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.
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Teacher: Tao PAN
Course Code: JK15005
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.
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Teacher: KANNO Yūka
Course Code: JK14001
This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.
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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: Martin Erwin ROTH
Course Code: JK19003
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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In this lecture, we will study multiple traditions of documentary film.
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The search for a sustainable life is a pressing issue in Japan, especially after the Fukushima disaster.
Continue reading “Ecocinema: From Plastic Garbage to Art”
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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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.
Continue reading “Italian Neorealism in World Cinema”