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Course:	Japanese Culture & Society
Code:	ANTH 630
Semester:	Fall 2002
Instructor:	Dr. Zak Hossain

Reflection

The Japanese Culture and Society course provided me the opportunity to explore the culture of Japan, a society of fascinating tradition and one of the most vital economic powers in the contemporary world. The course has been taught in an interdisciplinary content with emphasis on the interrelationships of the disciplines.

This course enabled me to use sociological and anthropological perspectives to understand Japanese culture and society as well as other countries. I have learned to use offline and online resources to investigate both historical as well as contemporary issues concerning Japan through the multidisciplinary approach. This course also examined ways in which the Japanese have assimilated foreign influences into their own culture at various times.

Discussion provided in this class gave me the insight of the relationships among cultural developments and contributions in various periods and the relationship between the historical context and the culture. I have also been taught to define the unique qualities of Japanese Culture and Society, those that distinguish it from others of the world, especially from the Western world.

Book Reflection

Japan Asian Power Reflection    Japan Asian Power Reflection

Japan Education Today Reflection    Japan Education Today Reflection

Term Paper

Comparison Japanese and Thai Education    Comparison Japanese and Thai Education

Resources

Japanese Language http://members.aol.com/writejapan/ History of Origami http://www.origami.as/ Origami Studio http://www.origami.as/ Japanese Newspaper http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/newspapers.html The Plurality of Japanese Culture http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/newspapers.html Japanese Demography http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/cchifr.htm Japanese Ecology and Culture  http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/cchifr.htm Burakumin Discrimination http://blhrri.org/blhrri_e/blhrri/buraku.htm Ainu Culture http://www.jlgc.org/jlgcnews/025/ainu.htm Ainu People and Their Rights http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v4n2/sonoha42.html Rice: It's more than food in Japan http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v4n2/sonoha42.html Koreans in Japan http://www.han.org/a/fukuoka96a.html Japanese History Timeline http://askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/t000013.htm Japanese History http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html Feudalism in Japan and Europe http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/project2/feudalism/feudalism.html Japanese Education http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/digest5.html Daily Life in Japanese School http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/digest9.html Learning and Education http://www.isei.or.jp/books/75/Learning.html Japanese Textbook and Role of Japan in WWII http://member.nifty.ne.jp/Tomochika/Index.htm Changing role of Japanese women http://www2.gol.com/users/friedman/writings/p1.html Equal Employment Law and Japanese Women http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/eeol.htm Japanese Religion http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/eeol.htm Jizu http://www.askasia.org/image/drawing/i000321.htm Critical Evaluation of Mizuko Kuyo http://bama.ua.edu/~emartin/publications/mkarticl.htm The Family and the Ie http://www.isei.or.jp/books/75/Ie.html The Japanese Family http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000128.htm Japanese Gun Control http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/Japanese_Gun_Control.htm Yakuza: Past and Present http://www.iej.uem.br//yakuza.htm Juvenile Crime Law Under Scrutiny http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/mar98/08_54_006.html Human faces of Japanese Economy http://www.cic.sfu.ca/forum/AHorvatNov241997.html Japanese and the U.S. social security system http://www.cic.sfu.ca/forum/AHorvatNov241997.html Tasnin Funin http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000100.htm Karoshi-Death by Overwork http://www.workhealth.org/whatsnew/lpkarosh.html

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