立命館大学シラバス

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
13313:[2025 秋セメスター]IR18‐GE208 Advanced Topics in Area Studies(R) § 13314:RUIR-2632 Advanced Topics in Area Studies(R)	2025	秋セメスター	火5	国際関係学部	田川昇平	2

キャンパス

衣笠

授業施設

明学館MG003号教室

授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

This course investigates the ways in which urban communities have been treated in different academic disciplines. Drawing insights from sociology, human geography, socio-cultural anthropology, and other related disciplines, it examines the structure of knowledge production in urban studies and how those studies have treated case studies from different parts of the globe. In so doing, this course aims to explore a perspective with which to construct a place-specific knowledge about urban communities. By introducing the kind of case studies that demand researchers to look carefully at the scales smaller than sub-national geographical units (local municipalities), it focuses especially on the mundane social phenomena that help construe the everyday realities of residential communities.

* Area Studies aims to comprehensively understand particular geographical areas by analysing local perspectives and distinct features of society, culture, politics, economy, and/or nature of the area. The term “area” in Area Studies refers to a particular geographical or cultural area of the world. It ranges from sub-national locales (e.g. Kyoto) to countries (e.g. Japan) and regions (e.g. East Asia). It is an interdisciplinary field of research, which crosses several major academic disciplines in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences (e.g., ecology).

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受講生の到達目標

By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Explain the causes and features that constitute urban communities;
2. Identify the local context and local perspectives that defines particular urban communities;
3. Discuss issues and challenges faced by specific urban communities from a microscopic and comparative perspective.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

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
授業回数/ 担当教員（複数担当の場合）	キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1	Production of knowledge about cities and urban communities: Macro-perspective
1	Right to the city, global south
2	Production of knowledge about cities and urban communities: Micro-perspective
2	Postcolonial urbanism, rural-urban relation, multi-layered community
3	Rethinking the city and the urban communities
3	Postcolonial urbanism, rural-urban relation, multi-layered community
4	Comparing cities from different regions
4	Place-specific knowledge, auto-ethnographic and reflexive understanding of different cultures
5	Lecture: Urban communities of Jakarta, Indonesia
5
6	Discussion: Bodily technique, corporeality, and the communal identity of place
6
7	Lecture: Urban communities of Kyoto, Japan
7
8	Discussion: Architectural environment, materiality, and the communal identity of place
8
9	Group work: Research question
9
10	Group work: Literature search
10
11	Presentation: Research topic and literature reveiw
11
12	Group work: Research design
12
13	Group work: Research Plans
13
14	Writing a report (research proposal)
14

授業実施形態

Face-to-face

授業外学習の指示

The coursework includes reading, writing, designing research, and other activities as necessary. Students are expected to actively perform those tasks both inside and outside of the class. And, as many of those activities are group-based, students are expected to responsibly engage in the said activities.

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	(1) Class participation 40% (2) Group presentations and final report 60%

成績評価方法(備考)

(1) Class participation:
- Five (5) unjustified absences will result in failure of the course;
- Active participation in group discussions;
- Occasional reading assignments and short writing assignments.

(2) Group presentations and final essay:
- By the end of the term, students are expected to submit a final report (research proposal) of about 1,000 to 1,500 words;
- Final report must include 1. Research question, 2. Literature review, 3. Original hypothesis, 4. Research plan, and 5. Expected outcome;
- Students are expected to give occasional presentations on the progress of their research plans
- Students who commit plagiarism (*) will receive F.

(*) Plagiarism in this course includes: (a) Direct quotation without a citation and quotation marks [“ ”]; (b) Indirect quotation without a citation using a source other than the assigned article

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

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

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