[Akunna Uka]

Hi Ruth, 

 

My father is from Nigeria, and I agree that it is an under-studied country considering its population, expat influence in the US, and economic power within West Africa. I would love any resources that you have on the subject. [email protected]

[Akunna Uka]

Daniel, I also found her frankness refreshing. It would be interestesting to challenge students to mention about in their daily life is from Korea (i.e. KPop, Korean BBQ, K Beauty) and encourage students to consider whether what they are exposed to is produced from common people (bottom up), produced from powerful corporate entitites (KPop), and/or supported by the government (KBeauty). This could be a quick exercise to get students to recognize how relevant Korea is to their own lives and that they might be interested in learning more. 

[Akunna Uka]

I appreciated the professor's 4 categories for Japanese Deco that he would have possibly used if he redesigned his exibit.  As an end of unit assignment, it would be interesting for students to choose a theme and curate their own exibit choosing one piece of art for each category. Students would explain how the theme is significant to history (context) and offer an analysis (author perspective, connection to self,etc) on each piece. 

1. Domestic Art

2. Art of the Street-Customer-Consumer as Curator

3. Art of the Museum

4. Art of the Individual-choosing to wear an American hair tie, and a Japanese Kimono

[Akunna Uka]

Donna, what class(es) do you teach? A student of mine did a project on the American influence in Japan so I was very lucky that he brought it to the students' attention. 

[Akunna Uka]

I found the explanation of the Benshi interesting, and I think my students would be interested in learning more about the role and power of Benshi. Those who teach the Luddites may draw a connection and consider how people respond to changes in technology cross culturally and during different time periods. Students may be challenged to think about who the "Benshi" are in their everyday society i.e. cashiers being replaced by machines, etc. 

 

http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/a_brief_history_of_benshi

[Akunna Uka]

Hi All,

My name is Akunna Uka, and I teach Speech and Debate and Social Sciences at New Roads School. I joined this program to prepare for a new course I am teaching on Modern East Asia. I look forward to learning from everyone-such diverse professional backgrounds!

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