Numbering Code	U-LET31 37431 LJ39	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second 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	The purpose of this course is to understand the political and social impact of geographical knowledge and to consider the potential and problems of regional geography for understanding of regions and the world through a dynamic regional geography of Bangladesh, which focuses on the relationship between regions and their specific elements. The course consists of three parts as the following. Part 1 The imapact of regional geography published by the British colonial administration on nation-state and society in (post)colonial era Part 2 Development in Bangladesh classified into an "underdeveloped" "Third Wolrd" country under the cold war system Part 3 The relationship between Japan and Bangladesh attracting a great deal of attention as a supplier of cheap labor force
Course Goals	Participants are expected to understand the process of nation-state building, development, the trend of economic growth and their problems in Bangladesh and develop their own opinions on regional geography's potential and problems for understanding of regions and the world.
Schedule and Contents	Week 1 Introduction Part 1 India as a "laboratory" of science Week 2 Devide and rule and regional geography Week 3 Nation-state and geographical knowledge Week 4 Predicaments of postcolonial(1)religious conflicts Week 5 Predicaments of postcolonial(2)refugees Week 6 Predicaments of postcolonial(3)caste discrimination Part 2 Bangladesh as a "laboratory" of development aid Week 7 Geopolitics of cold war and international development Week 8 Ownership of development(1)rural development Week 9 Ownership of development(2)population control Week 10 Ownership of development(3)NGOization Week 11 Ownership of development(4)microfinance Part 3 Bangladesh as "Next 11" Week 12 (New) international division of labor and the position of Bangladesh Week 13 The relationship between Bangladesh and Japan: a focus on the fast fasion industry Week 14 Bangladeshis living in Japan 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	Although partcipants are expected to complete the course of Geography (Special Lectures) "History and contemporary meaning of regional geography" in the first semester, it is not a necessary condition for participation to this course. However, those who do not take the course of "History and contemporary meaning of regional geography" should attend the first lecture (Week 1 Introduction) as far as possible.
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	Handouts will be distributed in class.
References, etc.	バングラデシュの工業化とジェンダー：日系縫製企業の国際移転, 長田華子, (お茶の 水書房、2014), ISBN:978-4275010582 バングラデシュの発展と地域開発, 向井史郎, (明石書店、2002), ISBN:978-4750316666 Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament: Perspectives on South Asia, Breckenridge, C. A. and van der Veer, P. , (University of Pennsylvania Press、1993), ISBN:978-0812214369