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EALC 150 Introduction to Japanese Culture. Instructor: William Londo Office hours: Wed. 9:00-11:00 2014 Foreign Language Building Course website : http://ealc.lang.uiuc.edu/wfl/ealc150/index.html Electronic reserves also available at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ereserves/querycourse.asp.
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EALC 150Introduction to Japanese Culture Instructor: William LondoOffice hours: Wed. 9:00-11:002014 Foreign Language Building • Course website:http://ealc.lang.uiuc.edu/wfl/ealc150/index.html • Electronic reserves also available at:http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ereserves/querycourse.asp
Your TAs • Stephen Gump, sections A, I, Msgump@uiuc.edu • David LaPorta, sections F, K, Llaporta@uiuc.edu • Rob Newcomb, sections H, J rnewcomb@uiuc.edu • Rebecca Nickerson, sections D, N, U1nickerso@uiuc.edu • Karen Rosenblum, sections B, C, Grosenblu@uiuc.edu
What is Culture? • Court poetry, Noh theatre? • Food? • Or is is it just a lot of garbage? • Garbage in Neyagawa-shi, JapanThis link now works—give it a try. • See also this link, which pictures different kinds of garbage and how to dispose of it.
Who is Japanese? • People who live in Japan? • People who speak Japanese? • Issues of Race and Ethnicity • Ainu • Koreans resident in Japan • Okinawans • 9-11 and cultural sensitivity