M431004Media and Culture Studies
| Numbering Code | G-LET37 6M431 LJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | Mon.2 | |
| Instructor name | KITSNIK Lauri (Part-time Lecturer) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | What is modern Japanese architecture and when did it begin? How were ideas coming from abroad domesticated and further expanded? To what extent is modern architecture in Japan informed by traditional building styles and materials? How has the relationship between architecture and nature been understood and elaborated? What characterises the works of several Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architects? These are some of the questions this course hopes to address by looking at the dialogues and developments in modern architecture as they took place in Japan during the past century. A number of research trips taken around Kyoto to observe key buildings form an integral part of the learning process. | |||
| Course Goals |
The students will 1) gain knowledge on the historical development of modern Japanese architecture and its major architects; 2) learn to relate the above developments to transcultural dialogues taking place within a global context; 3) become familiar with approaches for studying architecture with an opportunity to apply these on their own future research projects; 4) acquire skills for historical and comparative analysis of architecture; 5) extend their abilities to summarise past scholarship in oral presentation, and communicate their own original arguments in classroom discussion and writing. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1. Introduction 2. Seligmann, Introduction 3. Research visit: around Kyoto University 4. Seligmann, Chapter 1: Incorporating International Influences 5. Research visit: Takaragaike and Kitayama 6. Seligmann, Chapter 2: Drawing from Domestic Developments 7. Research visit: Higashiyama 8. Seligmann, Chapter 3: Constructing Relations between Building and Nature 9. Research visit: Downtown Kyoto 10. Seligmann, Chapter 4: Developing Dialogues with Materials 11. Research visit: Kyoto Station and Omi-hachiman 12. Seligmann, Chapter 5: Abstraction and Reduction, or Listening to the Sound of One Hand Clapping and Chapter 6: Afterword: Expanding Dialogues and Developments 13. Research visit: Okazaki 14. Conclusion 15. Individual feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Individual presentation (40%), participation in classroom discussion (40%), final essay (20%) | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Read the assigned textbook during the course. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015: Developments and Dialogues, Ari Seligmann, (The Crowood Press), 2016 | ||
