This course will explore theories and practices of the body and movement in Japan by way of a series of associated territories: From the 17th century walking poetry of Basho to various political resistance movements of the 1960s, from the revolutionary dance experiments of Min Tanaka to Buddhist inspired philosophies of Body-Mind and physics inspired theories of movement by Japanese scientists to the movement of information, people, and capital at the contemporary moment.
This course will explore theories and practices of the body and movement in Japan by way of a series of associated territories: From the 17th century walking poetry of Basho to various political resistance movements of the 1960s, from the revolutionary dance experiments of Min Tanaka to Buddhist inspired philosophies of Body-Mind and physics inspired theories of movement by Japanese scientists to the movement of information, people, and capital at the contemporary moment.
