7431003Geography (Special Lectures)
| Numbering Code | G-LET31 67431 LJ39 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Tue.2 | |
| Instructor name | KOMEIE TAISAKU (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Historical relationships between people and the mountain region shows us how we have used, changed, and controlled the woodlands around us. Referring to studies in geography, history, and folklore, this course illustrates different views in the historical geography of Japanese mountain settlements and forests, and also provides a historico-geographic basis to understand the prevailing conditions in mountain areas. | |||
| Course Goals | This class will help students explain the historico-geographical background of contemporary problems in mountainous areas in Japan and understand perspectives on the historical relationship between human beings and the environment. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Part I: A Historical Geography of Mountains and Forests 1. The historical relationship between humans and the environment 2. Visiting the world of "Akiyama Kiko," an early modern travel writing to a mountainous area Part II: Subsistence Economies in Forests 3. A genealogy of the food culture of nuts 4. Hunting and its marginalization in Japanese society 5. Swidden agriculture and the control over forests 6. A genealogy of a wood craftsman, "kijishi" Part III: Religious Attitudes toward Nature 7. Worship of Yama-n-kami, or mountain god, and the human stance on nature 8. "Shugendo" and the human stance on nature Part IV: Historical Changes in the Woodlands 9. Bald mountains and grasslands 10. Development of silviculture 11. Scientific forestry and vegetation control Part V: Modernity and Japanese Mountains 12. Mountains as landscape 13. Mountaineering and modern nationalism 14. The "other" culture in inland Japan 15. Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Reaction papers (30%) and a term report (70%). | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are encouraged to develop their interests by reading the literature referred to in the course. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Not used | ||
| References, etc. |
Chu, Kinsei Sanson no Keikan to Kozo (Landscape and Structure of Medieval and Early Modern Mountain Settlements)), Komeie, T., (Azekura Shobo), ISBN:978-4751733508 Mori to Hi no Kankyoshi: Kinsei, Kindai Nihon no Yakihata to Shokusei (An Environmental History of Forest and Fire: Swidden Agriculture and Vegetation in Early Modern) and Modern Japan, Komeie, T., (Shibunkaku Shuppan), ISBN:978-4784219735 Yama to Mori no Kankyoshi (An Environmental History of Mountain and Forest), Iekya, K. and Shirouzu, S., (Bunichi Togo Shuppan), ISBN:978-4829911999 |
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