日本語

Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College Graduate School of Arts
Course Code JD183
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Wed.4・5204
Credit 2
Course Number ICS5600
Language Japanese
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Grade (Year) Required 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
course cancellation
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy
Notes 2022年度まで「超域文化学特殊研究」
Text Code JD183

【Course Objectives】

The first half of this course focuses on the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Southeast Asia, especially those consisting of archaeological sites. The aims and significance of promoting archaeological sites as World Heritage are discussed in detail, taking each particular historical and cultural circumstances into account. In the second half of this course, students are required to get a comprehensive understanding about how the culture of the megacity Edo was evaluated and reinterpreted, during the Meiji and early Showa periods, from various perspectives such as history, folklore, art, and anthropology.

【Course Contents】

In the first half of the course, firstly, the outline of the system of UNESCO World Heritage is reviewed. Then, six World Heritage sites of Southeast Asia with archaeological sites as main components are focused. The relationship between the archaeological sites and modern society is argued from various perspectives, including an overview of each archaeological site itself, the aim and the process towards the registration by UNESCO, changes caused by registration, and so on. Based on the lectures, discussion among students is held. In the second half of the course, students learn the approach method and analysis method by carefully reading the literature on re-evaluation of the modern Edo culture, including related papers and exhibition catalogs. Then, discussion on related topics that each student investigated from their own problem awareness and interest is held.

※Please refer to Japanese Page for details including evaluations, textbooks and others.