Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
This study focus investigates the production, proliferation, and reception of images and objects as well as their collection, display, and reconfiguration with a view to the human agency involved.
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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Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK53001
This course engages with game design as a tool for transcultural learning and making research experienceable.
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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:
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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Digital games are widely recognized as a global culture. However, the term global remains vague in most discussions, to say the least.
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Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Fall
Teacher: YOSHII Hideo, SHIMOGAKI Hitoshi, Erika Angela FORTE
Course Code: JK41002
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK39003
In this course, we will study one of the documentary film traditions, ‘Ecocinema.’ We will view seven films to watch during the eight weeks of this course, which covers various topics such as anthropocentrism, anti-anthropocentrism, stewardship towards little creatures, plastic pollution, urban generation and historical changes in PRC, and issues of race. In addition to observing the different themes in Ecocinema, we will pay attention to the wide range of stylistic variations in documentary film.
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Teacher: Ida DURETTO
Course Code: JK39002
Italian neorealism (1945-1952) was a crucial movement in film history, marking an aware move away from mainstream Hollywood filmmaking and focusing on realistic characters and stories.
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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.
Continue reading “Introduction to Transcultural Studies”