ARS10001 Anthropology of Globalization I

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2026Year 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 K314

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, gender and identity, poverty, development and welfare, migration and globalization, conflict and peace, environment and resource management, disaster and risk, 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.

Program in Multicultural and Global Education
（Abilities and Skills）
・グローバル課題の解決策を立案する能力

Class Objectives
/Class Outline      This course examines the fundamental topics and theories of cultural anthropology, with a focus on cross-cultural understanding. In particular, it adopts the perspectives of "anthropology of development" and "political anthropology" as key approaches to analyzing the various forms of power operating in the contemporary world. The course also explores the relevance and significance of anthropological perspectives and methods for understanding and analyzing contemporary phenomena in an increasingly globalized world.
     Beginning with introductory discussions of culture, ethnography, and cultural relativism, the class addresses topics such as gender, subjectivity, and identity; poverty, development, and welfare; migration and globalization; conflict, war, and peace; environment and resource management; disaster and risk.
     Students are required to complete the assigned readings and also make a presentation and discussion based on the readings. A middle- to advanced-level proficiency in English, including the ability to read academic texts and engage in logical debate, is required for all participants.

Class Schedule Lesson 1: What is cultural anthropology? A concept of culture and its transformations in contemporary world
Lesson 2: Anthropological approaches to gender, subjectivity, and self
Lesson 3: Anthropological approaches to poverty, development, and welfare
Lesson 4: Anthropological approaches to migration and globalization
Lesson 5: Anthropological approaches to conflict, war, and peace
Lesson 6: Anthropological approaches to environment and resource management
Lesson 7: Anthropological approaches to disaster and risk
Lesson 8: integration

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 assigned articles. Based on the reading 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	2026Year	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 K314
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, gender and identity, poverty, development and welfare, migration and globalization, conflict and peace, environment and resource management, disaster and risk, 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. Program in Multicultural and Global Education （Abilities and Skills）・グローバル課題の解決策を立案する能力
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course examines the fundamental topics and theories of cultural anthropology, with a focus on cross-cultural understanding. In particular, it adopts the perspectives of "anthropology of development" and "political anthropology" as key approaches to analyzing the various forms of power operating in the contemporary world. The course also explores the relevance and significance of anthropological perspectives and methods for understanding and analyzing contemporary phenomena in an increasingly globalized world. Beginning with introductory discussions of culture, ethnography, and cultural relativism, the class addresses topics such as gender, subjectivity, and identity; poverty, development, and welfare; migration and globalization; conflict, war, and peace; environment and resource management; disaster and risk. Students are required to complete the assigned readings and also make a presentation and discussion based on the readings. A middle- to advanced-level proficiency in English, including the ability to read academic texts and engage in logical debate, is required for all participants.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1: What is cultural anthropology? A concept of culture and its transformations in contemporary world Lesson 2: Anthropological approaches to gender, subjectivity, and self Lesson 3: Anthropological approaches to poverty, development, and welfare Lesson 4: Anthropological approaches to migration and globalization Lesson 5: Anthropological approaches to conflict, war, and peace Lesson 6: Anthropological approaches to environment and resource management Lesson 7: Anthropological approaches to disaster and risk Lesson 8: integration 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 assigned articles. Based on the reading 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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