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: 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”
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.
This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.
Continue reading “Cinematic Imaginations: Feminist and Queer Film Criticism”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”
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: JK36001
In this lecture, we will study multiple traditions of documentary film.
Continue reading “Documentary Traditions”
Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Fall
Teacher: YOSHII Hideo, SHIMOGAKI Hitoshi, TOMII Makoto, Erika Angela FORTE
Course Code: JK23001
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK19001
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”
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”
Teacher: Ida DURETTO
Course Code: JK19004
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.