グローバル教養科目（Global Gender, Environmental Justice and Sustainability）

This course will take place over 13 weeks in Hongo Campus. Part 1: Critical Concepts: Gender, Environment, Justice Week 1 - Introduction Week 2 - Conceptualizing Sex and Gender Week 3 - Envisioning Diversity and Difference; Capstone project introduction Week 4 - Feminist Perspectives on Science
 Week 5 - Social Construction of Nature Week 6 - Conceptualizing Nature, the Environment and Justice
 Week 7 - Capstone project: peer review PART II: GENDER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Theoretical Approaches & Frameworks Week 8 - EcoFeminism Week 9 - Feminist Environmentalism (Materialist Perspectives) Week 10 - Feminist Political Ecology Week 11 - Gender and Agriculture Week 12 - Anthropocene, Gender, Justice Week 13 - Capstone project presentation; course reflection *Please note that the schedule may be subject to change

This course will employ a diverse range of teaching methods that employ the following pedagogies: active learning, problem/project/place-based learning, and culturally responsive practices. Students will be provided a reading packet containing weekly readings. a) Flipped classroom with critical reflection: Students will engage with readings, short lectures, or media before class, then apply knowledge in discussion and group tasks. Pre-class materials include frameworks for analyzing systemic injustice (e.g., feminist political ecology, decolonial theory). In-class workshops will critique development models, deconstruct “aid” narratives, or analyze gendered policy impacts based on the readings. b) Critical case study method: Students will engage in in-depth analysis of real-world cases (e.g., land dispossession, climate migration, water access) focusing on how structural inequities (e.g., colonialism, patriarchy, neoliberalism) shape outcomes. Through the assigned cases, students will unpack power dynamics, identify actors (state, private, civil society), and trace systems of oppression and resistance strategies. Potential sub-activities include small group debates, power mapping exercises, role-play as different stakeholders (e.g., donor agencies vs. local activists). c) Guest lectures: Leveraging the ongoing partnerships, guests from the Global South (Indigenous leaders, grassroots organizers, or policy actors) will be invited to give lectures. Students will prepare critical questions and follow-up with response essays linking guest insights to readings. d) Capstone project: Students will engage in a semester-long project where they will visually map power structures within a development/environmental issue through the lens of structural inequity. The scaffolding steps employed are: proposal, feedback, presentation, final submission. The final project submission will be group maps that link to the readings critically analyzing how gender, environment, and development intersect within global systems of power.

【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.】 Students will be assessed on the following: 1. Participation and engagement in class: 30% 2. Critical case study: 30% 3. Capstone project: 40% (30% for the project; 10% for the presentation) For P/F class: Students will be assessed on the following on Pass/Fail basis, but must complete all assignments: 1. Participation and engagement in class: 30% 2. Critical case study: 30% 3. Capstone project: 40% (30% for the project; 10% for the presentation)

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