IMAP Department of Philosophy

(Credit 2)
選択科目
Intended Year: 大学院
Intended School: 専修学生
Topics in Religious Practices and Beliefs III
Topics in Religious Practices and Beliefs III
Sub Title　 Japan in the Field: Studies and Approaches
Associate Professor Caleb CARTER
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2025 SpringTerm
intensive
Ito 研究室 Classroom
E科目 (English, English)
: 2025/9/8 (17:04) 〔N/A〕
Course Overview What is pilgrimage? Does it need to have a religious dimension? What about some gambling on the side? Must it be undertaken on foot, or do cars and buses count? What about motivations—devotion, self-cultivation, ancestral rites, repentance; how about sightseeing, patriotism, anime?

This graduate seminar takes a wide lens to these questions so that we can critically evaluate ‘pilgrimage’ as an analytic category of religious (or even secular?) experience. This includes its usefulness, potential shortcomings, and possible paths forward. In this sense, the course offers an exercise in evaluating not only a mainstay of religious studies but an example of how one might do this in other areas of the humanities.

We will explore Edo-period pilgrimage, its modern shaping in Japan (with additional studies from broader East Asia), site/route construction and promotion, the role of money, rituals and motivations, and the pilgrim's experience. We will examine sites and routes related to buddhas, bodhisattvas, and kami, but also connected to heritage, war, power spots, yōkai, and more. You will go to a few. You will even conceptualize one of your own.
Keywords : Japan studies, fieldwork, ethnography, religion
Prerequisites : N/A
Required Ability : English fluency
Notes N/A
Remote/On-site Information regarding Moodle
● 対面授業
リアルタイム-オンライン授業
ハイブリッド授業（対面＋オンライン）
オンデマンド型授業
課題提出型授業

教職 :
資格 :
Course Objectives
かなり優れている 優れている 及第である 一層の努力が必要
G_A-1 [修士：人文学と現代文化の理解]
人文学の知識をもとに、現代文化のあり方とそれへの多様なアプローチを説明できる。		 EXCELLENT LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes is evaluated as "outstanding." GOOD LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes is evaluated as "good." SAT/PASS LEVEL: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes is evaluated as "average and satisfactory." DEFICIENT: Student achievement in this area, as measured through his/her level of class preparation and participation, completion of assignments, and performance on the quizzes falls below satisfactory; more effort and application are required to pass.
G_A-2 [修士：専修分野の知識と理解]
G_B-2-2 [修士：独創性]
現地調査 (Fieldwork)
九州大学文学部ディプロマ・ポリシー
九州大学文学部哲学コース・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)　　　九州大学文学部歴史学コース・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)
九州大学文学部文学コース・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)　　　九州大学文学部人間科学コース・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)
九州大学人文科学府人文基礎専攻ディプロマ・ポリシー　　　九州大学人文科学府人文基礎専攻・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)
九州大学人文科学府歴史空間論専攻ディプロマ・ポリシー　　　九州大学人文科学府歴史空間論専攻・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)
九州大学人文科学府言語・文学専攻ディプロマ・ポリシー　　　九州大学人文科学府言語・文学専攻・カリキュラムマップ(2025年度版)
Course Plan
授業形態（項目） 授業形態（内容）
講義 Participation
Reading Facilitation
Presentations
Fieldwork
外国語演習
● 原典資料演習
● 実習／フィールド調査
● Problem-Based Learning （問題発見・解決型学習）
● 学生のプレゼンテーション
Moodle の使用
● 学外実習
野外実習

Textbooks : Levi McLaughlin. “All Research is Fieldwork: A Practical Introduction to Studying in Japan as a Foreign Researcher”
Reference Books :
Course Handouts : N/A

Course Plan ()
Tentative Weekly Schedules Lecture Exercise, Field trip etc. Comments, suggestions for the course preparation, review, etc.
1 Course introduction ○
2 Field methods readings and discussion ○
3 Field methods readings and discussion ○ Field
4 Field methods readings and discussion ○
5 Field methods readings and discussion ○
6 Field methods readings and discussion ○ Field
7 Field methods readings and discussion ○
8 Field methods readings and discussion ○
9 Field methods readings and discussion ○
10 Individual fieldwork ○ Field
11 Presentation of field excursion ○
12 Field methods readings and discussion ○
13 Individual fieldwork ○ Field
14 Field methods readings and discussion ○
15 Presentation of field excursion ○

Evaluation
Standpoint→
Evaluation Method
↓		 G_A-1
[修士：人文学と現代文化の理解]		 G_A-2
[修士：専修分野の知識と理解]		 G_B-2-2
[修士：独創性]
現地調査 (Fieldwork)		 Grading Percentage, Disqualification etc.
Presentation ◎ ◎ ◎
In-class contribution ○ ○ ○
Report ○ ○ ○

GPA Evaluation
A B C D F
授業を通じて、総じて「かなり優れている」に相当する活動を行った。 授業を通じて、概ね「優れている」を超える活動を行った。 授業を通じて、「及第する」に相当する活動を行った。 授業を通じて、総じて「及第する」には達しないものの、それに近い活動を行った。 授業を通じて、「一層の努力が必要」の活動にとどまった。

Additional Information regarding Evaluation Method :
Study Consultation (Office Hours) Study Consultation (Office Hours) : Office hours by appointment

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