Project 1 Ideas and Topics

 

 

Due on 2/11-2/15, either paper, wiki page, or work of art

 

10:25 Class

 

2/11	2/13	2/15
Name: Topic:	Name:Lesly Reid Topic: Japanese Fashion
Name: Topic:	Name: Aaron Jarrett Topic: Robots!	Name:Alex Morrow http://outsiderjapan.pbwiki.com/Japanese-Martial-ArtsTopic:
Name: Topic:	Name: Ben Horn Topic: Anime Censorship in America	Name:Cat Homlish Topic:Japanese Horror Movies
Name: Topic:	Name:Kathleen Blair Topic: Wabi-Sabi photos	Name:Chris Burk Topic:Origami
Name: Topic:	Name: Matt Richmond Topic: Japanese Graffiti	Name: Sean Gaffney Topic: Japanese Vending Machines

 

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11:25 Class

 

2/11	2/13	2/15
Name: Greg Stamper Topic: Manga: Ai Yazawa's Nana	Name: Lucas Karcher Topic: Shinto	Name: Sara Holland Topic: Modernism and Wabi-Sabi
Name: Topic:	Name: Theo Schoen Topic: Origami and Wabi Sabi Through the Ages	Name:Ikumi Saisu Topic:Wagashi
Name: Topic:	Name:Alex Lanahan Topic: A short story in (hopefully :-) the style of Wabi-Sabi	Name:Akeem Bell Topic:Wabi-Sabi
Name: Topic:	Name: Topic:	Name:Matt Evans Topic:Seppuku
Name: Topic:	Name: Topic:	Name: Caroline Fry Topic: Sonny Chiba and his influence in Tarantino films

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Grading:

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You will be graded on several aspects of your project

• Mechanics (grammar, execution, etc...)
• Thesis (does the project/paper have a point?)
• Relevance to our class (relation of the individual to his/her society)
• Originality

 

History

• Discuss about how Japanese feudal practices contributed to making it a society based on groups (i.e. insiders)
• Talk about social classes in Japan and how they affected the individual/society relationship.
• Talk about how comic books were affected by Japanese militarism before and during WWII
• 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
• 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
• Talk about the history of Wabi-Sabi and why it, as an art, is an anti-aesthetic and why that is somehow important or interesting.

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Manga

• Choose any Manga artist and discuss how his/her work comments on self/society
• Choose any Manga and discuss how it comments on self/society
• 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.

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