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2022　Multicultural Understanding Through Art

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Academic unit or major
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Instructor(s)
Kawashima Saho  Kawai Masayuki  Setsuda Reiko 
Class Format
Exercise    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
-
Course number
LAW.X121
Credits
1
Academic year
2022
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2022/10/11
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

The concept of "diversity" is quite an important element in our lives, academic fields and professional practices in the modern society. The first step to think about a diverse society, each student has a chance to listen to, talk to and exchange various ideas in order to behave proactively and productively for the development of a sustainable community with the joy of coexistence by cherishing multiple cultures.
The aim of this course is particularly to introduce a fresh view of art when students learn to understand one another and develop more friendly relationships regardless of nationalities, regions of origin, languages and cultural backgrounds. As much as free from language barriers under the artistic instruction of Masayuki Kawai (Video Artist) and Reiko Setsuda (Hermes Japon, Curator) who have outstanding knowledges and experiences of the art field, the students in the class try to make an artistic creation as a team. The accomplishment of the course is expected to be ready to present the final production of team contents that would provide a sound basis for further expression and discussion of diversity and multicultural understanding in future.

Student learning outcomes

By participating this course, students will be able
1. To have a positive attitude toward building relationships with people with diversity, including international students of Tokyo Tech.
2. To have an opportunity to deepen the idea of cultural understanding through art, and to have awareness of the commonalities and differences between the approaches of art and engineering.
3. To experience collaborative team work (workshop) in a multicultural environment.

Keywords

Multicultural understanding, Art, International students, International Co-learning, Workshop, Team production activity

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The seven classes include self-introduction, introduction of activity of instructors, workshop (team discussions, field works and production activities) and the final presentation of the productions in public. Communication among local students, international students and instructors in team works will be supported by the main instructor throughout the classes.　Please note that the classes will be held at the classroom H105 at the Main Building

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 October 13, Thursday, 2022. 13:45-15:25. Introduction of the activities of the instructors and self-introduction by students. What is art? Responding to this question from the instructors, students will talk about their interests and experiences related to art.
Class 2 October13, Thursday, 2022. 15:40-17:20. Workshop 1. Based on the communication in the previous class, the instructors will pose further questions and discuss them with students. After deciding an overall theme of the workshop, students will be divided into small groups and discuss a policy of the workshop conducted from the next class.
Class 3 October 20, THursday, 2022. 13:45-15:25. Workshop 2. Based on the discussion in the previous class, each group will make a simple production that can be done in time. Students (teams) will show each other what they made and exchange comments each other.
Class 4 October 20, Thursday, 2022. 15:40-17:20. Workshop 3. Based on the activity in previous class, the instructors will raise a question in order to deepen the approach to the problem of art. The overall theme and teams will be newly set, and students will build a concept for more elaborated production/contents than the previous time and present this concept in the class.
Class 5 October 27, Wednesday, 2022. 10:45-12:25. Workshop 4. Continue the team works. Students will develop the production based on the concept presented in the previous class.
Class 6 October 27, Thursday, 2022. 13:45-15:25. Workshop 5. Preparation for the final presentation. Students will work on further production and build a presentation method for the final presentation.
Class 7 October 27, Thursday, 2022. 15:40-17:20. Final presentation, comments, review of the questions posed in the classes (what is art? How do you accept the diversity?). Students will present in public the achievements of the workshop. Their productions will receive comments in the discussion session.

Textbook(s)

Instructor will distribute teaching materials as needed.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Instructor will distribute teaching materials as needed.

Assessment criteria and methods

Assessment will be done from the comprehensive viewpoint by evaluating the student's effort in and contribution to the team work and the final presentation. It is requred to clarify the individual roles and contributions in the team in the final presentation.

Related courses

  • LAW.X358 ： Bringing Ideas in Remote Discussion
  • LAW.X364 ： Tohoku Co-learning Camp

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Before the classes, please submit an essay entitled " My interests and experiences in art. What is art to me?" by October 7th. (Please contact if you would like to submit the essay after the due day.) The classes will be held in the classroom. The capacity of students taking this course is about 20. The instructors would welcome the active participation of students who are interested in international co-learning and team work regardless of their language proficiency.

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