Numbering Code	U-LET31 37431 LJ39	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	special lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Fri.4
Instructor name	SUGIE AI (Graduate School of Letters Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course traces the history and development of regional geography and considers its contemporary meaning and problems. Regional geography have faced a criticism on its close connection with political power and military actions and its authors' positionality. Currently, while it is said that academic reasearch of regional geography has declined, it has still played an singnificant role on geography eduaction. Participants are expected to develop their own opinions on regional geography's potential and problems for understanding of regions and geography education based on the historical background and current situations of regional geography.
Course Goals	Participants are expected to understand the historical background and current situations of regional geography and to develop their own opinions on regional geography's potential and problems for understanding of regions and geography education.
Schedule and Contents	Week 1 Introduction Week 2 Regional geography in Ancient and Medieval times Week 3 Colonization and regional geography Week 4 Geography and regional geography in Modern times Week 5 Geopolitics and militant regional geography Week 6 The decline of regional geography after WWII Week 7 "New regional geography" in English-speaking countries Week 8 "New regional geography" in non-English-speaking countries Week 9 Crisis of geographical representation and regional geography Week 10 Imprecation of visual anthropology Week 11 Geography education and regional geography(1)transition of learing regions Week 12 Geography education and regional geography(2)problems in textbooks Week 13 Regional geography as a tool for world's understanding Week 14 Location of regional geography in academia and society Week 15 Summary and feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy	The final grade will be evaluated by quality of comment paper (week 2-14, each 5 points=45 points) and final report (55 points).
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Participants need to submit a comment paper (the file should be word or PDF) by the next Sunday after each class. The method of submit will be shown at the first lecture.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	A handout will be distributed in class.
References, etc.	第三世界を描く地誌―ローカルからグローバルへ, 熊谷圭知・西川大二郎編, (古今書院、2000), ISBN:978-4772250498 パプアニューギニアの「場所」の物語―動態地誌とフィールドワーク, 熊谷圭知, (九州大学出版 会、2019), ISBN:978-4798502489 文化を書く, クリフォード、J．・マーカス、J．編, (1996、紀伊國屋書店), ISBN:978- 4314005869 人文地理学の発展―英語圏とドイツ語圏との比較研究, 森川　洋, (2004、古今書院), ISBN:978- 4772240536