The end of history? Or the beginning of the future?
OUR RESEARCH PLAN
For this assignment, our class has broken up into several
small, three to four person groups to answer the question "Is Japanese
culture disappearing? Why?". This three-person group consists of Nozomi
Naoi, Anna Clark, and myself, Travis Tamura. Nozomi is studying Family
life, Anna is studying Food, and I am studying Art Forms (like literature,
painting, music, etc.). Anna, studying food, expects to find that the "traditional
[food] is still there, but the modern and western [food's popularity] is
growing.". Nozomi, studying Family Life, expects to find that the
Traditional form is still there, but it is being "modernized"
and is being influenced by the west. I expect to find that the "trend"
in art is moving towards Modern, receiving western influence, but staying
Japanese (not becoming fully western).
To find this information, the three of us will be using
the library, other books, and the internet. Also, we will write interview
questions for Nozomi to translate, and then our group will conduct interviews.
So far, our group believes that Traditional Japanese culture is remaining.
However, it is being modernized (with some western influence). In other
words, Japanese culture is moving towards "Modern" and away from
"Traditional", but western influence is growing.
Which aspect of culture are you interested in reading
about?
All About Hyper Tokyo
Prepared by Anna Clark, Nozomi Naoi, and Travis Tamura from
Mr. Hoover's 8th Grade social studies
class on "April 13th, 1998".