ASA33101 Area Studies

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ASA33101 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 地域を科学する

Subject Name
（Katakana）チイキヲカガクスル

Subject Name in
English Area Studies

Instructor ASANO TOSHIHISA,KASUGA AYUKA,MARUTA TAKASHI,LEE YUHUI,ARAMI HIROSHI,NAGATA HIROAKI,HIKITA ATSUSHI,FUNCK CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA,YANASE YOSHIHARU,FUKUDA SATOSHI,WATANABE MAKOTO,AOKI TOSHIO

Instructor
(Katakana) アサノ　トシヒサ,カスガ　アユカ,マルタ　タカシ,リ　ユーフィ,アラミ　ヒロシ,ナガタ　ヒロアキ,ヒキタ　アツシ,フンク　カロリン　エリーザベト　ハンナ,ヤナセ　ヨシハル,フクダ　サトシ,ワタナベ　マコト,アオキ　トシオ

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

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Mon9-10,Fri9-10：IAS K205

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Lecture-oriented class. Many handouts.
The principle Face-to-face
The student in hope of on-line attendance contact a charge teacher beforehand

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 13 : Area Studies

Eligible Students

Keywords Area study.　Regional study.　Cultural anthropology.　History.   Literature.   Sociology.    Tourism Studies.

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 Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture"  and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline What is "Area"? What is the aim of Area studies? We will introduce the approaches to the "Area" from 13 different perspectives. And  we will consider how to integrate the knowledge obtained in these different approaches.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction　(Asano and the others)
lesson2 Relationship between the community and the environmental movement（Asano）
lesson3  "Region" as a non-daily space: tourism geography in Japan and Germany 　(Funck)
lesson4　Social structure of rural community and forest management in modern Japan　（Fukuda）
lesson5　Japanese founding and cultural cross point~Hiroshima's growth read from it’s old maps~(Hikita)
lesson6　Demographic change and the ecological imperialism in modern and contemporary Europe (Nagata)
lesson7  Americanization of Mexico, mexicanization of America  (Aoki)
lesson8 Diverse networks revealed through environmental history　（Kasuga）
lesson9　Study of the local history about the legend　（Watanabe）
lesson10 The Formation of Municipal History and the Transition of Its Objectives（Yokoyama）
lesson11 Social structure of China and notion of "public" and "private" in historical context (Maruta)

lesson12 Words of Foreign Origin in Japanese and Chinese (Arami)
lesson13  Diverse networks revealed through environmental history　(Lee）
lesson14  Different culture exchange in Japanese modern literature -Topics on Asia-(Yanase)
lesson15 Discussion and Conclusion (Asano and the others)

Text/Reference
Books,etc. We will tell at any time.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, moodle

(More Details) Handout, DVD, PC, close-up camera

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Check your notes. Read some books introduced in this class.
See the Japanese Syllabus.

Requirements

Grading Method One report and quizzes at every lesson.

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	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ASA33101	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	地域を科学する
Subject Name （Katakana）	チイキヲカガクスル
Subject Name in English	Area Studies
Instructor	ASANO TOSHIHISA,KASUGA AYUKA,MARUTA TAKASHI,LEE YUHUI,ARAMI HIROSHI,NAGATA HIROAKI,HIKITA ATSUSHI,FUNCK CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA,YANASE YOSHIHARU,FUKUDA SATOSHI,WATANABE MAKOTO,AOKI TOSHIO
Instructor (Katakana)	アサノ　トシヒサ,カスガ　アユカ,マルタ　タカシ,リ　ユーフィ,アラミ　ヒロシ,ナガタ　ヒロアキ,ヒキタ　アツシ,フンク　カロリン　エリーザベト　ハンナ,ヤナセ　ヨシハル,フクダ　サトシ,ワタナベ　マコト,アオキ　トシオ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Mon9-10,Fri9-10：IAS K205
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Lecture-oriented class. Many handouts. The principle Face-to-face The student in hope of on-line attendance contact a charge teacher beforehand
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	13 : Area Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords	Area study.　Regional study.　Cultural anthropology.　History. Literature. Sociology. Tourism Studies.
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 Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	What is "Area"? What is the aim of Area studies? We will introduce the approaches to the "Area" from 13 different perspectives. And we will consider how to integrate the knowledge obtained in these different approaches.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction　(Asano and the others) lesson2 Relationship between the community and the environmental movement（Asano） lesson3 "Region" as a non-daily space: tourism geography in Japan and Germany 　(Funck) lesson4　Social structure of rural community and forest management in modern Japan　（Fukuda） lesson5　Japanese founding and cultural cross point~Hiroshima's growth read from it’s old maps~(Hikita) lesson6　Demographic change and the ecological imperialism in modern and contemporary Europe (Nagata) lesson7 Americanization of Mexico, mexicanization of America (Aoki) lesson8 Diverse networks revealed through environmental history　（Kasuga） lesson9　Study of the local history about the legend　（Watanabe） lesson10 The Formation of Municipal History and the Transition of Its Objectives（Yokoyama） lesson11 Social structure of China and notion of "public" and "private" in historical context (Maruta) lesson12 Words of Foreign Origin in Japanese and Chinese (Arami) lesson13 Diverse networks revealed through environmental history　(Lee） lesson14 Different culture exchange in Japanese modern literature -Topics on Asia-(Yanase) lesson15 Discussion and Conclusion (Asano and the others)
Text/Reference Books,etc.	We will tell at any time.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, moodle
(More Details)	Handout, DVD, PC, close-up camera
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Check your notes. Read some books introduced in this class. See the Japanese Syllabus.
Requirements
Grading Method	One report and quizzes at every lesson.
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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