What does "feeling = thinking" mean? This lecture will focus on human activities, such as “to see, to read and to hear”, and study cultural events and artistic activities around the world. The purpose of this work is to reconsider "sense" from the perspective of cultural anthropology. Therefore, we will focus on historical development of theories, etc., but will include many case studies of artistic field. This class will broaden the range of "world" that can be imagined.
1. To acquire the basic concept of cultural anthropology
2. To gain a deep understanding of arguments about "feeling = thinking (sense, emotion, body, etc., as a way of thinking)"
Anthropology and Art, sense, sensibility, emotion, body
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Three lectures are given on each theme, accompanied by writing response papers based on reading or visual materials.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction (1) | Explore the problem of sense in modern society |
Class 2 | Introduction (2) | Understand the arguments over sense, art, and anthropology |
Class 3 | To see (1) | Media theory of Marshall McLuhan and others |
Class 4 | To see (2) | Learn the theory of sense from Martin Heidegger and other philosophers |
Class 5 | To see (3) | How can we understand Cine-Anthropology? |
Class 6 | Film session | Express your own opinions based on the film |
Class 7 | To read (1) | Explore the Oratory of Walter Ong's theory about Epic |
Class 8 | To read (2) | Understand Eric Havelock's theory about texts and poets |
Class 9 | To read (3) | Semiotics, what is "to read"? |
Class 10 | Film session | Express your own opinions based on the film |
Class 11 | To hear (1) | Explore John Cage's music and his arguments about "mushroom's life" |
Class 12 | To hear (2) | Consider Murray Schafer's Soundscape |
Class 13 | To hear (3) | From studies of auditory culture, what is "to hear"? |
Class 14 | Film session | Express your own opinions based on the film |
Class 15 | Final exam | Confirm the results learned in the lecture |
None required.
We focus on the following documents, but we distribute and introduce necessary sections.
Morphy, Howard and Morgan Perkins, eds. (2006) "The Anthropology of Art: A Reader". Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Attendance (40%), response papers and exercises during the lectures (30%), final exam (30%).
Those failing to attend more than 2/3 of the lectures will fail the class.
No prerequisites. Active participation in the course is expected.