General Description (概要)
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Cultural anthropology is the study of how people across the globe create, understand, adapt to, and transform their worlds. Located at the juncture between humanities and science, this course merges the study of societies (social structures, institutions and political systems) with the study of culture (belief and value systems, language, ritual and art.)
文化人類学は、人びとがどのように世界を想像･認識し、また、世界に適応したり変容するかについての学問である。人文学とサイエンスの中間地点に位置する文化人類学のコースとして、社会（社会構造、機関、政治システム）と文化（信念、価値観、言語、儀式や芸術）の研究の融合を目指す。
Socio-cultural anthropology is the study of how people across the globe create, understand, adapt to, and transform their worlds. Located at the juncture between the humanities and social sciences, cultural anthropology merges the study of societies (social structures, institutions and political and economic systems) with the study of culture (belief and value systems, language, ritual and art).
Drawing from their own fieldwork experiences, historical archives, as well as from studies in the sciences and humanities, socio-cultural anthropologists describe, analyze and theorize a wide array of human experiences and relationships. Our approach in this course will be ethnographic and comparative: we will study particular peoples and places in depth, and we will compare particular places and peoples with one another, in order to gain a better understanding of what is general and what is particular about being human. Beginning with basic concepts in anthropology, ethnography as the core anthropological methodology, and some disciplinary history; we will later turn to a series of topics that anthropologists find important in understanding human beings, including kinship and family; domination and subordination in everyday practice; identity and politics; and modernization, capitalism, and globalization.
We will explore some of the seminal texts in the discipline to understand how the fundamental questions asked by anthropologists have developed over the last century, and we will also examine how these questions are refashioned in the contemporary world around urgent matters like technological change, global warming, migrants and refugee flows.
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Learning Goals(学習目標)
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1- Develop an awareness of various theoretical and methodological approaches to human communication, interpretation and representation across cultures.
2- Evaluate current writing and discussion in anthropology
3- Develop an understanding of the particular insights that ethnographic work provides to interpret contemporary problems from a cultural perspective.
4- Improve critical and analytical skills
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Contents(内容)
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- There will be a discussion forum where students can post questions and share articles. Active participation in this section will count for Participation grade.
- A final exam will be held on the last day of class.
Detailed contents available on Moodle:
Some key topics to discussed throughout the term:
- Cultural relativism
- Exchange
- The Body
- Ethnicity and race
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Language of Instruction(教授言語の詳細)
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Lecture: E
Readings/Materials: E
Tests/Quizzes/Assignments: E
Discussions/Presentations/Other learning activities: E
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Communication with the instructor: E
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Grading Policy(成績評価基準)
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Class participation forms an important aspect of the learning experience in this class. Participation points reward students for the work they do in class. Everyone is expected to participate actively. Participation includes having read and being prepared to discuss and write about class materials. However, “Participation” is not limited exclusively to speaking up in class. If you're not comfortable speaking up, you can always be creative and find ways to show your interest in the course.
Grading:
Grading will be done on the following basis:
1) 40%: Final exam
2) 25%: First short paper (500 words)
3) 25%: Group Projects
4) 10%: Class participation
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Expected study hour outside class(授業時間外学習)
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210 minutes per week.
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References(参考文献)
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Learning Support Resources for Students (学生のための学修支援リソース)
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If there are learning support resources that are especially recommended for this course, they will be listed below.
Here (ICU Internal page) is the list of learning support resources available at ICU.
このコースで特に利用を推奨する学修支援リソースがある場合、以下に記載されます。
ICUで利用可能なリソースの一覧は こちらです （学内ウェブサイト）。
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Notes(注意事項)
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Schedule(スケジュール)
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3/TU,2/TH,3/TH
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