Description
The minor is a cross-College program that aims at deepening the students’ understanding of contemporary cultures, especially popular cultures, of Asia and the Pacific and cultivating among them an awareness of and interest in cross-regional and interdisciplinary studies of culture from a theoretically-informed perspective. It introduces new approaches to various forms of popular culture, such as magazines, advertising, movies, manga/anime, TV dramas, games & gadgets, fashion, pop music/entertainment, and online communities, etc. and thus challenges the traditional division between “high” and “low” cultures. It also seeks to give value to the cultures of diverse ethnic, religious, gender, sexual, and other minorities that are often excluded from dominant national frameworks. By introducing a wide range of critical methods, including gender studies, Postcolonialism, postmodernism, globalisation studies, and diasporic studies, the program seeks to explore the dynamics between cultural production, media technology, and political discourses, etc.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of a Bachelor degree with a minor in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, graduates will be able to:
- Speak and write about theories, factual content and research approaches relevant to Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
- Identify relevant regional and international literature relevant to history of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.
- Determine the processes through which current knowledge about Inter-Asia Cultural Studies has been developed.
Course Lists
The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| GEND1002 | Reading Popular Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Studies | 6 |
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA1025 | Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change | 6 |
| ASIA1030 | Asia and the Pacific in Motion | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA2006 | Gender in Korean History | 6 |
| ASIA2014 | China Now: Discourse, Media and Society | 6 |
| ASIA2074 | Popular Culture in East Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2078 | Arts in Contemporary Taiwan | 6 |
| ASIA 2166: East Asian Women and War | ||
| ASIA 3610: Globalising Southeast Asia | ||
| ASIA 2108: Popular Cultures in Indonesia | ||
| PASI1010 | Talking the Pacific: Melanesian pidgins and creoles in social context | 6 |
| PASI2001 | Pacific Studies in a Globalizing World | 6 |
| PASI3001 | The Contemporary Pacific: Society, Politics and Development | 6 |