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EA109Sp21 MODULES — Table of Contents

*Mind map of course

01 GEOGRAPHY (bCourse)

  • East Asia land-form and other maps
  • Tea growing regions
  • Cultural regions of China

02 HISTORY (currently bCourse)

  • Basic era charts

03 TEA BASICS (bCourse)

  • Origin of the tea plant, physical characteristics of the tea plant
  • Tea cultivation and harvesting
  • Tealeaf processing
  • Storage and transport of processed tea

04 BREWING and SERVICE (Google folder)

  • Brewing and service in China
  • Brewing and service in Korea
  • Brewing and service in Japan (abbreviated)
  • gaiwan

05 DISCOVERY LEGENDS, TEA "CORE ATTRIBUTES," ADVENT OF TEA CULTURE

  • "Core attributes" of tea — aspects of tea that have reappeared across time and space such as "hospitality" "contemplative" "purifying" "fragrant" and so on
  • Tea discovery myths / legends
  • From a historical perspective, the beginning of tea culture in China, in Korea, and in Japan

06 TEA WORDS: MANUALS, POEMS

  • Premodern tea manuals of China, Korea, and Japan
  • Poems about tea

07 TEA OBJECTS: CERAMICS, OTHER UTENSILS

Detailed research on any of the below, not "Grinders 101" or "Basic history of tea stands" or "Famous tea paintings." No overviews, catalogue of different types sort of work. You might need to include general, Wiki-like information to give us a context but it does not substitute for specific, detailed work.

  • premodern tea-bowls / teacups including aesthetics of them
  • premodern grinders
  • premodern kettles including aesthetics of them
  • premodern ewers, teapots, history of teapots, (avoid yixing, we already have enough material)
  • premodern tea stands
  • premodern tea scoops, tea caddies including aesthetics of them
  • historical events related to ceramics
  • tea objects in premodern paintings (credible information of what the objects are, no guessing)
  • Japanese haigata (ash art)

08 TEA PLACES: CHANGING VENUES, CONTESTS AND OTHER GATHERINGS

Detailed research on any of the below, not "Japanese Tea Gardens 101" or "A survey of tea contests" or "Introduction to Chinese tea gardens." You might need to include general, Wiki-like information to give us a context but it does not substitute for specific, detailed work.

  • Chinese teahouses and gardens
  • Japanese tearooms and tea huts and their gardens
  • Korean tearooms and tea huts and their gardens
  • Other locations for tea service (such as nature)
  • Tea contests in China, Korea, or Japan
  • Formal tea parties