Project #1 - Due 02/08-02/10

12:45 Class

3:10 Class

Assignment:

Choose one of these three options:

- Write a 3-4 page paper

- Make a Wiki page (and present it to the class)

- make sure there isn't a page with the same information already

- DO NOT just cut and paste text from another website - plagiarism laws are in effect

- YOU MUST link to your page from somewhere else on the site

- Make a piece of art (and present it to class

- it can be any format, any media, any length, but the presentation should be 10-15 min.

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History

• Discuss how Japanese feudal practices contributed to making it a society based on groups (i.e. insiders) - things to looks up include:
• Choose any of the big three Uniters of Japan (Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu) and do a report describing how their methods of warring/ruling affected the individual's relationship to the group.

Wabi Sabi

• The Iemoto system (in more detail) and how it relates to the self's relationship with society.
• Choose any artist (Japanese or not) and explain how their work can be considered Wabi-Sabi and why
• Choose any piece of art you know about (or any piece of art you've done, a picture you've taken, etc...) and explain why it fits into the Wabi-Sabi philosophy
• Do a photo collection of Wabi-Sabi Photos (and post them on the wiki)

Manga

• Choose any Manga artist and discuss how his/her work comments on self/society
• Choose any Manga and discuss how it comments on the loyalty to oneself vs. loyalty to the group
• Choose any Manga genre (work comics, samurai comics, etc...) and discuss how its conventions and characteristics reflect the tension between the individual and the group.
• Choose any topic mentioned in the book Manga!Manga! that interests you and isn't fully explored already and do a short project on it.
• Make a manga