日本語 English
| 開講年度/ Academic YearAcademic Year |
20242024 |
| 科目設置学部/ CollegeCollege |
全学共通科目・全学共通カリキュラム（総合系）/University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Comprehensive Courses)University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Comprehensive Courses) |
| 科目コード等/ Course CodeCourse Code |
FC514/FC514FC514 |
| テーマ・サブタイトル等/ Theme・SubtitleTheme・Subtitle |
Thinking About Culture |
| 授業形態/ Class FormatClass Format |
対面（全回対面）/Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)Face to face (all classes are face-to-face) |
| 授業形態（補足事項）/ Class Format (Supplementary Items)Class Format (Supplementary Items) |
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| 授業形式/ Class StyleCampus |
講義/LectureLecture |
| 校地/ CampusCampus |
池袋/IkebukuroIkebukuro |
| 学期/ SemesterSemester |
春学期/Spring SemesterSpring Semester |
| 曜日時限・教室/ DayPeriod・RoomDayPeriod・Room |
水3･5125/Wed.3･5125 Wed.3･5125 |
| 単位/ CreditCredit |
22 |
| 科目ナンバリング/ Course NumberCourse Number |
CMP2331 |
| 使用言語/ LanguageLanguage |
英語/EnglishEnglish |
| 履修登録方法/ Class Registration MethodClass Registration Method |
抽選他/Exceptional Lottery RegistrationExceptional Lottery Registration |
| 配当年次/ Grade (Year) RequiredGrade (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。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。 |
| 先修規定/ prerequisite regulationsprerequisite regulations |
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| 他学部履修可否/ Acceptance of Other CollegesAcceptance of Other Colleges |
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| 履修中止可否/ course cancellationcourse cancellation |
〇（履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation） |
| オンライン授業60単位制限対象科目/ Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper LimitOnline Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit |
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| 学位授与方針との関連/ Relationship with Degree PolicyRelationship 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。 |
| 備考/ NotesNotes |
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| テキスト用コード/ Text CodeText Code |
FC514 |
The overall aim of this course is to broaden and deepen our understanding of culture. Students who successfully compete the course will be able to, in English: offer various definitions of culture; understand how the meaning of culture has changed over time and in different places; analyze how culture is made or understood; and present their own responses to our discussions of culture in short presentations and papers.
Culture is an idea, a concept, or a set of assumptions, or it is what a group of people make, or it means artistic creations, or it is what shapes and reflects a set of values. Culture, in other words, means many things to many people. In this course we will examine and analyze a variety of ways in which culture can be defined, considered, valued, and otherwise used as a way of understanding human life. Culture, therefore, is not a simple, straightforward thing. By the end of the course, it is hoped that students will never use or hear the word ‘culture’ without stopping to think about how and why the term is being used.
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The overall aim of this course is to broaden and deepen our understanding of culture. Students who successfully compete the course will be able to, in English: offer various definitions of culture; understand how the meaning of culture has changed over time and in different places; analyze how culture is made or understood; and present their own responses to our discussions of culture in short presentations and papers.
Culture is an idea, a concept, or a set of assumptions, or it is what a group of people make, or it means artistic creations, or it is what shapes and reflects a set of values. Culture, in other words, means many things to many people. In this course we will examine and analyze a variety of ways in which culture can be defined, considered, valued, and otherwise used as a way of understanding human life. Culture, therefore, is not a simple, straightforward thing. By the end of the course, it is hoped that students will never use or hear the word ‘culture’ without stopping to think about how and why the term is being used.
| 1 | Introduction: What is culture? What is ‘your’ culture? Homework: Read Weil, “What Is Culture?” (pp. 7-21), do Application (p. 21-23). |
| 2 | Origins and early development of culture Review, discuss homework. Culture as a product of human activity, tools, figurines, painting, mythology. Homework: Read Weil, “Origins and Early Development of Culture” (pp. 45-76), do Application (p. 77). |
| 3 | Culture as thought and action Review, discuss homework. Beliefs, values, norms, customs and traditions, rituals. Homework: Read Weil, “Culture as Thought and Action” (pp. 101-111), do Application (p. 111-12). Presentation assignment 1: Prepare a short presentation based on one of the Application questions, along with a 1-page written answer to one of the questions. |
| 4 | Culture as thought and action roundtable discussions In groups, students will present and discuss their responses to the homework questions. At the end of the class, students will submit their written answers. |
| 5 | Beliefs, values and cultural universals Review, discuss homework. Human nature, humans and nature, time, individual and society, gender, power. Homework: Read Weil, “Beliefs, Values, and Cultural Universals” (pp. 113-128), do Application (p. 128). |
| 6 | Group membership and identity Review, discuss homework. Cultures and subcultures, ethnicity, race, social class, nationality. Homework: Read Weil, “Group Membership and Identity” (pp. 130-151), do Application (p. 151-52). Presentation assignment 2: Prepare a short presentation based on one of the Application questions, along with a 1-page written answer to one of the questions. |
| 7 | Group membership and identity roundtable discussions In groups, students will present and discuss their responses to the homework questions. At the end of the class, students will submit their written answers. |
| 8 | Matthew Arnold: the culture and civilization tradition Review, discuss homework. Sweetness and light, the best that has been thought and known in the world. Homework: Read Arnold excerpts, and Walton, “Culture and Anarchy in the UK: A Dialogue with Matthew Arnold”; do Practice Exercise 1.2 (p. 15). |
| 9 | Leavis, Eliot, high culture vs the masses Review, discuss homework. The civilizing project of high culture and criticism, and culture as a whole way of life. Homework: Read Eliot and Leavis excerpts, and Walton, “The Leavisites and T.S. Eliot Combat Mass Urban Culture”; do Practice Exercise: Getting at Passivity (p. 15). |
| 10 | The ‘Culture Industry’ Review, discuss homework. The Frankfurt School, Adorno, capitalism and the politics of culture. Homework: Read Adorno excerpts, and Walton, “Adorno, the Frankfurt School and the ‘Culture Industry’”; do Practice Exercise 1: Working with the Culture Industry Heuristic (pp. 20-22). Presentation assignment 3: Prepare a short presentation based on Practice Exercise 1: Working with the Culture Industry Heuristic, along with a 1-page written response. |
| 11 | The ‘Culture Industry’ roundtable discussions In groups, students will present and discuss their response to the Working with the Culture Industry Heuristic. At the end of the class, students will submit their written answers. |
| 12 | Global culture? Review, discuss homework. Is there a global culture? Globalization, localization, globalism, and hybridity. Homework: Read “The Leavisites and T.S. Eliot Combat Mass Urban Culture”, do Practice Exercise: Working with Eliot’s ‘Transnational Culture’ (p. 18-19). |
| 13 | Comparing cultures Review, discuss homework. Methods of cultural comparison, compare Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland. Homework: Prepare for the final examination. |
| 14 | Final in-class examination. |
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
Students are expected to actively participate in class, as the teacher will ask many questions, and there will be group discussions requiring students to facilitate and/or present their ideas. Students who try their best, and commit themselves to active participation, will get the most out of this class.
| 種類 (Kind) | 割合 (%) | 基準 (Criteria) |
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| 平常点 (In-class Points) | 100 |
Homework and class participation(30%) 3 presentations based on homework, plus 1-page written responses(30%) final in-class examination(40%) |
| 備考 (Notes) | ||
| その他 (Others) | |||||
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| Speaking of Culture, Nathan Weil; Introducing Cultural Studies: Learning Through Practice, David Walton; plus supplementary readings all available as pdfs on Canvas. |
・F科目中級（外国語による総合系科目）
・他に特別外国人学生が履修
・この授業は英語で実施する
・履修者はTOEIC®L&R 550点相当以上の英語力を有することが望ましい
・2016年度以降入学者：多彩な学び
・2015年度以前入学者：主題別A