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最終更新日：2025年4月21日
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グローバル教養科目（Japan As They Saw It）
Japan As They Saw It
In this course, we will examine and discuss the impact of international tourism and travel on perceptions and representations of different countries and cultures. The starting point of our discussions will be “Japan As They Saw It,” an online anthology of descriptions of Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries by visitors from the United States and Britain. We will assess how foreign tourists and residents viewed Japan and how they chose to describe the country to readers in the books and letters they wrote. We will then move to the present day and examine how Japan is presented to the world now by tourists and other visitors, particularly online and through social media. Through our discussions, we will attempt to develop a systematic understanding both of how different countries and cultures are perceived and portrayed by naive visitors and of the resulting challenges, including stereotyping, intercultural misunderstandings, and overtourism.
時間割／共通科目コード
コース名
教員
学期
時限
7V0101037S
FGL-GL3137S3
グローバル教養科目（Japan As They Saw It）
トム・ガリー
月曜4限
マイリストに追加
マイリストから削除
講義使用言語
英語
単位
2
実務経験のある教員による授業科目
NO
他学部履修
可
開講所属
グローバル教育センター
授業計画
The topics and assignments for each week will be decided as the semester progresses based on the discussions among the teacher and students.
Field trips within Tokyo will be held from 14:00 to about 16:00 on Saturday, April 19, and Monday April 21. (No online class will be held on April 21) On each trip, we will walk around one or two tourist areas of Tokyo and reflect together about the tourist experience there. Possible destinations include Ueno, Asakusa, Akihabara, Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Odaiba. Students will be asked to submit short reports afterwards on their observations. Each student will be expected to attend only one of the two trips if they can. If a student cannot attend any of the field trips, they will be asked to submit a short report about personal observations of tourists and tourism in Japan. Students will not be penalized for not attending any of the field trips.
Another set of optional field trips might be scheduled for early July, probably to the tourist areas of Yokohama. The details will be worked out together with the students in June.
授業の方法
This class will be taught online using Zoom. In order to facilitate active discussions during class, students will need to be able to turn on their microphones during class. Students will also be welcome, though not required, to turn on their cameras when they are speaking.
成績評価方法
[Please check the grading scale that applies to this course. If the Course Code ends without “-P/F”, this is a course with a letter grade (A+, A, B, C, F). If the Course Code ends with “-P/F”, this is a Pass/Fail Course.]
Each student’s grade will be based on participation in class discussions, homework assignments, and a final presentation. The presentation should focus on some aspect of an issue discussed in class.
教科書
No textbook will be used.
参考書
References and readings will be provided through the class website.
履修上の注意
【If the number of students enrolling in this course exceeds 20, there may be a selection process. Instructions for the selection process will be given in the first class, so if you are interested in taking this course, please be sure to attend the first class.】
This class will be taught in English, and all discussions, homework, and final papers or presentations should be in English. There are no prerequisites for taking the course.
実務経験と授業科目の関連性
The instructor compiled the “Japan As They Saw It” website that will be the starting point for discussions in this class.
