{"id":2273,"date":"2016-07-06T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T06:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/flas\/cms\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2016-07-06T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T07:37:43","slug":"beyond-the-cultural-glasses-%e2%80%95curriculum-features-of-global-studies-of-japanese-cultures-program-jculp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/flas\/cms\/news-en\/2016\/07\/06\/2273\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the \u2018Cultural Glasses\u2019 \u2015Curriculum Features of Global Studies of Japanese Cultures Program (JCulP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fumihito Ando
\nProfessor, Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University
\nChair, preparation committee for \u2018Global Studies of Japanese Cultures Program (JCulP)\u2019<\/h3>\n

An anthropologist Franz Boas used a metaphor of \u2018cultural glasses\u2019 to refer to the fact that no one can perceive reality as it is or as in the same way as others. We cannot help seeing the world through the \u201cglasses\u201d created by our own culture, and, what is worse, most of us are not aware that they wear them. We tend to see some views on our culture given from the people outside as \u2018wrong\u2019 or \u2018prejudiced\u2019, but we usually don\u2019t imagine that perhaps our view can also be distorted by the glasses we wear.<\/p>\n

One of the purposes of JCulP is to raise its participants\u2019 awareness on those cultural glasses by providing a pluricultural study environment where they are exposed to various perspectives that might sometimes seem to be incompatible. The program participants with a variety of backgrounds from inside and outside Japan will be able to learn each other\u2019s viewpoints and examine the differences between them. The experience will then expand and deepen their insight into cultures, and surely help them construct their own perspectives and ideas on them.<\/p>\n

With an aim to achieve the above purposes, JCulP will admit up to fifteen Japanese students and fifteen international students as part of the School of Culture, Media and Society\u2019s Transcultural Studies Major. Japanese students will complete their graduation requirements through English-based coursework. The program does not require international students to have Japanese proficiency upon admission, but international students will study Japanese language while completing the program\u2019s English-based coursework. Students will conduct research on Japanese culture, and as part of the School of Culture, Media and Society, will engage in broad, interdisciplinary studies. JCulP participants will never be isolated in their study, given a variety of opportunities to learn and communicate with students outside the program, major, and schools. The program will prepare students to acquire, deepen and spread their knowledge of Japanese culture to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

[Profile]
\nFumihito Ando received both his B.A.(1980) and M.A.(1984) from Waseda University and is now Professor at its Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He specializes in comparative literature, especially the influence of English literature on S\u014dseki Natsume\u2019s writings.<\/p>\n

[Website]
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