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My materials on research and teaching the anthropology of Japan
- About writing
- Course Syllabus
- Deadlines and grading
- Etc. | Current topics and links of possible interest
- First course essay
- General comments on writing for this course
- Home
- Instructor Comments
- Media
- Outline for April 10 session
- Outline for April 15 session
- Outline for April 17 session
- Outline for April 22 session
- Outline for April 24 session
- Outline for April 8 session
- Outline for February 13 and 18 sessions
- Outline for February 25 and 27 sessions
- Outline for February 27 and March 4 sessions
- Outline for February 4 and 6 sessions
- Outline for February 6 and 11 sessions
- Outline for January 18 session
- Outline for January 28 and 30 sessions
- Outline for March 25 session
- Outline for March 27 and April 1 sessions
- Outline for March 6 session
- Outline for September 8 session
- PART FOUR: New Horizons
- PART ONE: On Studying Contemporary Japan
- PART THREE: Coming of Age in Early 21st-Century Japan
- PART TWO: Growing Up in Late 20th-Century Japan
- Policies and Logistics
- Reading notes | Jeannie Lo, Office Ladies/Factory Women (1990)
- Reading Notes | Thomas P. Rohlen, For Harmony and Strength (1974)
- Sample Page
- Sample Page
- Second course essay | Composing an ethnographic portrait
- Student Comments
- Third course essay | Where is Japan heading?
- Tom Weyman, Did I Miss Anything?
- Viewing notes | Baseball in Japan (1994)
- Viewing notes | Being Japanese
- Viewing notes | Cram School
- Viewing notes | Dream Girls
- Viewing notes | Full Moon Lunch
- Viewing Notes | GAEA Girls
- Viewing notes | Knocking on Heaven’s Door
- Viewing notes | Living Through a Miracle
- Viewing notes | Reinventing Japan
- Viewing notes | Salsa in Japan
- Viewing notes | The Learning Machine
- Viewing notes | The Story of Noriko
- Viewing notes | The Yamaguchi Family
- Viewing notes | Young Baseball Heroes
- Workshop section policies
- Writing exercise # 1
- Writing exercises and course essays
- Writing Guides and Guidelines
- Yale College Writing Requirement and WR courses
- Our digital world and my policy on the use of electronic devices in the classroom
- A Commentary on Course Pedagogy