MLO 2: Culture
- Students develop a comprehensive understanding, appreciation and knowledge of Japanese culture: perspectives (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), practices (patterns of social interactions) and products (both tangible and intangible, for example, art, history, literature, music).
- Students develop analytical and critical thinking in areas such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
Courses Taken
JAPN302: History of Japan
JAPN306: The Japanese Mind
JAPN305: Introduction to Japanese Culture & Civilization
JAPN 308: Japanese Pop Culture
JAPN302: History of Japan
JAPN306: The Japanese Mind
JAPN305: Introduction to Japanese Culture & Civilization
JAPN 308: Japanese Pop Culture
Integrative Narrative2.1.
For this area of learning outcome, I was able to take some classes to understand about what Japanese culture is, how it relates to their unique style, and the beliefs and traditions that make up their society. These classes are important to learn more about the people, and why they are dependent on the traditional culture influenced by religion. Each of these courses has gone over the different practices and beliefs that make up the culture. In Japanese literature we were able to go over literature from the Heian period to gain an understanding of the writings from the period like haiku. Moreover, the Japanese Mind course allowed me to understand more about what I learned regarding the writers such as Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon. Although, these classes were taught in English, The Japanese mind course also taught various different aspects where we were able to look at different views that the Japanese people have, and understand why they act as they do. In addition, I was able to learn about the Japanese art and aesthetics of beauty, which I believe is very different than the Western concept. I was fascinated by wabi-sabi and I did my presentation on that which I attached below.
2.2
Definitely Japan background and history has influence in the way that Japanese think today and how its culture has evolved. Some of the courses I took, I learned about religion and how it is integrated in Japanese lives and still today has a big impact on their culture, however, they claim that they have no religion. In spite of the globalization, Japan is still very unique in the tradition of religion, such as the Shinto belief of kami and deities in everything. For example, the ceremonies such as new buildings, or opening a tunnel, they still believe in the ritual for it to be successful. It was interesting to know that even though Japanese usually say that they don’t have any religion, religious rituals and events are part of everything and exists everywhere in their society.
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For this area of learning outcome, I was able to take some classes to understand about what Japanese culture is, how it relates to their unique style, and the beliefs and traditions that make up their society. These classes are important to learn more about the people, and why they are dependent on the traditional culture influenced by religion. Each of these courses has gone over the different practices and beliefs that make up the culture. In Japanese literature we were able to go over literature from the Heian period to gain an understanding of the writings from the period like haiku. Moreover, the Japanese Mind course allowed me to understand more about what I learned regarding the writers such as Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon. Although, these classes were taught in English, The Japanese mind course also taught various different aspects where we were able to look at different views that the Japanese people have, and understand why they act as they do. In addition, I was able to learn about the Japanese art and aesthetics of beauty, which I believe is very different than the Western concept. I was fascinated by wabi-sabi and I did my presentation on that which I attached below.
2.2
Definitely Japan background and history has influence in the way that Japanese think today and how its culture has evolved. Some of the courses I took, I learned about religion and how it is integrated in Japanese lives and still today has a big impact on their culture, however, they claim that they have no religion. In spite of the globalization, Japan is still very unique in the tradition of religion, such as the Shinto belief of kami and deities in everything. For example, the ceremonies such as new buildings, or opening a tunnel, they still believe in the ritual for it to be successful. It was interesting to know that even though Japanese usually say that they don’t have any religion, religious rituals and events are part of everything and exists everywhere in their society.
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