Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK16001
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: JK26001
Note: Not offered in fall term 2022 due to sabbatical.
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: JK22002
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”
Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK15006
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.
Continue reading “An Introduction to Esoteric Yoga”
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:
I. Silk Road in and between Asia and Europe;
II. Buddhist Art as Cultural Entanglement;
III. Manuscript Cultures as Transformative Creativity.
Teacher: HISANO Shuji
Course Code: JK17007
This course consists of two different, but mutually intersecting sessions.
Continue reading “Comparative Development Studies: Situating Sustainability within Development”
Teacher: KAIDA Daisuke
Course Code: JK15001
This course explores various aspects of contemporary Japanese philosophy (Post-World War II Japanese philosophy) by reading Japanese primary sources in English translation, and discussing them in English.
Teacher: HISANO Shuji, HISANO Ai
Course Code: JK17003
This is course examines the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of consumption broadly conceived.
Continue reading “Critical Consumption Studies”Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK26001
With the spread of manga and anime around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term ‘otaku’ to identify fans of such media. This course questions , however, the naturalization of ‘otaku’ by examining the historical contingency of the term.
Continue reading “Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan: A Labelling Approach”
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK21002
Note: Not offered in fall term 2022 due to sabbatical.
The focus of this interactive seminar lies on theoretical concepts and analytical techniques useful to study transcultural phenomena such as nation-branding from a perspective of cultural ordering and power relations.
Continue reading “Decisions, Orderings, and the Nation: Japan at Play”