Intercultural Design - Project 2: Field Study
26/2/2024 - 10/3/2024 (Week 4 - Week 5)
Aisya Diva Anwagodsa
Intercultural Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Intercultural Design: Design Proposal
JUMPLINK
INSTRUCTION
The requirements for this project are:
- Collect visual, oral, textual and tactile artefacts that would be part of our research.
- All collected data must be recorded.
In this project we can use some methods for doing our research:
- Observation study.
- Interview of relevant stakeholders.
- Online and/or actual physical material.
FIELD STUDY
RESEARCH AGENDA
There are 3 places that we visit during the trip to deepen our research, they are Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara. Here are some places that we went to during the trip (Some places listed below are outside the main itinerary):
Osaka:
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka Museum Of House And Living
- Kuromon Ichiba Market
- Dotonbori
Kyoto:
- Kyoto National Museum
- Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
- Nonomiya Jinja Shrine (Arashiyama)
- Fushimi Inari Taisha
Nara:
OSAKA
1. Osaka Castle
This castle was done in 1997. When we when there, we have to take a walk around 10 minutes and took the stairs, because that is the only way to the main building. This castle has a beautiful scenery. In Osaka Castle taking pictures also prohibited in some area. This place mainly displays artefacts or historical things from Osaka Castle.
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| Fig. 1.1 Osaka Castle (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.2 War of Osaka Miniature (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.3 Historical Panel (28/2/2024) |
After Osaka Castle, we went to Osaka Museum House & Living. In that place visitors can experience walk around the museum while wearing kimono which is a unique concept. Osaka Museum House & Living is the place where you can see traditional Japanese house, you can also get in to the houses so you could experience how the Japanese used to live.
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| Fig. 1.4 Kimonos (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.5 Traditional Japanese Fabric (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.6 Old Electronics (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.7 Japanese People Miniature (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.8 Japanese House Miniature (28/2/2024) |
3. Kuromon Ichiba Market
This market is a combination of food stalls, souvenir store, etc. Basically, this market is a shoppingh center. This market is located in Namba, Osaka. When we went there, we got lost, but fortunately we manage to get there. In this market, we found a lot of stores that sells seafood, lanterns, traditional clothes, and other Japanese stuff. Our group stopped by in one of the fabric store there to buy fabrics that we will use for our project.
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| Fig. 1.9 Fabric Shop Pic Taken by Velicia (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.10 Japanese Traditional Fabric Pic Taken by Emily (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig.1.11 Kuromon Market (28/2/2024) |
4. Dotonbori
Dotonbori Street is a famous place, it is near our hostel. On the first day me, Ying Ying, Emily, and Velicia went there to get a food, but unfortunately we got lost. In dotonbori we found a lot of shops, mostly they are souvenirs shops. The view in Dotonbori at night is very cool, with all of the lights and the buildings.
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| Fig. 1.12 Dotonbori Museum Namikiza (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.13 Dotonbori Street (28/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 1.14 View From Dotonbori Bridge (28/2/2024) |
KYOTO
1. Kyoto National Museum:
In this museum we were not allowed to take picture inside the display room, But I took some picture of the statue in the main lobby.
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| Fig. 2.1 Souvenirs from Kyoto Museum (27/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 2.2 Kyoto National Museum (27/2/2024) |
This museum mainly documented about periods (Heian period, jomon period, etc) in Japan and how people used to wear kimono in the past. In this place, we can find artefacts, such as traditional roof, doll, painting, and one of the famous novel 'The Tale of Genji'. When we went there, only some of the artefacts that was explained in English and mostly were written in Japanese language, the staff tried to explain it to us in English by using the translation, but some parts are blurry and we did not understand most of the explanation, however we appreciate their effort. Additional information, even though we can use our phone, we cannot open the camera, even though for translating purpose.
2. Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
After visiting Kyoto Museum, we went to Arashiyama. In this area, we can find Bamboo forest. Basically, bamboo forest is just bamboo and there are temples in it.
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| Fig. 2.3 Arashiyama Bamboo Forest (27/2/2024) |
3. Nonomiya Jinja Shrine
This shrine is located inside the bamboo forest, there's a lot of people who visit this shire for pray or only to take a look.
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| Fig. 2.4 Nonomiya Shrine (27/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 2.5 Nonomiya Shrine (27/2/2024) |
4. Fushimi Inari Taisha
From Nonomiya Shrine, we were heading to Fushimi Inari Taisha. When we arrived it was already night time, but luckily we can get into the thousand shrine, because at the night time tourists are prohibited to enter this area, beside that there was reconstruction so it is dangerous to go there in the dark.
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| Fig. 2.6 Fushimi Inari Taisha (27/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 2.7 Fushimi Inari Taisha (27/2/2024) |
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| 2.8 Inside the Thousand Shrine (27/2/2024) |
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| 2.9 Inside the Thousand Shrine (27/2/2024) |
1. Nara Park
Fist place we visited in Nara was Nara Park or known as Nara Deer Park. In this park, we can find a lot of deer, we can also feed them with deer's crackers.
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| Fig. 3.1 Nara Deer Park (29/2/2024) |
2. Kofuku-ji Temple
The temple that located behind Nara Park, There are 3 areas of temple, we went to the Central Golden Hall, Kofukuji Gojunta, and Nan'endo. There should be another buildings for this temple other than these three, but sadly it was destroyed by the civil wars.
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| Fig. 3.1 Kofuku-ji Gonjunta Pic Taken by Ying Ying (29/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 3.2 Central Golden Hall (29/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 3.3 Nan'endo Pic Taken by Ying Ying (29/2/2024) |
Not far from this temple, we went to Naramachi Kanzashi Souvenir Store in Mochiindonocho area, the store sells a lot of item, like Kanzashi, Kimono, etc.
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| Fig. 3.4 Mochiindonocho (29/2/2024) |
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| Fig. 3.5 Kanzashi from Naramachi Kanzashi Store (29/2/2024) |
FEEDBACK
Week 4
Feedback by Ms. Anis
- Do not focus on the hair topic, expand the research to another accessories.
- Ideas could be combination from things that represent Japanese culture and the accessories, for example, combination between seasons in Japan and Japanese fashion accessories.
Week 5
Feedback by Mr. Asrizal
- Don't replicate.
- try to find why people don’t wear traditional accessories anymore, and why it is a dying culture?
REFLECTION
Exploring Japan was fun and challenging at the same time. Because it was my first time travelling alone (not completely alone, but without my family), so it felt a bit frustrating whenever me and my friends got lost. But, the fun part was, when we got lost we can meet nice people who willing to help us, finding interesting places, and learn about Japanese society more. We also found interesting foods that we have not tried before. Just trust yourself, and you will ended up in a place where you can find exciting things.
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