education
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I Am a Cat: Rough Draft for Upcoming Interactive Visual Novel Based on Natsume Soseki’s Beloved Japanese Tale
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Unleash Your Inner Feline: The Adventures of Cat – A Visual Novel Game That Explores Life’s Complexities!
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Announcing H.A.I.A.N: The Pillow Book, An Interactive Game Journey Through Haian-Era Japan
Art, asia, asian studies, choose your own adventure, Confucianism, education, fable, fairytale, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, game based learning, game Ideas, game studies, gaming, haiku, history, interactive fiction, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese literature, japanese mythology, japanese video games, japanese videogames, jrpg, kojiki, language, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, Ludology, material culture, narrative design, popular culture, Popular Culture Studies, shinto, shintoism, storytelling, user research, videogames, visual novel, writingArtistic Pursuits, Betrayal, Buddhist Practices, Choice Matters, Court Games, Court Politics, Courtly Love, Deception, Falling Rank, Forbidden Love, Friendship, Gender Roles, Heian Court Life, Historical Fiction, Influence, Interactive Narrative, Intrigue, japanese culture, japanese history, Japanese Traditions, Japanophile, Lady Murasaki, Manipulation, Power Struggles, Rising Rank, Rumor Mill, Sei Shonagon, Shinto Worship, visual novel
“Enter the world of Heian Japan in ‘H.A.I.A.N’, a narrative-driven game where you play as Saki, a young court lady trying to navigate the treacherous waters of court politics. Will you spread rumors to gain favor, or will you stay true to your principles and risk falling in rank? Explore the beauty and culture of…
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How I’m adapting Jacques Ranciere’s “The Ignorant Schoolmaster“ into the Curriculum.
asian studies, augmented reality, east asia, east asian studies, education, English, game based learning, game studies, gaming, instructional design, interactive fiction, japan, japanese language, japanese literature, Kansas City, narrative design, Narratology, philosophy, reading, serious games, user research, videogames, virtual realitycurriculum, education, educational, Ela, elearning, ell, game based learning, gamebased learning, GBL, gurx, instructional design, instructional technology, jacques ranciere, language learning, learning design, learning design systems, learning systems, learning technology, learning theory, lesson plans, philosophy, role-playing, second language learning, teachers, teaching, ui, urx, user experience, user interface
Ranciere’s “The Ignorant Schoolmaster” (1987) is a seminal work in the field of education and has been widely discussed and debated within the realm of game studies. The book presents a unique approach to teaching and learning, in which the teacher is seen as an “ignorant schoolmaster” who is able to lead their students to…
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Engaging in Japan: Tsunami Impacted Schoolchildren
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Japan. Land of the Rising Sun. Home of the world’s first novel. Where spirit, body, and mind are one and the same. gf.me/u/zhwucm In 2011 a mad-eyed tsunami tore through the seaside village of Rikuzentakata. As if the preceding earthquake wasn’t enough. The region fell into a state of anxiety. There remains work to be…
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The Japanization of Modernity: Murakami Haruki between Japan and the United States
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Oh, Murakami, you sly fox, you mercurial and fluid, thread a web between East and west that we at once desperately need and can’t quite comprehend. And yet we return, thirsty and increasingly drunk of the elixir that is the product of your craft.
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 