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Visualizing the Birth of Modern Tokyo
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
This course invites learners into the process of exploring history through content that literally looks at change in Tokyo over time. Learners will acquire background and skills that will help with:
- understanding how Japan and its capital city evolved
- the study of history and how it uses visual sources
- the study of visual images, large databases and visual communication
- the culture of change in the built environment.
Prerequisite
Instructors
Shigeru Miyagawa
Professor of Linguistics and Kochi-Majiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John W. Dower
Professor Emeritus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James T. Ulak
President
United States - Japan Foundation
Hiromu Nagahara
Associate Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ellen Sebring
Creative Director of Visualizing Cultures
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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