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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College College of Sociology
Course Code DK110
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Thu.4
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Credits 2
Course Number SOX2411
Language English
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
Course Cancellation 〇(履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
Notes

【Course Objectives】

The expected knowledge and abilities students can acquire from this course are below.
1.To help improve students' reading and writing skills for essential academic reading and writing in English.
2.To introduce students to various anthropological perspectives and approaches to understanding and analyzing current issues of contemporary human society and allow them to experiment with their writing in English.
3.To provide students with the current state of anthropological debates of cultural diversity and cultural conflicts of contemporary society.
4.To help students prepare for their future dealings with cultural diversity, differences, and conflicts of contemporary human society by providing them with the necessary skills for analytical thinking critically about cultural differences in an increasingly globalized world.

【Course Contents】

This course introduces students to the basics of cultural anthropology, which studies human society and cultures. In this course, students will examine the fundamental vital terms and various issues of cultural anthropology. Students are encouraged to investigate the complex interface between individuals, social groups, social structures, culture, and history and apply theoretical considerations of social and cultural anthropological analysis to critically interpret contemporary human society and cultures. The class consists of a lecture & discussion part and a student presentation. Students are required to engage in scholarly discussions actively.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 Introduction to the course
2 Anthropology and Human Diversity
3 Doing Cultural Anthropology
4 The Idea of Culture and a Brief Historical Guide to Anthropological Concepts
5 Communication: Language and Culture
6 Making a Living: Human Economic Systems and Culture
7 Political Organization/ Power and Politics
8 Stratification and Social Structure of Inequality (caste, social class, racism, and ethnicity)
9 Marriage, Family, Kinship, and Domestic Group
10 Gender Lives
11 Religion, Ritual, Myth, and Cosmos
12 Creative Expression (art, museums, and popular culture)
13 Culture, Change, and the Modern World
14 Students' Reflection Seminar/ Wrap-up session

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

1.Students' presentation weekly:
Each student selects one topic of interest to do a presentation and takes the lead in participating in class discussions weekly (from weeks 2 to 13). At least two days before the presentation, students must submit a presentation summary, about 200-300 words in length, comprising key issues and clarifications, examples or case studies, and comments.

2.Two short papers during the course:
Students must submit two short papers (700 words as a minimum requirement for each essay) during the course on weeks 6 and 9. The instructor will prepare questions for students to select for their paper writing.

3.Final paper:
At the end of the course, students will need to do mini ethnographic research to collect field data on their own time outside of class and write a mini ethnographic paper in English (1,000 words as a minimum requirement for the final report).

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 Two written assignments during the course (weeks 6 and 9) (30%)
A final mini-ethnographic paper in English (40%)
Students' presentation and a summary note (individually)(15%)
Class reading preparation, group presentation & summary, and active participation in class discussions , (15%)
備考 (Notes)

【テキスト / Textbooks】

その他 (Others)
There is no required textbook. The instructor will provide all reading materials to students in electronic format weekly.

【参考文献 / Readings】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 Haviland, William A., Harald E. L Prins, Bunny McBride, Dana Walrath. Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge.15th Edition. CENGAGE Learning Publications. 2017 9781305633797
2 Lavenda, Robert H., and Emily A. Schultz. Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. Seventh Edition. Oxford University Press 2020 9780190924751
3 Nanda, Serena, and Richard L. Warms. Cultural Anthropology. 12th Edition SAGE Publications 2020 9781544333915
4 Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins Princeton University Press 2015 9780691162751

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

【その他 / Others】

All assignments must be submitted to the instructor on time via email (which will be notified in class) before 4:00 p.m. Assignments not turned in on the date they are due will be penalized by deducting two scores down for each day they are late (for example, the total score of an assignment is 10. If it is turned in a day later, two scores will be deducted). The instructor will not accept assignments one week late (without valid reasons).

【注意事項 / Notice】