Janet Kawada, Fine Arts 3D Faculty
Office Hours, Tuesday, 12-1 p.m., Room 371 B North Building
Phone: 617-731-0840 home, 617-879-7457 office
email: jkawada@usa.net

David Thomas: Director, Indochina Arts Partnership
Phone: 617-519-1372 cell
email: cdavidthomas@yahoo.com
web: www.iapone.org
www.hochiminh.org

The following syllabus is subject to change. Please contact Janet Kawada if you will be absent from class to get handouts and any material that was dispensed.

September 8
Introduction to the course/trip
Faculty introduction. Student introduction
Handout: Reading/Video lists. Draft Itinerary Get a 3” three ring binder for handouts
Required Book: Insight Guide—Vietnam

Course Requirements: participation in 4th Massart/Indochina Arts Partnership “Collective Memory Project”. Includes each person producing 5 images/pages (2 copies of each—one for Massart collection and one for the Indochina Arts Partnership collection) about their experience in Vietnam. One of the five pages is to be a favorite written memory. Also requires that each person make additional image for each person in the class along with their written page to be exchanged with everyone in the class. More details forthcoming. The images will be exhibited in an exhibition at a later date.

September 15
Historical discussion about Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam including ancient culture, ethnic background and religion. Related handouts about historic information

September 22
Nancy McCarthy will come to go over trip requirements.
Discussion of business cards which will be made in English and Vietnamese.
Suggest: name, type of artist, permanent address, phone, email
Continued historical discussion about Vietnam—modern, Ho Chii Minh

September 29
Description of current country situation—politically and culturally
Video on Confucius.




October 6
Arts and artists of Vietnam. Discuss differences in South, Middle and North Vietnam.
Describe education systems, tradition arts and contemporary arts
Handouts: Arts Related information

October 13
Continue discussion of arts and artists

October 20
Trip Details—Language and Customs; What to expect

October 27
Trip Details—continued
Passports collected to go for visas

November 3
Video of Thich Nhat Hanh—Buddhist Monk
Discussion of collective memory box

November 10
Continue discussion of collective memory box

November 17
NO DAY CLASS. WE WILL GO TO DAVID’S FOR VIETNAMESE DINNER.
Transportation will be arranged to get people out to his home.

December 1
VIETNAM
Trip details—clothing, packing list, gifts, money
Itinerary Review: Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Hanoi

December 8
VIETNAM
Questions and answers

December 31, 2005-January 15, 2006
Travel in Vietnam

POST TRIP MEETING (TBA IN EARLY FEBRUARY)
Final class meeting for assembly and distribution of “Collective Memory Project” Plan a date for dinner/event