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
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