Post on 24-Jan-2017
COM30103 Effective Public Communication
Topic 1(A): Traditional Dwellings Around The World
Jiji Ng 0904Y72861Tuesday 4pm – 6pm
Ancient Japan: Pit-dwelling Houses
Picture sources:
– japanese-old-customs.weebly.com
– heritageofjapan.wordpress.com
– paleoplanet69529.yuku.com
– traveldreamscapes.blogspot.com
– archaeology.about.com
Ancient Japan: Elevated Houses
Picture sources:
– heritageofjapan.wordpress.com
– tnina.myweb.usf.edu
– www.just-dreaming.com
Evaluation Control
Neutrality
Superiority
Certainity
StrategyDescription
Problem Orientation
Empathy
Equality
Provisionalism
Spontaneity
0
20
40
Create Defensiveness Reduce Defensiveness
Ancient Japan: Interpersonal Communication
Compartment and Functions: Natural Functions, Societal Necessity
Defensive Elements: Supremacy Elements and Features
Japanese Aristocracy: Shinden-Zukuri
Picture source:
iskish.sakura.ne.jp
Groupthink: First Trend of Governance
Small, privileged class.Contrasted with democracy.Isolation from external group influences.Illusion of invulnerability.Encourage followers with ideal (vs. real) belief only.
Big, underprivileged class.Prefer ruled by majority.Loyalty demanded – lost of independent thinking.
Small-Group Communication
Japanese Age of Samurai: Shoin-Zukuri
Picture source:
kaseito.wordpress.com
Civilisation: Foundational Revolution
War, Sovereignty
and Reformation
Safeguard, Union and
Reservation
Samurai’s modernisati
on
Conflict (Communiti
es)
Conflict of Society (Complex Communities
– Resolution and Struggle of An Emerging
Identity)
Critical Thinking
Conflict
Japanese Farmers: Gassho-Zukuri
Picture source:
commons.wikimedia.org
Japanese Meiji Towns: Kura-Zukuri
Picture source:
nagomivisit.jp
Classic Features of Japanese House: Shoji
Picture source:
planespoken.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Fusuma
Picture source:
kyoto.asanoxn.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Wagoya
Picture source:
http://www.japan-talk.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Engawa
Picture source:
www.flickr.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Ranma
Picture source:
www.pinterest.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Tokonoma
Picture source:
www.pinterest.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Amado
Picture source:
http://www.japan-talk.com
Classic Features of Japanese House: Genkan
Picture source:
www.pinterest.com
Gassho: Prayer’s Hands– Silkworm farming (steeply pitched gabled roofs)
– First floor (lodgings, stables)
– Hearth (centre of house; cooking and dining)
Picture source: http://web-japan.org
Leader of The Houses
Domestic
HusbandryTask
EmphasisSilkworm Farming
Leaders in Group Communi
cation
Classic Features of Japanese Houses: Tatami
Picture sources:
– soaringheart.com
– www.flickr.com
Classic Features of Japanese Houses: Chabudai
Picture source:
– www.pinterest.com
Classic Features of Japanese Houses: Zabuton
Picture source:
– thislovelyhome.com
Classic Features of Japanese Houses: Kotatsu
Picture source:
– www.daveahlman.net
– en.wikipedia.org
Classic Features of Japanese Houses: Kamidana
Picture source:
– www.pinterest.com
Classic Features of Japanese Houses: Byobu
Picture source:
– aparfaire.blogspot.com
Identity Management: The Emergence of Civilisation
Perception, Self and
Communication
Conservative Communicati
onPrivacy
Communal Respect (vs.
affective display)
Spiritual Delivery
Roof Materials
Picture sources:
– what-when-how.com
– ajw.asahi.com
– www.gettyimages.com
– www.gettyimages.lu
House Materials
Picture sources:
– brillindeiel.deviantart.com
– www.wisegeek.com
– shojibuilding.wordpress.com
House Facts: Space and Timber Resources
‘Small houses, small gardens.’
‘Japan is the world’s largest consumer of Amazon rainforest timber.’
References
– 17 Classic Features of Japanese Houses. Retrieved from: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/japanese-houses
– This History of Japanese Houses. Retrieved from: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/house/house02.html
– Traditional Culture. Retrieved from: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/cultural/experience/a.html
– The Structure of a Gassho-Style Farmhouse. Retrieved from: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/meet/shirakawa/shirakawa04.html
– Fast Facts: Japan. Retrieved from: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/fast-facts-japan
– 61 Interesting Facts about Japan. Retrieved from: http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/61-interesting-facts-about-japan /