MIT OpenCourseWare
Cultural Performances of Asia
Art: Heinrich Scherer, World Map. Heinrich Scherer. 1700 c, Between 1702 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Ian Condry
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 solution · 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 23 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21G.067J Cultural Performances of Asia, Fall 2005, Prof. Ian Condry — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
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How this course was organized
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Lecture Notes
9 files
- Cultural Performances of Asia: Themes of the Class Download
- Anime as Global Culture Download
- Global Media Sharing: New Intellectual Property Challenges Download
- Japanese Hip-Hop and Globalization Download
- Cultural Crises / Cultural Solutions: Performing Asia Download
- Takarazuka and Authenticity Download
- Cultural Performances of Asia: Themes of the Class Download
- Kogal Effect on Keitai Innovation: The Latest in Mobile Phone Lifestyles in Japan and Beyond Download
- Cultural Performances of Asia: Concluding Thoughts and Questions Download
Assignments
15 files
- Essay 1: Anime as Japanese global culture Download
- Essay 2 Topic: Authenticity, Performance and Culture Download
- Final Paper Assignment Download
- Week 1: Introduction to the Course Download
- Week 2: Anime and Japanese Culture Download
- Week 3: Pokemon as Global Culture Download
- Week 4: Anime (discussion of paper topics, reproduced below) Download
- Week 5: Murakami Haruki (special lecture) Download
- Week 6: Hip-Hop, Japan and the Performance of Race Download
- Week 7: Tak Toyoshima (special guest lecture) Download
- Week 8: Beijing Film Academy’s Animation (special event) Download
- Week 9: Takarazuka and Sexual Politics Download
- Week 10: Transgenders in Japan Download
- Week 11: Authenticity, and Guest Lecture by Yuichi Washida on Kogal Download
- Week 13: Final Class Download
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Ian Condry, 21G.067J Cultural Performances of Asia, Fall 2005.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2005 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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