地域文化研究特別講義I

Week 1. Introduction to the course and each other. Syllabus review. Week 2. Discuss Butler ・Reading assignment： Butler, “Introduction: Color-Line to Borderlands.” Week 3. ONE: Ethnic Studies as a Matrix: Moving from Color-Line to Borderlands Multiculturalism: Battleground or Meeting Ground? ・Reading assignment: Takaki, “Multiculturalism: Battleground or Meeting Ground”? Week 4. Discuss Butler. ・Reading assignment： Butler, “Ethnic Studies as a Matrix for the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Common Good.” Week 5. Discuss Marable. ・Reading assignment： Marable, “The Problematics of Ethnic Studies.” Week 6. TWO: Institutional Structure and Knowledge Production Discuss Hu-DeHart. ・Reading assignment: Hu-DeHart, “Ethnic Studies in U.S. Higher Education: The State of the Discipline.” Week7. Discuss Cook-Lynn and Howe. ・Reading assignment： Cook-Lynn and Howe, “The Dialectics of Ethnicity in America: A View from American Indian Studies.” Week 8. Discuss Hirabayashi and Alquizola. ・Reading assignment： Hirabayashi and Alquizola, “Whither the Asian American Subject?” Week 9. Discuss Flores. ・Reading assignment： Flores, “Thirty Years of Chicano and Chicana Studies.” Week 10. THREE: Changing and Emerging Paradigms Discuss Hune. ・Reading assignment： Hune, “Asian American Studies and Asian Studies: Boundaries and Borderlands of Ethnic Studies and Area Studies.” Week 11. Acosta-Belén. ・Reading assignment： Acosta-Belén, “Reimagining Borders: A Hemispheric Approach to Latin American and U.S. Latino and Latina Studies.” Week 12. Discuss Newton. ・Reading assignment： Newton, “Bridges to the Twenty-First Century: Making Cultural Studies—and Making It Work.” Week 13. Discuss Reed ・Reading assignment： Reed, “Heavy Traffic at the Intersections: Ethnic, American, Women’s, Queer, and Cultural Studies.

Learning in this course comes from brief lectures, in-class discussions, a few written assignments (with feedback and a chance to revise), and a lot of reading in English.

・Report（レポート）－15%: Rubric to be provided ・In-Class Points（平常点）―15％：Class contribution (rubric to be provided) ・Others（その他、小レポート等）―70％： Reading reflections (three, 300 – 600 words each): 15% each Research paper: 25% (rubrics to be provided)

BUTLER, Johnnella E., ed. Color-Line to Borderlands: The Matrix of American Ethnic Studies (University of Washington Press, 2001). Paperback or e-book is o.k. but please make sure you will receive the book before Week 2. GALLAGHER, Charles A., ed. Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, 6th ed. (Sage, 2018). Note: I am sorry that the Gallagher book is so expensive. If you do not think it will be useful later in your career, we can investigate other options, such as borrowing the book from me. Each student will report on one article in the book.

There is no assigned reference for this course.

Although there are no official prerequisites for this course, students will be speaking and writing exclusively in English, so students with proficiency in spoken and written English will be more successful. Although students will not be graded on attendance, students are expected to contribute to weekly discussions in small groups and in the full class.

As an American professor of American studies, the instructor is excited to see the interdisciplinary field of ethnic studies through your eyes. We shall learn together.