fieldwork assignments
You will take responsibility for
overseeing one assigned fieldwork that is related to your chosen reading. This will include the in-class preparation
of narrowly-focused interview questions, taking photos and contribute a short report
(2-5 pages handout) for the final exams, in which you summarize your
impressions of the assigned reading and fieldwork.
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TITLE |
ASSIGNMENTS (fieldwork ++) |
| I. Theorizing and Historicizing Embodiement in Japan |
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| 0 |
INTRO. THE END OF THE BODY: A BEGINNING |
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| 1 |
HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE BODY IN JAPAN |
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| II. The Attunement of the Body or, Learning the Ways to Act Naturally |
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| 2 |
NURTURING PRACTICES AND FAMILIAL BODIES |
- Trip to Kurama Onsen (May 25, Wed) - Visiting the Kuretake School for the Disabled (Jun 15, Wed) |
| 3 |
SPECIAL TOPIC 1: MARTIAL ARTS AND THE WEARING OF KIMONO |
- Martial arts training at the Ritsumeikan University (May 19, Thur) - Participating at tai-chi training (May 20, Fri) - Kimono wearing practice with members of the Women’s Assoacition in Otsu (Jun 4, Sat) |
| 4 |
THE FORCE OF HABIT, OR BODILY LEARNING IN LIKELY PLACES |
- Buyo (Japanese dance) training in Kyoto (Jun 12, Sun) - Learning to prepare bento with members of the Women’s Association in Otsu (Jun 4, Sat) |
| III. Biopolitics: the Mediation Between Selves, Things and Society | ||
| 5 |
EMBODIED ETHICS IN SCHOOL, WORK AND RELIGION |
- Visiting the Rakuo Elementary School (May 30, Mon) - Visiting a mizuko kuyo temple (Jun 14, Tue) - Wedding ceremony at Heian Jingu (May 28, Sat) |
| 6 |
SPECIAL TOPIC 2: SPORT, AEROBICS AND THE FEMALE BODY |
- Visiting the Fitness Club Healthpia 21 and the Health Center in it (Jun 2, Thur) - critical analysis of Ichikawa Kon's interpretation of the women's volleyball victory at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 (video footage from Olympiad by Ichikawa Kon, on reserve) |
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SPECIAL TOPIC 3: KAMPO AND THE FOOD-MEDICINE NEXUS |
- Visit and lecture in the Butsugen School of Acupuncture (Jun 13, Mon) |
| IV. The Quest to Overcome the Physical |
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SPECIAL TOPIC 4: GLOBAL CORPOREALITIES: SUSHI AND MANGA |
- Visiting Manga Shop 'Mandarake' (May 23, Mon) - Tour in the Kyoto Central Wholesale Fish Market (May 24, Tue) |
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FROM THE FETISH OF FLESH TO THE COMMODIFICATION OF BODIES |
- Attending a baseball game at Koshien Stadium in Osaka (May 31, Tue) - study of TV commercials (on video reserve, any time) |
| 10 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE |
- Visiting the Kuretake School for the Disabled (Jun 15, Wed) - Visiting the Fitness Club Healthpia 21 and the Health Center in it (Jun 2, Thur) |
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