Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2

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Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2

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Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2
The course Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2 is an online class provided by The University of Tokyo through edX. The skill level of the course is Introductory. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Identify the geopolitics historically involved in the practice of “visualizing postwar Tokyo.”

Course description

The history of postwar Tokyo reveals an essential feature of the modern city, i.e. the city as a place of visualities. In postwar Tokyo, countless gazes fell upon others; gazes from and upon Americans and the Emperor, gazes going up skyscrapers or rushing aggressively through the cityscape, and gazes twining and wriggling among classes, genders, and ethnic groups in downtown Tokyo. In Part 2, we will focus on the geopolitics of these gazes in modern Tokyo. What kinds of gazes fell upon the war orphans, the poor, and the marginalized groups in Tokyo? How did students themselves, who represented the vast accumulation of knowledge in Tokyo, perform in front of these gazes? Moreover, how did cinema or television shows, as media for these gazes, implicate the whole city? In answering these questions, we will identify the geopolitics historically involved in the practice of “visualizing postwar Tokyo.”

Prerequisites & Facts

Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2

Course Topic

History, Social Sciences

University, College, Institution

The University of Tokyo

Course Skill Level

Introductory

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2

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School: The University of Tokyo
Topic: History, Social Sciences