printer friendly pageOSPKYOTO 29: The Culinary Arts of Japan
Focusing on Kyoto's culinary heritage, introduction to the principle ingredients and methods used in Japanese cuisine. Field trips to select local producers and purveyors organized around related food groups including tea and wagashi; dashi; tofu, miso and shoyu; seasonal vegetables and seafood; tsukemono and rice. Visits to shops and artisan workshops specializing in culinary tools such as cutlery, kitchen utensils and tableware are also scheduled, as is a final hands-on cooking lesson with one of Kyoto's leading chefs. Enrollment limited.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
OSPKYOTO 37: Kyoto Artisans in the 21st Century
Introduction to the multiple arcs of innovation within Kyoto's world of crafts and the reverence for materials and techniques in such a way that each enterprise reflects a recognizable template from which students can better assess their relative merits (or demerits) while gaining first-hand insights into the resilience and remarkable staying-power of these multigenerational heritage operations. Enrollment limited.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
OSPKYOTO 39: Capturing Concepts: A Photographic Exploration of the Origins of Kanji
Under guidance of official photographer for KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival, photograph scenes from everyday life in Kyoto to portray contemporary versions of the ancient forms and original meanings of ten different kanji. Develop observational, interpretive and creative abilities as well as improve technical skills (including picture composition and image editing). Enrollment limited.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Ogino, N. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 40M: An Intro to Making: What is EE
Is a hands-on class where students learn to make stuff. Through the process of building, you are introduced to the basic areas of EE. Students build a "useless box" and learn about circuits, feedback, and programming hardware, a light display for your desk and bike and learn about coding, transforms, and LEDs, a solar charger and an EKG machine and learn about power, noise, feedback, more circuits, and safety. And you get to keep the toys you build. Prerequisite:
CS 106A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Griffin, J. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 41: Queer Culture and Life in Japan
Exploration of queer lives and cultural practices in Japan through diverse materials from film, literature, theater, art, as well as newspapers and personal testimonies. What it means to be queer in Japan and how it might signify differently from a US context. Looking at each text, examine how gender norms and sexual politics intersect and operate in Japanese society.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
OSPKYOTO 42: Gardens of Kyoto: Spaces of Aesthetic and Spiritual Contemplation
Chronological stroll through Japanese gardens of different types and functions, spanning from the Heian period (794¿1185), when the ancient capital of Kyoto was established, through to contemporary times. Weekly field trips to a selection of Kyoto gardens and garden-related activities, in order to gain an understanding of the historical development and functions of Japanese gardens, including their design principles, techniques, and elements.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Ludvik, C. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 44: The Zen of Japanese Design: Wa Concepts and their Creative Application
Links between successful Japanese design innovations and Japan¿s traditional `Wa¿ (lit. ¿harmony¿) principles that underpin them. Wa as a codified conceptual framework; how Japanese creatives continue to directly apply Wa principles to enhance their designs. Through a combination of classroom study and hand-on creative assignments as well as field trips throughout Kyoto, explore the relationship between Zen and Wa thinking and how it is applied in Japanese design. Students will gain significant experience developing their own original designs for products, business models or services, utilizing Wa principles
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
OSPKYOTO 51: Salsa in Japan:Musical Migrations and Cultural Hybridity
Salsa as a major musical cultural product of 20th century Latin America in Japan. After Frances Aparicio¿s influential work, the course situates salsa in contemporary Japanese culture. The goal of this class is twofold: familiarity with the cultural history of salsa as a narrative of musical migration in connection with African and Caribbean diasporas; how this narrative unfolds from an ethnomusicological perspective in the vibrant salsa scene in contemporary Japanese culture, which connects to a history of Japan¿s global musical connections. Critical understanding of salsa as soundscape, rather than as a geographically bound musical genre.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Briceno, X. (PI)
;
Hoyos, H. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 52: Topic in Peruvian Nikkei History, Art and Literature
Japanese-Peruvian history and culture. Influence of Japanese-Peruvian artists and writers in Peruvian and Latin American culture. Possible topics: What are the fictions about Japan and Peru that take part in the establishment of Peruvian Nikkei cultural production? How to tell this literary history? What worldview do their works express? Can we speak of Orientalism (Said), transculturation (Ortiz), heterogeneity (Cornejo Polar), hybridity (García-Canclini and Haraway)? Authors: Watanabe, Iwasaki, Moromisato, and others. Biweekly meetings tailored to student interest.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
Instructors:
Briceno, X. (PI)
;
Hoyos, H. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 58: A Journey into the Buddhist Visual Arts of Japan
Impact of Buddhism on the arts and culture of Japan as seen in the ancient capital of Kyoto. Image production, iconography, representational strategies, as well as the ritual and visual functions of Buddhist sculpture and painting with a focus on selected historical temples and their icons. Also examination of architectural and landscape elements of temple layouts, within which iconographic programs are framed, images are enlivened, and practices centered on these devotional and ritual art.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Ludvik, C. (PI)
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