授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
13310:[2025 秋セメスター]IR18‐GE207 Introduction to Area Studies(RB) § 13311:IR-DS204 Introduction to Area Studies(RB) § 13312:RUIR-2631 Introduction to Area Studies(RB) 2025 秋セメスター 月5 国際関係学部 田川 昇平 2

キャンパス

衣笠

授業施設

恒心館KS306号教室

授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

Drawing insights from sociocultural anthropology, sociology, human geography, history, and other related disciplines, this course is designed to introduce perspectives with which to look into micro-level social phenomena. After a brief overview of the ways in which “areas” or “regions” have been defined and imagined, this course proposes two orientations for area studies, namely, one that takes into account the scales larger than state and/or region, and the one that focuses on areas smaller than the state. With the global-scale perspective in mind, the course will henceforth predominantly focus on micro-scale perspectives and how such views can lead to a place-based, vernacular ways of knowledge production.

The class is composed of lectures and discussions. Coursework involves reading, observing, interviewing, and writing. Active engagement in all the above-mentioned tasks is expected.
Before each class starts, students are to watch a lecture video (posted on Manaba+R) and submit an assignment.

【+R-Jugyo】
Information for “+R-Jugyo” will be posted on the “Course News” on manaba+R by September 20. Be sure to check the “Course News” on manaba+R.

受講生の到達目標

By the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. Become familiar with the basic concepts and topics in area studies,
2. Be able to see those concepts and/or topics as clues in interpreting and describing micro-level social phenomena.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

Not applicable

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1

How regions are made: Toward a critical imagination of “area”

Global, regional, national, local, politics, economics, colonialism

2

Society and Culture

Social structure, cultural relativism

3

Is it enough to focus on units smaller than the state?

One-country study, social structure, culture, sociality

4

Gift and reciprocity

Gift-giving, reciprocity, indebtedness

5

Between market exchange and pure gift

Currency, monetary exchange, rotated savings and credit association

6

Kinship and community

Unilineal descent group, marriage, bilateral kinship group, kindred

7

Between family and friends

Consanguinity, affinity, substance, relatedness

8

Witchcraft and spirits

Magic, religion, science, colonialism, capitalism, modernization

9

Between superstition and reality

Occult, ontology, materiality, corporeality

10

Scientific racism and coloniality

Race, nation, ethnicity, colonialism, post-colonialism

11

Between race and gender

Intersectionality, gender, sexuality, class, ability, age, feminism, coalitional identity politics

12

Urbanization and globalization

Urbanization, global city, global south, space, right to the city, postcolonial urbanism

13

Between the urban and the rural

Urban-rural relations, community, custom, commons, material environment, body technique

14

Participant observation and the production of place-based knowledge

Ethnography, participant observation, life history, local/vernacular knowledge

授業実施形態

On-demand lecture + class discussion

授業外学習の指示

By the end of the term, students are expected to submit an essay based on original observations or interviews (or other forms of primary source material). It is desirable that students conduct extensive research outside of the class.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記） 0

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）		 0

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

Class participation 40%
End-term essay 60%

Final essay should include 1. Research question, 2. Literature review, and 3. Your original argument

成績評価方法(備考)

Your grade will be evaluated based on coursework participation and end-term report.
Coursework includes classroom lectures, discussions, and presentations. Students are expected to come to class prepared to actively engage in all the above-mentioned tasks.
By the end of the term, students are expected to submit an essay of about 1,000 to 1,500 words.

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

Students are expected to come to the class fully prepared for the in-class discussion, by watching a lecture video (posted on Manaba+R) and submitting an assignment prior to each class.

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

Readings and handouts will be announced and/or distributed as necessary.

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

manaba+R,学生との直接対話

備考

【科目ナンバリング・カリキュラムマップはこちらから/Click here to see the Curriculum-Map and Course-Numbering】
URL:https://secure.ritsumei.ac.jp/students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html/