| Academic Year |
2025Year |
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） |
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Subject Name in
English |
Basic Cultural Anthropology I |
| Instructor |
TAGUCHI YOKO |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
タグチ ヨウコ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1T) Tues5-8：IDEC 203 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| Each regular class consists of short lectures, student presentations, and class discussions. Readings are assigned for each class. |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
E
:
English |
| Course Level |
5
:
Graduate Basic
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
11
:
Cultural Anthropology |
| Eligible Students |
master course students |
| Keywords |
Anthropology, practice, belief, community, violence, gender, body, care |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course introduces the ideas and attitudes of cultural anthropology, focusing on the politics of differently embodied practices. It explores various theories and case studies on the topics of belief/religion, violence, community, sex/gender, body, and care/control. Through readings, discussions, and other activities, this course will help students: 1) understand basic anthropological approaches to humanity and the world, 2) learn about anthropological comparison and explore their own interests, and 3) clarify their perspectives on different ways of being political and of intervening in the world. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1 Guidance and introduction to cultural anthropology
lesson2 Warm-up reading and mini presentations: Religion in 5 minutes
lesson3 Translation and comparison
lesson4 Religious violence 1: Theories and concepts
lesson5 Religious violence 2: Case studies
lesson6 Documentary film and mid-term paper
lesson7 Secularism 1: Theories and concepts
lesson8 Secularism 2: Case studies
lesson9 Gender and sexuality 1: Theories and concepts
lesson10 Bystander Intervention Workshop
lesson11 Gender and sexuality 2: Case studies
lesson12 Care, pleasure, and control 1
lesson13 Care, pleasure, and control 2
lesson14 Wrap-up discussion
lesson15 Final paper peer review |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Necessary readings will be shared in the course. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Students are expected to read the assigned texts, keep reading journals, prepare questions or comments before each class, and engage in discussions. One or more presentations will be assigned to students during the course. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Class contribution, presentations, the mid-term and the final papers |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
This course uses English, an increasingly dominant medium of education in international academia. But rather than simply accepting English as a neutral lingua franca or dismissing it as a new form of colonialism, let’s explore the situation anthropologically and try to make our academic languages and conversations richer by working with differences. |
| Other |
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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. |