fieldwork: Practice participatory observation on campus ＜PARTⅡ: HOW TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT＞ lesson7：Critique of development lesson8：Development anthropology lesson9：Postdevelopment lesson10：Debate workshop ＜PARTⅢCONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY＞ lesson11: Anthropology of city-making and urbanity lesson12: Anthropology of violence and peace-making lesson13: SNS and ethnography lesson14: Ethnographic study of developing agencies and the UN lesson15: Wrap-up workshop
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Textbook not specified. Reading materials will be shared through Moodle.  Reference books and articles will be introduced during the course.
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Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Reading material will be specified prior to the class and students are required to read it in advance and prepare study questions for discussion.
Requirements	The main class language will be English, but in case needed, the lecturer will give an additional explanation in Japanese. Knowledge of anthropology is not a prerequisite for this course, and you will learn through this course the basic ideas of anthropology, and its role and advantage in studying development.
Grading Method	Grading is based on contribution to the class, written assignments and a semester paper. (More details will be given at the first class of the course.)
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