21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2003
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Author(s)
Dower, John W.
Miyagawa, Shigeru
Alternative Title
Visualizing Cultures
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
Extensive reading and discussion of how visual images impose a variety of identities on individuals and societies. Case studies drawn primarily from the Pacific region, and include: identities of individuals in a society; identities of a country through history; us/them in times of war; and identities of an entire geographic region of the world (Orient/Occident). All types of visual images from both popular and high cultures are discussed. Students develop a course project. Taught in English. From the course home page: Course Description In this new course, students will study how images have been used to shape the identity of peoples and cultures. A prototype digital project looking at American and Japanese graphics depicting the opening of Japan to the outside world in the 1850s will be used as a case study to introduce the conceptual and practical issues involved in “visualizing cultures.” The major course requirement will be creation and presentation of a project involving visualized cultures.
Subjects
cultural perception
imagery
cultural identity
21F.027J
CMS.874
21H.917J
21F.027
21H.917
Visualization
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
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