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- Instructor(s)
- Tanaka Rieko
- Class Format
- Lecture (ZOOM)
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon1-2(W621) Thr1-2(W621)
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- Course number
- LAH.H203
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2020/9/18
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- Japanese
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Course description and aims
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.
Student learning outcomes
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)"
Keywords
Art and anthropology, image, words, music, sense and experience
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Three lectures are given on each theme, accompanied by writing response papers based on reading or visual materials.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Overview of Anthropological thinking |
| Class 2 | Art and anthropology (1) | Explore the problem of "art and anthropology" in premodern society |
| Class 3 | Art and anthropology (2) | Explore the problem of "art and anthropology" in modern society |
| Class 4 | Art and anthropology (3) | Understand the arguments over sense, art, and anthropology |
| Class 5 | the act of representing by IMAGE (1) | Media theory of Marshall McLuhan and others |
| Class 6 | the act of representing by IMAGE (2) | Learn the theory of sense from Martin Heidegger and other philosophers |
| Class 7 | the act of representing by IMAGE (3) | How can we understand Cine-Anthropology? |
| Class 8 | the act of representing by WORDS (1) | Explore the Oratory of Walter Ong's theory about Epic |
| Class 9 | the act of representing by WORDS (2) | Understand Eric Havelock's theory about texts and poets |
| Class 10 | the act of representing by WORDS (3) | Semiotics, what is "to read"? |
| Class 11 | the act of representing by MUSIC (1) | Consider Murray Schafer's Soundscape |
| Class 12 | the act of representing by MUSIC (2) | Explore John Cage's music and his arguments about "mushroom's life" |
| Class 13 | the act of representing by MUSIC (3) | From studies of auditory culture, what is "to hear"? |
| Class 14 | Review and looking forward: sense and experience | Confirm the results learned in the lecture |
| Class 15 | Final exam | Confirm the results learned in the lecture |
Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)
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.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
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.
Assessment criteria and methods
Attendance (25%), response papers and exercises during the lectures (25%), midterm and final exams (50%).
Those failing to attend more than 2/3 of the lectures will fail the class.
Related courses
- LAH.H103 ： Cultural Anthropology A
- LAH.H303 ： Cultural Anthropology C
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites. Active participation in the course is expected.
