April liJul 29, 20192 min readNarratives of GenderI found the innovative strategy of raising up issues in the form of questions in dialogue session. Bureaucrats cannot thoroughly realize...
April liJul 29, 20193 min readMapping assignment- free exploration!Many people are either flooding in to the metro station, or to the little bars and restaurants in the small alleys behind the glass...
April liJul 29, 20192 min readReflection on Narratives of National SymbolsThe political incentives to establish a bicameral legislature structure was at first to convince Western countries that Japan was in line...
April liJul 29, 20192 min readNarratives of Peace and Victimhoodon individual perspectives have tremendous powers, because we could easily imagine that person suffered in the war could be us. The...
April liJul 29, 20192 min readNarratives of TraditionI found the construction of the concept of “tradition” is a process of recreating and re-imaging the history, which is similar to what...
April liJul 29, 20192 min readNarratives of Japanese DeclineSeveral things I found very interesting are how emotions are used as a political tool, the power hierarchies in trans-pacific and East...
April liJul 25, 20193 min readWeekly reflection 1- My First Impression of Japan I arrived in Tokyo on June 21st, two days prior to the program start day. I did random explorations in the city and I observed people,...
April liJul 25, 20193 min readWeekly Reflection 2- Victimhood and Gender equality movementThis week we have been talked about various issues including the effects of U.S. military presence in Okinawa, the racial identification...
April liJul 25, 20194 min readWeekly Reflection 3-Excursion!This week we traveled to Nagoya, Hiroshima, Himeji, and Kyoto to experience “the other side” of Japan. Our first stop was Nagoya, in...
April liJul 22, 20194 min readWeekly Reflection 4 --Wrap up!The time went fast to the last week of the program, we finished our final presentation at the last day of the program. Our Final...