Visualizing Japan: MIT,Harvard, UTokyo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px;">Program Type: Self Placed</h3><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px;">XSeries Program Overview<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 13.2pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;">This 3-course XSeries examines the modern history of Japan, from the 1850s to 1930s, as well as that of postwar Tokyo through the rich historical visual records.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The first course, “Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity,” considers methodologies historians use to “visualize” the past and look into some historical events such as Commodore Perry’s 1853-54 expedition to Japan and Tokyo’s 1905 Hibiya Riot. It also examines modernity, as seen in the archives of the major Japanese cosmetics company, Shiseido.</div></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px;">What You'll Learn</h3><h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 13.2pt;"><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Methodologies to "visualize" Japanese history between the 1850s and 1930s</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">An understanding of Westernization, social protest, modernity in Japanese history through digital imagery</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strategies for learning--and teaching--history through visual sources</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Noteworthy factors which promoted the development and change of Tokyo in the postwar period, such as the U.S. occupation and Tokyo Olympic Games</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The dynamic exchange of gazes in postwar Tokyo from different perspectives</li></ul><div style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375em; line-height: 1.45em;">Courses in this XSeries Program</span></div><div><div aria-hidden="true" class="img-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; display: inline; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18pt; position: relative; width: 177px;"><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/visualizing-japan-1850s-1930s-harvardx-mitx-vjx-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity" src="https://www.edx.org/sites/default/files/course/image/promoted/visualizing-japan-banner-378x225.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 177px;" /></a></div>Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div aria-hidden="true" class="img-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; display: inline; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; position: relative; width: 177px;"><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/visualizing-postwar-tokyo-part-1-utokyox-utokyo001x-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 1" src="https://www.edx.org/sites/default/files/course/image/promoted/01-visualizingpostwartokyo_part1_378x225.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 177px;" /></a></div>Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 1</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div aria-hidden="true" class="img-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; display: inline; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; position: relative; width: 177px;"><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/visualizing-postwar-tokyo-part-2-utokyox-utokyo002x-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2" src="https://www.edx.org/sites/default/files/course/image/promoted/02-visualizingpostwartokyo_part2_378x225.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 177px;" /></a></div>Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 2</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.edx.org/xseries/visualizing-japan">Program Detail</a></div></h3></div>

Visualizing Japan: MIT,Harvard, UTokyo

Program Type: Self Placed XSeries Program Overview   This 3-course XSeries examines the modern history of Japan, from the 1850s to 1930s, as...

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