JAPN 314: JPN Visual Culture & Media
Description
A focused analysis of historical and modern Japanese society through works of art and media including photography, film, maps, and other visual documents. Students learn to extract information from images as part of a visual analysis. They will also deal with social geographical methods for understanding population density, urban flows, economic disparities, transportation, and built environments. Students will analyze and compare what they understand about Japanese culture with other, more familiar environments. Taught in English.
Narrative
One word jumps to mind from this class, "wabisabi". We learned so much about different forms of art and concepts used within Japanese culture and traditions. I now have a better understanding how a Japanese person sees beauty within things that seem dull, plain or impermanent. This class helped me find a part of myself that connects to the beauty of many things that, again, we taken for granted. There are so many structures , colors, paintings that are very appealing but they are very simple at the same time. There is definitely a different view of art when viewing culture and media.
Classwork Sample
JAPN 314 Visual Culture Analysis
A focused analysis of historical and modern Japanese society through works of art and media including photography, film, maps, and other visual documents. Students learn to extract information from images as part of a visual analysis. They will also deal with social geographical methods for understanding population density, urban flows, economic disparities, transportation, and built environments. Students will analyze and compare what they understand about Japanese culture with other, more familiar environments. Taught in English.
Narrative
One word jumps to mind from this class, "wabisabi". We learned so much about different forms of art and concepts used within Japanese culture and traditions. I now have a better understanding how a Japanese person sees beauty within things that seem dull, plain or impermanent. This class helped me find a part of myself that connects to the beauty of many things that, again, we taken for granted. There are so many structures , colors, paintings that are very appealing but they are very simple at the same time. There is definitely a different view of art when viewing culture and media.
Classwork Sample
JAPN 314 Visual Culture Analysis