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japanExplorations in Japanese Contemporary CulturePROGRAMExplorations in Japanese Contemporary Culture is a six-week, six-credit interdisciplinary program which explores the many and diverse dimensions of Japanese contemporary culture. Based at Temple University, Japan Campus, the program is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in Japan, Asian studies, media studies, journalism, and international and/or inter-cultural communication.
This program is geared towards students’ own personal and professional interests.
COURSESThe six-week program consists of one six-credit course. Undergraduate students enroll in Journalism
3751: Foreign Studies in Journalism, for six credits. Graduate students enroll in Journalism
5890: Seminar in Communications Abroad for six graduate credits. The goals of this course are two-fold. One is to increase students’ familiarity with Students will also review what others have written about Japan, its culture, its history, and its media. Finally, participants will be required to employ the ethnographic tools learned in class to conduct an analysis of some aspect of Japanese popular culture and draw conclusions in the form of a final project accompanied by a paper. The course will be structured around lectures, discussions of readings and examples provided in class, workshops during which various media texts are analyzed, guest lectures, and field trips illustrating various aspects of topics discussed in class. Field trips will take place in the afternoon, after assigned class time, to such places as museums and media studios. Students will be asked to write a short reflection on each field trip answering questions provided in class. These reflections will be included in the research portfolio.
FACULTYThe program will be directed and taught by Professor Fabienne Darling-Wolf. Dr. Her personal and research interests include gender issues in the Japanese media, Japanese popular music, Japanese television dramas and Japanese women’s interpretation of popular culture. She has lived in Japan for extended periods at several points in time.
HOUSINGStudents may choose to take advantage of housing arranged by Temple University or to make their own housing arrangements. More detailed housing information describing the housing facilities and amenities is provided to all accepted students in one of the pre-departure Web postings.
2009 CALENDAR (Summer I)6 weeks: mid-May to early July
2007 PROGRAM COSTS (program not offered in 2008)
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