Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK44001
This class has a twofold aim. [1.] It introduces the main authors, scriptures, commentaries, and exegetical works describing the practices and theories of systems of Tantric yoga.
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK50001
With the example practice-as-network often abridged as role-playing games, this course introduces students to a (trans-) cultural studies approach of practices, actors and processes.
Continue reading “Actors, Processes, and Networks: Studying (Sub-) Cultural Practices”
Teacher: KODAMA Satoshi
Course Code: JK49001
This course introduces students to bioethics as an interdisciplinary field of study that looks into ethical, legal, and social implications of life sciences and health care.
Continue reading “An Introduction to Bioethics”
This course is designed for the study foci “Knowledge, Belief and Religion” (KBR) and “Visual, Media and Material Cultures” (VMC) and consists of the following three parts:
Teacher: HISANO Shuji,
Course Code: JK52001
【This course is an international collaborative course】
This course will be instructed by Dr. Jonathan Pattenden (Associate Professor Political Economy and Sociology of Development, University of East Anglia, UK).
Teacher: KAIDA Daisuke
Course Code: JK37001
This course explores various aspects of contemporary Japanese philosophy (Post-World War II Japanese philosophy) by reading primary sources in English translation and discussing them in English.
Teacher: HISANO Shuji, HISANO Ai
Course Code: JK38002
This course examines the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of consumption broadly conceived.
Continue reading “Critical Consumption Studies”
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK40001
This course deals with leisure and play as matters of concern for politicians and many other actors in and outside Japan.
Continue reading “Decisions, Orderings, and the Nation: Japan at Play”
Digital games are widely recognized as a global culture. However, the term global remains vague in most discussions, to say the least.
Continue reading “Digital games in a transcultural perspective”
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK46002
In this lecture, we will study multiple traditions of documentary film.
Continue reading “Documentary Traditions”