Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code ASF32101 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 親密性の人類学演習
Subject Name
(Katakana)
シンミツセイノジンルイガクエンシュウ
Subject Name in
English
Seminar on the Anthropology of intimacy
Instructor NAKAYASHIKI CHIHIRO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ナカヤシキ チヒロ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Mon5-8:IAS K206
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
Learning style may change depending on the situation.
Student's presentation and discussion 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 11 : Cultural Anthropology
Eligible Students 3rd-year students
Keywords Family, Kinship, Neighbours, South Asia, Social Anthropology 
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)
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
(Abilities and Skills)
・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 ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This course provides a general overview of social anthropology and the varied ways in which family, kinship, personhood and neighbours are understood in different areas.  
Class Schedule lesson1  Introduction to social anthropology
lesson2-6  Text reading and discussion
lesson7-14  Research presentation and discussion
lesson15  Discussion

For further details, please refer to the Japanese syllabus.


Students are required to give presentations. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
The reading lists will be provided in the class. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Text, Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams
(More Details)  
Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Fieldwork / Survey, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Students are required to read the articles in the reading lists and prepare for class.  
Requirements  
Grading Method Presentation and report(40%), class contributions(60%) 
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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