JPS2140 - Touring Japanese Culture

Leader(s): Alison Tokita

Offered

Overseas Trimester 1 2009 (Off-campus Day)

Synopsis

This unit is a 3 week intensive study tour of Japan which will give the student direct experience of a number of Japanese cultural events and phenomena, in addition to library based study before travelling to Japan and on return to Australia. Like its counterpart, JPS2/3150, this unit treats Japanese culture primarily in the sense of the arts: verbal, visual and performing. It offers a broad perspective of Japanese cultural and artistic forms, allowing students to focus on areas of individual interest. It covers Japanese cultural history from prehistoric times to the contemporary, particularly looking at the relations between Chinese, Korean and indigenous Japanese culture.

Assessment

Travel diary
Site critiques: 50%
Major Essay: 50%

Contact hours

25-30 hours (site visits, lectures and tutorials) per week over 3 weeks

Prerequisites

First-year Japanese or other Asian studies sequence or combination, or permission.

Prohibitions

JPS2150/3150, JPS3140