Numbering Code	G-AAA02 52504 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st & 2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.5
Instructor name	KANEKO MORIE (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	One of the most important parts of daily life in contemporary Africa consists of livelihood activities, such as agriculture, cattle breeding, craftworks, retail, etc. In this lecture, the speaker discusses her fieldwork on some of these activities, including agricultural techniques, craftwork and souvenir-making, focusing on human-object relationships. By sharing the results of this fieldwork, we will shed light on local peoples’ attitudes to environmental and social transformation in contemporary Africa, the importance of human-object relationships in African life, and the creativity generated through interactions between researchers and local people in the context of livelihood.
Course Goals	After understanding anthropological approaches to livelihoods in contemporary African context by focusing on human-objects relationships, and students who take the lecture learn and practice discussion on local peoples’ attitudes to transformation of the environment and social situations in contemporary African context.
Schedule and Contents	1. Introduction, 12 April 2021 2. Craftworks as livelihoods in contemporary African context (1), 19 April 2022 3. Craftworks as livelihoods in contemporary African context (2), 26 April 2022 4. Craftworks as livelihoods in contemporary African context (3), 10 May 2022 5. Craftworks as livelihoods in contemporary African context (4), 17 May 2022 6. Possibilities of relationship between fieldworks and human-objects relationships in contemporary African context (1), 24 May 2022 7. Human-objects relationships in Agricultural activities (1), 31 May 2022 8. Human-objects relationships in Agricultural activities (2), 7 June 2022 9. Human-objects relationships in Agricultural activities (3), 14 June 2022 10. Human-objects relationships in Agricultural activities (4), 21 June 2022 11. Possibilities of relationship between fieldworks and human-objects relationships in contemporary African context (2), 28 June 2022 12. Human-objects relationships and new livelihoods in contemporary African context (1), 5 July 2022 13. Human-objects relationships and new livelihoods in contemporary African context (2), 12 July 2022 14. Possibilities of relationship between fieldworks and human-objects relationships in contemporary African context (3), 19 July 2022 15. Feedback, 26 July 2022
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Term papers and active participations in class will be evaluated.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Preparations for the next class and reviews a previous class will be instructed during classes.