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GDR300LF(ジェンダー / Gender 300)
Topics in Japanese Society Ⅰ

Sayako ONO

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school Exchange Students from Overseas Program
Attached documents
Year 2024
Class code A8505
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 水3/Wed.3
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name F406
Grade
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium

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Outline and objectives

The course will introduce contemporary Japanese society focusing on popular culture in the traditional media with specially attention to the philosophy and gender representation in the works of Miyazaki Hayao.
Students are expected to read academic articles and discuss issues related to aesthetics, nostalgia and imagination in Japanese popular and theatrical performance.
Both international students and regular Hosei students will work together in groups to conduct a fieldwork experiment and create presentations and papers on a topic covered in class.

Goal

By the end of the course, students should be able to build their knowledge of contemporary Japanese society by critically examining social issues through popular culture and its interpretation in the traditional media. In conducting the group work together, both international and domestic students will gain cooperation skills and be able to share their viewpoints, which will be drawn from their diverse perspectives.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

This course will be taught through short lectures, group discussions and video analysis. Students are expected to read the assigned readings and discuss related topics in class on a weekly basis. They will also conduct mini-ethnographic projects as a group and write a report at the end of the course. Comments in the reaction paper will be introduced in class and used to deepen our discussions.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

あり / Yes

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[対面/face to face]:Introduction

Introduction to the
course and to
popular culture in traditional media in contemporary Japanese society

2[対面/face to face]:Popular culture and aesthetics

Creativity in popular culture

3[対面/face to face]:Gender in
traditional media

Feminism and visual culture

4[対面/face to face]:Miyazaki Hayao and traditional arts

Localisation of
Japanese popular culture

5[対面/face to face]:Female empowerment in traditional Japan

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind in kabuki theatre

6[対面/face to face]:Transnationalism, globalisation and Miyazaki Hayao

The Westernisation of Japanese popular culture

7[対面/face to face]:The philosophy of Miyazaki Hayao

Princess Mononoke stage play

8[対面/face to face]:Nostalgia and fantasy

My Neighbour Totoro Royal Shakespeare Company

9[対面/face to face]:Magical imagination and social issues

Spirited Away stage play

10[対面/face to face]:Possible field trip (TBA)

Future Boy Conan stage play

11[対面/face to face]:Fieldwork methods

How to conduct an ethnography, form a group based on the chosen topic (including at least one domestic Hosei student), submit a plan for mini-ethnography

12[対面/face to face]:Preparations
for mini-ethnography

Group tutorials for mini-ethnography, submit a fieldnote

13[対面/face to face]:Post mini-ethnography project

Data analysis of mini-ethnography: Presentations

14[対面/face to face]:Data analysis of mini-ethnography

Submit a first draft of essay, peer review of essay

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

1.The instructor will provide a weekly discussion question. Students must answer the question based on the required readings and submit their answer via Hosei Learning Management System to each class.
2.Students will be also expected to spend a significant amount of time outside of class preparing for and conducting a group fieldwork project on a topic covered in class.
a.Every group will submit a plan for their mini-ethnographic study by Week 11.
b.After completing the mini-ethnographic project, they will make a group presentation and each person will write an individual report about it for submission at the end of the course.
The average study time outside of class per week would be roughly 4 hours.

Textbooks

A textbook is not required.

References

Brendan C. Walsh (2019) A Modern-Day Romantic: The Romantic Sublime in Hayao Miyazaki’s Creative Philosophy, Comparative Literature: East & West, 3:2, 176-191
Trafí-Prats, Laura (2017) Girls' Aesthetics of Existence in/With Hayao Miyazaki’s Films. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies. 17:5, 376–383

Grading criteria

Contribution to class discussions (25%)
Weekly assignments (20%)
Prior to the mini-ethnography project: writing a plan (10%)
After the mini-ethnography project: making a presentation (10%) and a 2,000-word report (35%)

Changes following student comments

Not applicable.

Equipment student needs to prepare

Hosei Learning Management System(授業⽀援システム)will be used: https://hoppii.hosei.ac.jp/portal

Others

You should attend the first class if you are interested in the course.