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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 WMG02301 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name Basic Cultural Anthropology II
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Basic Cultural Anthropology II
Instructor ADAMS JILL PETERSEN,ADAMS JILL PETERSEN
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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 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Fri5-8:IDEC 203
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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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) 14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students Master students
Keywords Cultural memory in Hawai’i: Before and After Pearl Harbor and Japanese-American Incarceration  
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The island of Hawai’i is situated in contested cultural space between American, Hawaiian, and Japanese memories (among others). Basic Anthropological concepts can help us untangle the difficult cultural terrain of Hawai’I and its memorial sites.
Pushing against the marketing of Hawai’i as a multicultural and ecological paradise, this course considers relationships between the Hawaiian Kingdom and Japan; Japanese immigration to Hawai’i during the plantation era; U.S. occupation of Hawai’i past and present; the establishment and bombing of Pearl Harbor; U.S. incarceration of Japanese-Americans; and Nisei military service in World War II. We consider how these complicated histories inform memorial and visual culture in Hawai’i today, from Nisei veterans’ memorials to tourism, U.S. military occupation, and the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
・Using the lens of basic cultural anthropology, be able to introduce others to key issues from Hawaiian, Japanese and Japanese-American history and experiences in Hawai’i.
▪ Identify multiple influences on memorial culture in Hawai’i through the lens of Japanese or Japan-related experiences there. Use concepts from basic cultural
anthropology to describe perspectives on, and critiques of, Hawaiian
“multiculturalism,” tourism, and ecological development.
▪ Synthesize the above to provide your own scholarly and analytic approach to
memorial sites in Hawai’i  
Class Schedule lesson1 1. Overview of content and expectations 2. Introductions to Instructor, Students 3. Explanation of “engage” assignments and final project 4. Key concepts from basic cultural anthropology related to cultural, social, and public memory
lesson2 The Hawaiian Kingdom Plantation Economy Japanese Immigration
1. Discuss Glossaries (see below). 2. Hawaiian and Plantation History: Introduction,1846 through WWII 3. Engage activity/ discussion
lesson3 “Decolonial” Hawai’i Race and Ethnicity in Hawai’i

lesson4 U.S. Occupation(s) of Hawai’i & Pearl Harbor
lesson5 U.S. Incarceration of Japanese Americans and Redress
Movement
lesson6 Incarceration, Redress, and Nisei Military Service in World
War II
lesson7 Haoles, Hawaiian Sovereignty and De-Colonizing Tourism
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lesson15 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Introduce Hokulani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez,
eds., Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai’i (Duke University
Press, 2019, and others 
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・Use concepts from basic cultural anthropology to describe perspectives on, and critiques of, Hawaiian “multiculturalism,” tourism, and ecological development.
▪ Synthesize the above to provide your own scholarly and analytic approach to
memorial sites in Hawai’i  
Requirements Middle to advanced-level English ability, including reading academic text and engaging
in logical debate 
Grading Method Your grade in this course is built through regular, small assignments that build to a final
project—a critical, analytical, “decolonial” (and virtual) “tour” of Hawai’i with an emphasis on Japan-related experiences.
Engage: attendance, preparation, and participation—100 points, 20%
Reflect: reflection/ site analysis assignments Week 3, 4, 5, 6: 200 points total, 40%
Create your own De-tour of Hawai’i Plan and Project Submission 200 points total, 40%
 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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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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