授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course [ENG] | | In this disorienting, globalizing world, the lives and existence of human beings are to great extent defined by the urban conditions they are enmeshed within and contending with. This course approaches major urban issues in modern societies by engaging with a wide spectrum of cultural texts drawn from films and other types of visual/image works such as photography, transmedia art projects/installations and anime.
Our case studies pay particular attention to the social contexts and cities in contemporary East Asia. However, the ‘city’ will not be simply explored as the theme or ambience featured in these texts. Following our adventure of ‘entering’ the city as cultural texts (such as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagasaki/Hiroshima, Beijing, Taipei, and Seoul), with the socio-historical dimensions of urban space theoretically surveyed, we shall futher direct our attention to the various types of urbanites and their mental life. We pay specific attention to the experiences of living in the city as an Other—in terms of our national, cultural, and gender identities, but also regarding how the cities and metropolitans both allure us and alienate us, defining who we are. |
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授業の達成目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course [ENG] | | | Overall, departing from our observations upon Asian metropolises/societies, students are expected to debate and discuss cinematic/visual/cultural texts in relation to the urban condition of local, regional and global scales. Through the lectures, students are expected to learn how to approach and critique the cultural space of cities by utilizing key concepts drawn from various theoretical perspectives such as cultural studies, visual culture, and sociology. |
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教科書
Textbook | | | A compilation of readings(digitized) |
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課外学修等
Study Load (Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | Pending on the English ability: 2-2.5 hours per/week for the reading; longer if there are films for reference (optional, if they are not indicated as a “Screening”).
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | Plagiarism: A writer who presents the ideas of words of another as if they were the writer’s own (that is, without proper citation) commits plagiarism. Plagiarism is not tolerable in this course or at Nagoya University. You should avoid making quotes or drawing on figures from nowhere—you must provide sources of reference for quotation and/or citations you use in the paper. This applies to images and media clips as well. Failure to observe this would risk being charged of plagiarism.
[All assignments/papers will be checked with professional software] |
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本授業に関するWebページ
Reference website for this Course | | | For any course-related questions, please refer to our Persusall page and/or write to Ma Ran: ma.ran.d8@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp | |
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担当教員からのメッセージ
Message from the Instructor | | “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
When we could only meet online in our zoom avatars at a time when overseas trips—either leaving home or returning home—become extremely difficult, promises about trips to the cities we love and desire seem like a cruel joke. But I hope we can explore the in/visial cities together with the imaginations offered by films, anime and videos—to understand our own identities and positionings in the world better. |
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実務経験のある教員等による授業科目（大学等における修学の支援に関する法律施行規則に基づくもの）
Courses taught by Instructors with practical experience | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc | | N/A
(Refer to Timetable B) |
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