{"id":2536,"date":"2023-02-08T02:19:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cilc.oberlin.edu\/liase\/?page_id=2536"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:13:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:13:39","slug":"summer-2023-in-asia-study-trip-japan-nature-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cilc.oberlin.edu\/liase\/winter-term\/summer-2023-in-asia-study-trip-japan-nature-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2023 In-Asia Study Trip                                         \u2013Japan, Nature, Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2\/15 Info Session Recording<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cilc.oberlin.edu\/liase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/LIASE-Study-Trip-Info-Session.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application is Now Open!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To Apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studyaway.oberlin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/studyaway.oberlin.edu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Click on &#8220;Find your study away program&#8221; on the left panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Click &#8220;Featured Program.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. LIASE&nbsp;should be the second listed program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Click on the LIASE page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Click the &#8220;Apply Now&#8221; button at the top of the page and start your application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b40000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>APPLICATION TIMELINE<\/strong><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b40000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Application Deadline<\/strong>: Sunday, February 26, 2023 by 11:59 pm<br><strong>Interviews<\/strong>: Semi-finalists will be interviewed March 1-2, 2023<br><strong>Notification of Decisions<\/strong>: Week of March 6, 2023<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Number of Participants<\/strong>:&nbsp;8 students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>: The study trip is open to students of <strong>all<\/strong> majors who were enrolled at Oberlin in spring 2023<br>and continuing in fall semester 2023. <strong>Spring 2023 graduates are not eligible to attend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Fee<\/strong>:&nbsp;Maximum $1,000 per participant (airfare, lodging, and group meals included) + $100 International SOS travel communication services app, with need-based financial aid available for students with demonstrated financial need. Support for the study trip is provided by Oberlin\u2019s Luce Initiative on Asian Studies (LIASE) implementation grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Participants should bring funds for personal expenses and incidental food costs, including meals en route to\/from Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tentative trip dates<\/strong>:&nbsp;May 24-June 9, 2023 (~15 days in Japan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Things to Consider Prior to Application<\/strong>:<br><em>\u25cf<\/em> <em>A valid passport that <strong>does not<\/strong> expire prior to or during the trip is required at the time of application. You will be asked to submit a scan of your passport with your application.<br>\u25cf Non-US citizens may need a visa to travel to Japan.<br>\u25cf The trip will involve considerable walking through dense urban areas and sometimes rough natural terrain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Required spring 2023 second-module course<\/strong>:&nbsp;Students participating in the study trip will be required to take a 2-credit <em>Japan, Nature, Culture<\/em> second-module course (EAS075, Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:00 pm) to prepare for the in-country program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This summer 2023 study trip in Japan focuses on the cultural dimensions of local and global environmental and socioeconomic challenges. Environmental literacy fosters the ability of individuals and communities to understand, debate elements of, and take steps to address sustainability challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, plastic pollution, and biodiversity loss. How do people in Japan develop environmental literacy? How do arts, media, parks, religious sites, and museums promote knowledge of and affective connections to the natural environments? How do cultures imagine labor and production as ecologically and socially harmonious, as seen in the contrast between artisanal and industrial practices (washi and industrial paper; artisanal iron production and steel factories; small-scale fisheries and capitalist, industrial fishing)? Participants will consider the correlation between environmental literacy, attitudes, knowledge of environment, and behavior. Participants in this trip will engage first-hand with environmental groups, policy experts, university students, and community members tackling pressing issues, and will visit historical sites, gardens, parks, and other places that engage with local and global sustainability challenges. Destinations will include Tokyo, Nagoya, Ise Bay, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study trip and required second-module course are organized around three themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wood (Trees)<\/strong><br>Key concepts:&nbsp;Environmental literacy advocates highlight the importance of knowledge about the ways actions and lifestyles intersect with the environmental dynamics of the world and the dispositions that foster responsible choices about the future health of the earth. This unit explores trees in Japan as a means of&nbsp; analyzing the role of the arts, botanical gardens, and citizens groups\/NGOs in cultivating environmental literacy in individuals and communities. This theme also considers human pressure on forest resources and cultural aspects of sustainable forestry practices and woodlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Water (Fisheries and Sacred Spaces)<\/strong><br>Key concepts: Communities in coastal areas of Japan depend on the ocean for food, transportation, and recreation. Immersion in the histories of coastal communities reveals how political, economic, and social conditions alter human relations with the sea around them. A second area of focus will be how oceans and rivers have served as sacred spaces in Japan since ancient times. Indeed, protection of this sacred heritage is a major component of contemporary conservation efforts throughout the archipelago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>Metal (Steel)<\/strong><br>Key ideas:&nbsp;Iron ore and its conversion into steel have been important in Japan in traditional craft (sword sand knives) as well as the defense and automotive industries.&nbsp;Exploring the making and use of steel in Japan will let us consider the mining and processing of natural resources, social implications of massive industry such as the notion of a \u201crust belt,\u201d and the alternate meanings a material can assume in different historical and cultural contexts.&nbsp;This theme is linked as well to the discovery of new, contemporary materials such as catalysts and specialty magnets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional information, contact one of the faculty trip co-leaders:<br>\u25cf Ann Sherif, Professor of East Asian Studies\/Japanese (asherif@oberlin.edu)<br>\u25cf Catherine Oertel, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (coertel@oberlin.edu)<br>\u25cf Emer O\u2019Dwyer, Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies (eodwyer@oberlin.edu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2\/15 Info Session Recording Application is Now Open! 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