Cultural Anthropology I-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS05 10002 LE40 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Mainly 1st & 2nd year students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Mon.3 | |
| Instructor name | LOPEZ，Mario Ivan (Center for Southeast Asian Studies Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course provides a critical introduction to what it means to be a person as experienced through their gender. This course will explore the various social and cultural contexts of gender through examples from the 20th/21st century Asia-Pacific region. We will draw on comparative material from other places around the globe as well. | |||
| Course Goals | The broad goal of this course is to introduce to students to the broad diversity of gender experiences available in today’s highly globalized societies. In particular, the course will give students an analytical framework to contextualize this gender diversity and its continual transformation over the past couple of centuries to situate their own experiences. At the end of the course, students will have increased ability to give balanced consideration to the expression of individual gendered points of view and sexual orientation in different cultural contexts. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Week 1. Introduction and Overview of the Course Week 2. Mapping Gender Week 3. Developing Inquiries: Gender and Ethnography Week 4. Plural Co-existence in Southeast Asia (1) Week 5. Plural Co-existence in Southeast Asia (2) Week 6. Production and Reproduction within the Household: Japan Week 7. The Role of National Discourses in the Construction of Gender: Japan Week 8: Discussion and Reflection on Gender Roles Week 9. The emotional commons: Labor migration and the globalization of care work (1) Week 10. The emotional commons: Labor migration and the globalization of care work (1) Week 11. The Gender See-saw: Inequality/Equality (1) Week 12. The Gender See-saw Inequality/Equality (2) Week 13. Body Imaging: Constructing Masculinity Week 14. Final Group Discussions Week 15. Re-cap |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | The final semester grade will be decided upon by participation in class lectures (short assignments and attendance) (65%) and a written essay (35%) to be submitted at the end of the course. | |||
| Course Requirements |
Students should be able to participate in discussions, do readings (required for participation), and submit short reflection pieces. This course accepts students who have good command of English (TOEFL ITP score ≧550) (For more information on how to convert the score, among others, see: https://capman.es/sites/default/files/toefl_itp_official_score_report_soloinformativo.pdf) |
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| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Each week will consist of materials to be prepared in advance for class discussion. Students are responsible for printing materials. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Articles and Audiovisual materials will be provided for this course and available to access from the first week in a shared folder. | ||
