AQS00901 Anthropology of Health, Gender and Power

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

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

Lecture Code AQS00901 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name Anthropology of Health, Gender and Power (健康・ジェンダー・権力の人類学)

Subject Name
（Katakana）ケンコウ・ジェンダー・ケンリョクノジンルイガク

Subject Name in
English Anthropology of Health, Gender and Power

Instructor NISHI MAKOTO

Instructor
(Katakana) ニシ　マコト

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

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Fri3-4：IAS K106

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

Online access will be provided when necessary.

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

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 11 : Cultural Anthropology

Eligible Students

Keywords Ethnography, gender, violence

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.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them.
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.

Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of 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 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.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Learn how to use knowledge of cultural anthropology and related fields to understand issues related to disease and disability, gender, violence, and power in the contemporary world.

Class Schedule We will invite Dr. Fazil Moradi, a social anthropologist and currently a visiting researcher at Hiroshima University, to join the class and discuss with students.

Dr. Moradi is the author of Being Human: Political Modernity and Hospitality in Kurdistan-Iraq (Rutgers University Press, 2024), in which he explores the possibility of humanity during the ultimate violence. He co-edited Memory and Genocide (Routledge, 2018), a collection of chapters concerning the works of genocide-related art.

Discussion topics in this class include contemporary problems of gender, disability, nationalism, and violence. Students will be asked to read an assigned chapter every week before attending the class. Assignments will be chosen from Dr. Moradi's work or other materials on gender and political violence.

In-class assignments and a term paper will be assigned.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Reading materials will be furnished by the instructor.

Following are the reading lists suggested by Dr. Moradi:

Anthropology of gender reading list

Judith Butler. 2004. Undoing Gender. Routledge.  (Introduction)
María Lugones. 2023. The Coloniality of Gender. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839461020-002
Chizuko Ueno. 2004. Nationalism and Gender. TransPacific Press.
Chandra Talpade Mohanty. 1984. 'Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses'. Boundary 2, 12(3): 333–358.
Sara Ahmed. 2017. Living a Feminist Life. Duke University Press. (Chapter: Feminism is Sensational)
Linda Tuhiwai Smith. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London: Zed Books. (Chapter: The Indigenous People's Project: Setting a New Agenda)
Nozomi Kawamura. 2010. Gender and Japanese Society: Beyond the Binary. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (I cannot access the book now. Please choose a chapter if you have the book).
Karen Nakamura. 2006. Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity. Cornell University Press. (Chapter: Introduction)

Political anthropology reading list

Asad, Talal (ed.). 1973. Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter. Ithaca Press. (Chapter: Introduction)
Frantz Fanon. 2004. The Wretched of the Earth. Grove Press. (Chapter: Concerning Violence).
Harry Harootunian. 2000. Overcome by Modernity: History, Culture, and Community in Interwar Japan. Princeton University Press. (Chapter 1)
Scott, James C. 1998. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. Yale University Press. (Introduction)
Mitchell, Timothy. 1991. “The Limits of the State: Beyond Statist Approaches and Their Critics.” American Political Science Review 85(1): 77-96.
Kazuyo Yamane. 'Anti-Nuclear Movements and Education for Peace and Human Rights'. In Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age Exploring the Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, edited by  Roman Rosenbaum and Yasuko Claremont. Routledge.

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

(More Details) PC-necessary

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

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Students are expected to read papers suggested by the instructor before attending the class.

Requirements Students are expected to share their ideas in class discussions. However, fluency is not required. Instructor will guide them to express their ideas using plain English.

Grading Method Discussions, quizzes, in-class assignments, term paper (Further information will be given during the first class session.)

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Having been an officer at a diplomatic mission abroad, the lecturer would discuss how knowledge of anthropology is related to global health knowledge and interventions.

Message Bring your laptop to class.

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
Lecture Code	AQS00901	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Anthropology of Health, Gender and Power (健康・ジェンダー・権力の人類学)
Subject Name （Katakana）	ケンコウ・ジェンダー・ケンリョクノジンルイガク
Subject Name in English	Anthropology of Health, Gender and Power
Instructor	NISHI MAKOTO
Instructor (Katakana)	ニシ　マコト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Fri3-4：IAS K106
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Online access will be provided when necessary.
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	11 : Cultural Anthropology
Eligible Students
Keywords	Ethnography, gender, violence
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. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines. ・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them. ・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of 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 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.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Learn how to use knowledge of cultural anthropology and related fields to understand issues related to disease and disability, gender, violence, and power in the contemporary world.
Class Schedule	We will invite Dr. Fazil Moradi, a social anthropologist and currently a visiting researcher at Hiroshima University, to join the class and discuss with students. Dr. Moradi is the author of Being Human: Political Modernity and Hospitality in Kurdistan-Iraq (Rutgers University Press, 2024), in which he explores the possibility of humanity during the ultimate violence. He co-edited Memory and Genocide (Routledge, 2018), a collection of chapters concerning the works of genocide-related art. Discussion topics in this class include contemporary problems of gender, disability, nationalism, and violence. Students will be asked to read an assigned chapter every week before attending the class. Assignments will be chosen from Dr. Moradi's work or other materials on gender and political violence. In-class assignments and a term paper will be assigned.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Reading materials will be furnished by the instructor. Following are the reading lists suggested by Dr. Moradi: Anthropology of gender reading list Judith Butler. 2004. Undoing Gender. Routledge. (Introduction) María Lugones. 2023. The Coloniality of Gender. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839461020-002 Chizuko Ueno. 2004. Nationalism and Gender. TransPacific Press. Chandra Talpade Mohanty. 1984. 'Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses'. Boundary 2, 12(3): 333–358. Sara Ahmed. 2017. Living a Feminist Life. Duke University Press. (Chapter: Feminism is Sensational) Linda Tuhiwai Smith. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London: Zed Books. (Chapter: The Indigenous People's Project: Setting a New Agenda) Nozomi Kawamura. 2010. Gender and Japanese Society: Beyond the Binary. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (I cannot access the book now. Please choose a chapter if you have the book). Karen Nakamura. 2006. Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity. Cornell University Press. (Chapter: Introduction) Political anthropology reading list Asad, Talal (ed.). 1973. Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter. Ithaca Press. (Chapter: Introduction) Frantz Fanon. 2004. The Wretched of the Earth. Grove Press. (Chapter: Concerning Violence). Harry Harootunian. 2000. Overcome by Modernity: History, Culture, and Community in Interwar Japan. Princeton University Press. (Chapter 1) Scott, James C. 1998. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. Yale University Press. (Introduction) Mitchell, Timothy. 1991. “The Limits of the State: Beyond Statist Approaches and Their Critics.” American Political Science Review 85(1): 77-96. Kazuyo Yamane. 'Anti-Nuclear Movements and Education for Peace and Human Rights'. In Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age Exploring the Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, edited by Roman Rosenbaum and Yasuko Claremont. Routledge.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Teams
(More Details)	PC-necessary
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students are expected to read papers suggested by the instructor before attending the class.
Requirements	Students are expected to share their ideas in class discussions. However, fluency is not required. Instructor will guide them to express their ideas using plain English.
Grading Method	Discussions, quizzes, in-class assignments, term paper (Further information will be given during the first class session.)
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	Having been an officer at a diplomatic mission abroad, the lecturer would discuss how knowledge of anthropology is related to global health knowledge and interventions.
Message	Bring your laptop to class.
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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