ARS10001 Anthropology of Globalization I

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year 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 SEKI KOKI

Instructor
(Katakana) セキ　コウキ

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

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Tues5-6：IAS K210

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

In principle, this lecture is held face-to-face. Only in case the student has unavoidable reason, he/she will be allowed to join online.

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 11 : Cultural Anthropology

Eligible Students undergraduate students, 2nd year above

Keywords cultural anthropology, ethnography, development and politics, power, gender and family, government and state, civil society and citizenship, social movements, welfare and care, human in the Anthropocene

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 This course will discuss the basic topics and theories of cultural anthropology. Particularly it will focus on the anthropology of development and politics. It further argues what are the relevance and significances of anthropological views and approaches to the understanding and analysis of the contemporary phenomena and the issues of globalizing world. Starting with the introductory discussion on the notion of culture, fieldwork methods and ethonography, the class deals with such topics as: development and politics; power, gender, and family; state and government; citizenship and civil society, contemporary social movements, welfare and care, human and culture in the era of Anthropocene, and so on. Students are required to read the assigned materials and write a short report before each class. Middle to advanced-level English ability, including reading the academic text and engaging in logical debate, is required for all the participants.

Class Schedule Lesson 1: What is cultural anthropology? A concept of culture and its transformations in contemporary world.
Lesson 2: What is anthropology of development and politics?
Lesson 3: Anthropological approaches to power, gender, and family.
Lesson 4: Anthropological approaches to state and government.
Lesson 5: Anthropological approaches to citizenship and civil society.
Lesson 6: Anthropological approaches to welfare and care.
Lesson 7: Anthropological approaches to the contemporary social movements.
Lesson 8: Anthropological approaches to human and culture in the age of Anthropocene.

students will be required to submit a term paper at the end of the term.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. text and reading materials will be instructed at the first meeting of the class.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle

(More Details) Power Point, and handouts will be distributed.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Paired Reading, Quizzes/ Quiz format, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review The Students are instructed to read the assgined articles, write a short report, and submit to the instructor before each class. Based on those readings and reports, the students are encouraged to actively participate in discussion during the class.

Requirements The students are required to enroll for the class of "Anthropology of Globalization II". Taking only "Anthropology of Globalization I" is not permitted. Middle to advanced-level English ability, including reading the academic text and engaging in logical debate, is required for all the participants.

Grading Method The score will be made based on the evaluation of students attitude and participation during the class, ability to complete the reading and writting assignment for each class, and exam, or term paper.

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 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	SEKI KOKI
Instructor (Katakana)	セキ　コウキ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Tues5-6：IAS K210
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
In principle, this lecture is held face-to-face. Only in case the student has unavoidable reason, he/she will be allowed to join online.
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	11 : Cultural Anthropology
Eligible Students	undergraduate students, 2nd year above
Keywords	cultural anthropology, ethnography, development and politics, power, gender and family, government and state, civil society and citizenship, social movements, welfare and care, human in the Anthropocene
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	This course will discuss the basic topics and theories of cultural anthropology. Particularly it will focus on the anthropology of development and politics. It further argues what are the relevance and significances of anthropological views and approaches to the understanding and analysis of the contemporary phenomena and the issues of globalizing world. Starting with the introductory discussion on the notion of culture, fieldwork methods and ethonography, the class deals with such topics as: development and politics; power, gender, and family; state and government; citizenship and civil society, contemporary social movements, welfare and care, human and culture in the era of Anthropocene, and so on. Students are required to read the assigned materials and write a short report before each class. Middle to advanced-level English ability, including reading the academic text and engaging in logical debate, is required for all the participants.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1: What is cultural anthropology? A concept of culture and its transformations in contemporary world. Lesson 2: What is anthropology of development and politics? Lesson 3: Anthropological approaches to power, gender, and family. Lesson 4: Anthropological approaches to state and government. Lesson 5: Anthropological approaches to citizenship and civil society. Lesson 6: Anthropological approaches to welfare and care. Lesson 7: Anthropological approaches to the contemporary social movements. Lesson 8: Anthropological approaches to human and culture in the age of Anthropocene. students will be required to submit a term paper at the end of the term.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	text and reading materials will be instructed at the first meeting of the class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle
(More Details)	Power Point, and handouts will be distributed.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Paired Reading, Quizzes/ Quiz format, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	The Students are instructed to read the assgined articles, write a short report, and submit to the instructor before each class. Based on those readings and reports, the students are encouraged to actively participate in discussion during the class.
Requirements	The students are required to enroll for the class of "Anthropology of Globalization II". Taking only "Anthropology of Globalization I" is not permitted. Middle to advanced-level English ability, including reading the academic text and engaging in logical debate, is required for all the participants.
Grading Method	The score will be made based on the evaluation of students attitude and participation during the class, ability to complete the reading and writting assignment for each class, and exam, or term paper.
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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