Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Relations Program
Our world is composed of diverse ethnic and social groups, each of which has its own culture. The Intercultural Relations Program addresses the issue of how to enable these groups to communicate with each other across cultural boundaries, based on an examination of the characteristics of intercultural relationships and with attention to the issues involved in understanding a foreign culture.
Cultural Anthropology (Masanori YOSHIOKA)
This course examines how to interpret the cultures of various ethnic groups and find ways to understand different cultures by comparative methods.
Contemporary Social Anthropology (Kiyoshi UMEYA)
This course makes a comparative study of the social structures and cultures of the world’s ethnic groups and their transformation.
Cultural Hybridity (Tsuyoshi SAITO)
Situations where a new culture is created from a mixture of various cultures are considered using cultural anthropology methods.
Ethnography (Yoshiko SHIBATA)
This course considers how to understand, describe or represent various ethnic cultures along with various hypothesized field survey problems
Ethnology (Hiroki OKADA).
Using ethnography as study materials, this course studies and compares interrelationships between various cultures (including Japan) and problems such as folk customs and modernization with a focus on lifestyle. We will use these issues as ethnography materials.
Multicultural Studies Program
Not every cross-cultural encounter triggers violent conflicts or frictions observed in ethnic disputes. Successful examples do exist of avoiding violence and achieving peaceful coexistence among different cultures. The Multicultural Studies Program is dedicated to exploring institutional and conceptual frameworks for fostering intercultural harmony and models of cross-cultural communication that facilitate conflict-resolution.
International Relations (Kazunari SAITO)
This course explores strategies for achieving and maintaining peaceful coexistence between countries, regions, and cultures in the global community.
Governance and Public Policy (Tomokazu SAKANO)
A comparative study of new political phenomena and dynamics that transcend the boundaries of nation-states, with emphasis on governance.
Peacebuilding Studies (Satoru NAKAMURA)
This course gives problem solving oriented consideration to the theme of peace and security while valuing the perspective of preventive diplomacy.
Comparative Policy Studies (Masaharu YASUOKA)
A comparative study of the background and challenges that Japan and developed western countries have in common and each national policy responses of each country to these problems.
Transcultural Studies Program
The current wave of globalization has allowed many cultures to expand beyond the countries and regions in which they originated. The Transcultural Studies Program examines the way that these expanded cultures interact with their native counterparts, from both contemporary and historical perspectives, and explores the potential for these phenomena to foster positive bi-directional cross-cultural communication.Comparative Civilization (Nobuo MIURA)
This course examines differences and similarities in the structure and history of thoughts and sciences in various civilizations.
Techno-Culture Studies (Togo TSUKAHARA)
A discussion of the implications of the use of technology such as mobile phones, convenience stores and many other facets of our daily lives.
Translation and Culture (Yuika KITAMURA)
This course explores the characteristics and potential of translation culture.
Contemporary Transborder Culture (Masaru TODA)
This course discusses the characteristics of cultures that transcend national boundaries with emphasis on the relationship between Japan and the United States.
Formation of Cultural Styles (Takayuki YAMASAWA)
Examples from the ancient Mediterranean world form the basis of discussions of the process through which academic disciplines, literature, and lifestyles develop.
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