| Course title | |||||
| 異文化交流特論Ⅰ [Arts of Intercultural Communication I] | |||||
| Course category | courses for the 5-years doctral program | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 232308 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 渡辺 元 [WATANABE Gen] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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This lecture “Understanding Societies and Cultures in Asian and African Regions” will be the lecture omnibus by teachers of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Expecting the cases where you will communicate with local people while performing research, development assistance and the other business in developing counties and emerging economies, this lecture will give an outline of the existing conditions, languages, cultures, customs and religions in various regions of Asia and Africa. In addition, it aimes to provide know-how and knowledge required to understand other cultures and to understand deeply each other though discussion in English. Every teacher will give a lecture in the first week and students are required to discuss the subjects of the lecture in the next week. |
| Expected Learning |
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1. To understand the present societies and cultures in Asian and African regions. 2. To acquire understanding and skill required to discuss these subjects in English |
| Course schedule |
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1. (12 April) Masahiro Aoki, "Nomadic tribe community and market economy in Mongolia" 2. (19 April) Makiko Sakai, "Variety of languages in Sub-Saharan Africa" 3. (26 April) Keiko Tosa, "Myanma under the new regime: social change and plurality of religions” 4. (10 May) Toru Miyagi, “What is Culture? What is Japanese Culture?” 5. (17 May) Toru Miyagi, “Can You Teach Japanese Culture? What and How to Teach as Japanese Culture?” (Discussion) 6. (20 May) ― No class 7. (24 May) Kosit Tiptiempong, “Thailand and Its National Identity” (Lecture) 8. (30 May) Kosit Tiptiempong, “Thailand and Its National Identity” (Discussion) 9. (7 June) Zeliha Muge Igarashi, “Turkey as a Moderate Islamic Model” (Lecture) 10. (14 June) Zeliha Muge Igarashi, “Turkey as a Moderate Islamic Model” (Discussion) 11. (21 June) Hisao Komatsu, "Community and culture from point of view of history in Central Asia” 12. (28 June) Amitava Chakraborty, “The Culture and Society of Bengal” (Lecture) 13. (5 July) Amitava Chakraborty, “The Culture and Society of Bengal” (Discussion) 14. (12 July) Suhail Abbas Khan, “Pakistan and Its National Language Urdu” (Lecture) 15. (19 July) Suhail Abbas Khan, “Pakistan and Its National Language Urdu” (Discussion) 16. (26 July) Conclusion |
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| Assessment/Grading |
| Term Paper (in English) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Asia, Custom, Culture, Religion, Communication |
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| Lecture Language |
| English |
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| Last update |
| 4/4/2017 3:29:03 PM |