21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2008

Dower, John; Miyagawa, Shigeru

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Dower, John; Miyagawa, Shigeru

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Visualizing Cultures

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Abstract

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.

Date issued

2008-06

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78857

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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21F.027J-Spring2008

local: 21F.027J

local: CMS.874

local: 21H.917J

local: IMSCP-MD5-68ce8ce5e591868f303f175cd6b67b07

Keywords

cultural perception, imagery, cultural identity, 21F.027J, CMS.874, 21H.917J, 21F.027, 21H.917, Visualization

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