I have been doing fieldwork in India from the 1990s to the 2000s. The target is a group called RSS (National Service Society), which is leading a political, cultural, and religious movement called "Hindu nationalism" and "Hindu fundamentalism." Currently, the ruling party in India is the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), which is supported by the RSS as a subordinate organization, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also deeply involved with the RSS. I have been researching why religious right-wing political movements are expanding in modern India, which is experiencing rapid economic growth. In this class, based on my own fieldwork experience in India, I would like to discuss issues of subjectivity and representation of others that have been explored in cultural anthropology, political science, and contemporary thought from both a theoretical and practical perspective. .
Understand the basic characteristics and techniques of the research method called fieldwork. Understand the problem of representation of others.
Everyday practice, agency, resistance, gaze, subalternity, orientalism
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Basically, the instructor (Nakajima) gives a lecture, followed by a discussion among the participants. We will prepare your resume (or slide materials) and send it to you in advance.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Class orientation | Understand how the class will proceed |
Class 2 | Agency, everyday practice, and resistance | Understanding agency |
Class 3 | Politics of gaze and subjectivity: from the perspective of tourism anthropology | Understand how the gaze of others promotes cultural transformation. |
Class 4 | Politics and subjects: From the case of Delhi's slums | Learn about fieldwork examples |
Class 5 | Representations of the Weak - Subaltern Studies | Thinking about the representation of the subaltern |
Class 6 | Representation of culture and tradition - Orientalism theory | Understanding Edward Said's "Orientalism Theory" |
Class 7 | summary | Reflect on what you have learned in previous classes |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
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comment(30%) and report(70%)
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