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]]>https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/ocw/MakeGift.dynKate James2008-08-25T11:59:59-04:00en-USMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm21F.027J Visualizing Cultures (MIT)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. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-027JSpring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmProfessor John DowerProfessor Shigeru Miyagawa2008-05-06T11:24:26-04:0021F.027JCMS.87421H.917Jen-USComparative Media StudiesVisualizationForeign Languages/Modern Languages, General21H.91721F.027cultural identityimagerycultural perceptionHistoryForeign Languages and LiteraturesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm