Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring
Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK07001
This course aims to develop the academic skills of students specializing in the humanities, and assist them in furthering their participation in research with an international audience. It will focus on reading, writing and discussion/ presentation in English.
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Teacher: Katharina RODE-KAYA
Course Code: JK11003
In this intensive seminar, we will approach the art and politics Japanese Meiji era (1868-1912), and navigate their complexity through separate case studies that are often transcultural in nature.
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Course Type: Seminar (Tutorium)
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK06001
This course introduces useful and essential skills for academic research to new JDTS students.
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In this graduate seminar, we will learn about various women documentaries and writings from the 1990s to present.
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Teacher: Anastasia FEDOROVA
Course Code: JK11008
Our introductory course explores the relationship between film and reality, with a particular focus on the evolution of documentary cinema, a genre that has long positioned itself as the most “authentic” and “reliable” means of engaging with the world.
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Teacher: Justine LE FLOC’H
Course Code: JK09002
The objective of this seminar is to read and discuss some classical feminist texts of the 20th century (Beauvoir, Crenshaw, Depreciado, Gilligan, hooks, Lordre, Sedgwick, Shiva, Spivak, Ueno, etc.).
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Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK31001
This course is designed as a general introduction to the theory and practice of Indian aesthetics.
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Course Type: Lecture & Seminar (Tutorium)
Study Focus: Foundations, KBR, SEG, VMC
Term: Spring
Teachers: ASATO Wako, Björn-Ole KAMM, Somdev VASUDEVA, Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK01001 (JK02001)
Foundational lecture series that introduces students to diverse disciplinary approaches enabling them to frame their own studies of transcultural phenomena and perspectives.
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In this intensive course, I will explain how and why I take my particular approach to documentary filmmaking, covering all phases of filmmaking from filming to editing to marketing.
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Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK33001
The focus of this practice-oriented and interactive seminar lies on theoretical concepts and analytical techniques useful to engage transculturality in the cross-disciplinary research field of game studies.
Continue reading “Play, Transcultural: Interdisciplinary Game Studies 101”