Japanese Visual Anthropology

  Japan

• Tokyo: 
Tokyo

Term: Summer 
Dates: May 16-July 4, 2008 (tentative)

Description: Japanese Visual Anthropology is a six-week program that focuses on the central theme of human visuality and, specifically, visual culture in modern Japan. Based at Temple University, Japan Campus, the program is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in Japan, Asian Studies, visual anthropology, visual sociology, media studies, or inter-cultural communication. Student participants will be encouraged to understand, participate in, and produce an ethnographic visual record in the form of either still photography or videography.

Tokyo, one of the world's most vibrant cities, provides students with an extraordinarily rich environment for the discovery and examination of visual culture, in contexts of business enterprises, popular culture, architecture and art, as well as the presentation of everyday life.

Highlights: Field trips include visits to several art museums in Tokyo and locations dedicated to popular culture - television and/or film production sites, mural art settings, Print Club Galleries, and graffiti sites, among others.

Cost in US$: Approximately $4100 - $6500

Graduate Tuition
PA Resident $3246 Non-resident $4740
Japan Fee: $1,700

The Japan fee includes housing and orientation activities.

Please note that program costs are subject to change.

Experience Required: no

Participants Travel to Japan Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Temple University's Mission Statement: The Temple University International Programs office is responsible for administering Temple-sponsored study abroad programs; advising Temple students on study abroad program and scholarship opportunities; serving as a liaison between the main campus and our campuses in Rome and Tokyo, acting as a resource for the Temple University community on matters concerning international education, and responding to increasing interest in international activities on the part of Temple students and faculty. We continue to develop and strengthen the international education programs that help Temple students attain a global perspective. We recognize that today, more than ever, the world demands that students understand other countries and how they are linked together. We are committed to the notion that through international education, Temple students enrich their general education, acquire knowledge and experience for their later professional success, and develop life skills needed to become competent and engaged global citizens.