Portland State University
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The Impact Of Cultural Heritage On Japanese Towns And Villages,
2020
University of Tsukuba
The Impact Of Cultural Heritage On Japanese Towns And Villages, Yuichiro Tsuji Dr.
Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law
In 1954, when historically significant clays and clay pots were found in the Iba district of Shizuoka prefecture, the city applied to the prefectural education committee for a historic site designation. The committee granted this designation to the city..
However, in 1973 the education committee lifted its permission to promote development around the location. Historians have sought revocation of this decision under the Administrative Case Litigation Act (ACLA), but the Supreme Court has denied standing. By denying standing, the Japanese Supreme Court allows the prefecture to destroy a historical site.
First, this paper seeks to discuss the doctrine of standing ...
Modernity In Miniature: Maoism And The Beijing Department Store,
2020
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Modernity In Miniature: Maoism And The Beijing Department Store, Samuel M. Hellmann
All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis examines the Beijing Department Store as a contradictory structure embedded in the world’s largest Communist revolution. By looking at the urban planning decisions behind constructing a colonial form in the center of the socialist capital, I attempt to unravel the complex intersection of economic development and egalitarian mass action in the early Maoist period. Constructed in 1955 during the first Five Year Plan, the Department Store sheds light on the specific parameters of post-revolution modernization campaigns. Furthermore, by looking at the conceptualizations of the building by the Party, architects, and the workers inside the store, I examine ...
The World’S Greatest Hero: An Examination Of Superhero Tropes In My Hero Academia,
2020
The University of San Francisco
The World’S Greatest Hero: An Examination Of Superhero Tropes In My Hero Academia, Jerry Waller
Master's Projects and Capstones
In this paper the author explores the cross-cultural transmission of genre archetypes in illustrated media. Specifically, the representation of the archetype of American superheroes as represented in the Japanese manga and anime series, My Hero Academia. Through examination of the extant corpus of manga chapters and anime episodes for the franchise, the author draws comparison between characters and situations in the manga series with examples from American comic books by Marvel Comics and DC Comics. By skillfully incorporating foundational themes of American superhero comics into the shonen manga genre, My Hero Academia joins a growing collection of media that draws ...
The Darker Sides Of The Isekai Genre: An Examination Of The Power Of Anime And Manga,
2020
The University of San Francisco
The Darker Sides Of The Isekai Genre: An Examination Of The Power Of Anime And Manga, Curtis Lu
Master's Projects and Capstones
This study illustrates characteristics of the isekai genre, presents connections between this genre and social problems commonly found in Japanese culture and society, and demonstrates the widespread impact of Japanese popular media. By analyzing some of the most popular forms and categories of isekai, this research pinpoints important characteristics – in the form of certain themes, characters, and plots – that contribute to social problems like suicide and shut-ins. Escapism is a central theme in many isekai works, and while escapism is healthy to a certain extent, some take the concept too far, often getting lost in their own fantasies. The genre ...
A Changing Tea Culture, A Changing China: Variations In Conceptions Of Gift Tea Among Tea Sellers,
2020
Yale University
A Changing Tea Culture, A Changing China: Variations In Conceptions Of Gift Tea Among Tea Sellers, Tiana Wang
Student Work
A 2019-2020 Williams Prize for best essay in East Asian Studies was awarded to Tiana Wang (Ezra Stiles College '20) for her essay submitted to the Department of Sociology, "A Changing Tea Culture, A Changing China: Variations in Conceptions of Gift Tea Among Tea Sellers” (Jeffrey Alexander, Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology, advisor).
Tiana Wang’s essay, “A Changing Tea Culture, A Changing China: Variations in Conceptions of Gift Tea among Tea Sellers” makes substantial use of original interviews and observations with twenty tea sellers across Jinan, Shanghai, and Beijing to show that tea culture is changing with new ...
Redefining Through Remembering: China’S Political Objectives As Reflected In Chinese State Commemoration Of The Korean War, 1950 - 2010,
2020
Yale University
Redefining Through Remembering: China’S Political Objectives As Reflected In Chinese State Commemoration Of The Korean War, 1950 - 2010, Yoojin Han
Student Work
A 2019-2020 Williams Prize for best essay in East Asian Studies was awarded to Yoojin Han (Berkeley College '20) for her essay submitted to the Department of History, "Redefining through Remembering: China’s Political Objectives as Reflected in Chinese State Commemoration of the Korean War, 1950 - 2010” (Denise Ho, Assistant Professor of History, advisor).
A highly analytical and engaging senior essay grounded in an impressive array of both primary and secondary sources, Yoojin Han’s thesis, “Redefining through Remembering: China’s Political Objectives as Reflected in Chinese State Commemoration of the Korea War,” utilizes Chinese “leadership speeches” made and published ...
Through The Lens Of Koreans: The Influence Of Media On Perceptions Of Feminism,
2020
The University of San Francisco
Through The Lens Of Koreans: The Influence Of Media On Perceptions Of Feminism, Neha Cariappa
Master's Projects and Capstones
Regardless of country and culture, the media has the power to influence the opinions and perceptions of its viewers. This project evaluates specific Korean movies—and the reactions of South Koreans to gender representations in films that are considered “feminist”—along with the variety show genre, which also tends to reinforce gender stereotypes and imbalances. With these media representations as a framework, this research explores the impact of the internet in forwarding feminist views along with unearthing the reactions of Koreans. Given the anonymity of the internet and social media, these platforms allow for honest expression and counterpoints to sexist ...
Reflecting Domestic Genre Paintings: Chinese Reverse Paintings On Glass In Museum Volkenkunde,
2020
Washington University in St. Louis
Reflecting Domestic Genre Paintings: Chinese Reverse Paintings On Glass In Museum Volkenkunde, Xiaosong Gao
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Pyeongchang V Pyongyang: The Endless Game Of Inter-Korean Sports,
2020
The University of San Francisco
Pyeongchang V Pyongyang: The Endless Game Of Inter-Korean Sports, Jack Anderson
Master's Projects and Capstones
Since their division, North and South Korea have fluctuated between a peaceful and chaotic relationship. This project explores the role of athletics within inter-Korean relations, using a multidimensional conceptual framework. In particular, this research examines the significant role sports play within each country’s political affairs, how this phenomenon has evolved, and the impact of sports on how South Koreans view their neighbors and the idea of reunification. Through in-depth historical and quantitative analysis, we see that sports can be understood as a political tool that has matured over time. Initially emerging as a means to gauge the status of ...
Making Opportunity Out Of Chaos: The Misconceptions And Realities Of Republican-Era Warlord Governance,
2020
The University of San Francisco
Making Opportunity Out Of Chaos: The Misconceptions And Realities Of Republican-Era Warlord Governance, Zachary Clark
Master's Projects and Capstones
Chinese history has largely been defined by a transition of power from one major imperial dynasty to another, separated by notable times of division such as the Warring States (475 BC-221 BC) and Three Kingdoms (220-280) periods. The early twentieth-century collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 is no exception to this historical trend and gave way to a twelve-year period termed the “Warlord Era.” Dating back to the 1960s, Western scholarly discourse argued that these warlords lacked the ideologies or visons to implement any changes outside of their own personal and political interests. This research contends that warlords were ...
Changes In Early Labor Market Outcomes Among Young College Graduates In South Korea,
2020
University of Pennsylvania
Changes In Early Labor Market Outcomes Among Young College Graduates In South Korea, Jaesung Choi, Hannah Bae
Korean Millennials Working Paper Series
No abstract provided.
"Army, I'M Home!": Digital Community And Mediated Intimacy In K-Pop Fandom,
2020
University of Mississippi
"Army, I'M Home!": Digital Community And Mediated Intimacy In K-Pop Fandom, Olivia George
Honors Theses
In this paper, I argue that we should turn our attention to the affective labor in the pop culture industry in South Korea. Using the House of BTS event as a case study of K- Pop fandom, I will address the affective labor practices and its impacts in K-Pop fandom. Idol group BTS (방탄소년단) and their company Big Hit Entertainment are a particularly apt study for this choice because they deliberately adopt mediated intimacy as a marketing tactic, creating content outside of music and across social networking platforms that cater to fans’ desire to “know” and adore BTS members. In ...
Tracing The Past, Drawing The Present,
2020
Washington University in St. Louis
Tracing The Past, Drawing The Present, Sixue Yang
Graduate School of Art Theses
The group of work, Rising Water, Floating Islands is inspired by traditional Chinese scroll landscape paintings. Such landscape paintings combine meticulous technique, compositional complexity, and tension between representation and abstraction to reveal an alternative universe that waits discovery amid our mundane existence. In “Rising Water, Floating Islands,” I explore the political and social ramifications of the ongoing cultural conflict between traditional and emergent contemporary values. By combining traditional Chinese elements and techniques with my own markings and gestural adaptation in my painting, I give the audience the opportunity to contemplate the implications of our present digital condition through traditional esthetic ...
Structure In Instruction: Educational Institutions In Young Adult Chinese American Narratives,
2020
University of California, Irvine
Structure In Instruction: Educational Institutions In Young Adult Chinese American Narratives, Chloe Low
2020 JHU Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese and Weike Wang's Chemistry are both contemporary young adult Chinese American stories that rely heavily on the schools the main characters' attend for plot progress and resolution. While the latter is about a middle school boy tackling his first romantic and platonic relationships and the former about a PhD dropout hesitant to accept her partner's marriage proposal, both narratives' emphasis on the importance and structure of school make the navigation of their coming-of-age journeys uniquely endearing in the face of the saturated young adult literature category. Chinese American authors, at least ...
Incarcerated,
2020
Humboldt State University
In The Name Of The Moon: Female Mangaka And The Manga Industry,
2020
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
In The Name Of The Moon: Female Mangaka And The Manga Industry, Sarah G. Daugherty
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Nature And The Spirit: Tri Hita Karana, Sacred Artistic Practices, And Musical Ecology In Bali,
2020
Scripps College
Nature And The Spirit: Tri Hita Karana, Sacred Artistic Practices, And Musical Ecology In Bali, Hao Huang, Joti Rockwell
EnviroLab Asia
Bali is notable for the degree to which music, dance, and visual art permeate everyday life--a result of historically rooted and continuously evolving religious philosophies and rituals. With this context in mind, we wondered what role the arts play, and can play, in addressing environmental concerns.
Placing Notes In The Virtual “Western Wall”: Online Memorial Culture In Chinese Social Media,
2020
The University of San Francisco
Placing Notes In The Virtual “Western Wall”: Online Memorial Culture In Chinese Social Media, Xiaoyu Zhang
Master's Projects and Capstones
Each society has a unique way of understanding death and coping with mourning. The increasing online mourners in China gradually generated a collective reference to the Weibo account that belongs to the dead, the “Western Wall.” This project searches for answers to two questions: 1) What characterizes Chinese online memorial practice? And how do these practices compare with those in the Western countries? 2) What aspects of Chinese culture and social conditions can explain Chinese online memorial practices? By combining corpus analysis with thematic analysis on 1,606 comments left on the last tweet of two accounts of deceased Weibo ...
A Story To Tell… How To Integrate The Three Modes Of Communication Through A Story Time Program In French,
2020
Colorado State University - Fort Collins
A Story To Tell… How To Integrate The Three Modes Of Communication Through A Story Time Program In French, Frederique Grim
The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-reviewed Journal
Bilingual story time programs found in local community libraries not only benefit children, they can also serve a need for L2 college students: the development of their communicative skills in an authentic environment. In addition to linguistic benefits, experiential learning has proven to prepare students for real-world skills, such as networking, mock professional experience and a sense of community engagement. This paper recounts how a world language story time program supports L2 learners’ three modes of communication, as articulated by ACTFL, and necessary for language development. Based on students’ perceptions, this study highlights their increase in motivation and confidence in ...
Chinese Family Kinship And Ancestor Worship,
2020
Shanghai Normal University, China
Chinese Family Kinship And Ancestor Worship, Xiaoying Jing, Bin Zhang
Bridgewater Review
No abstract provided.
