Department of Contemporary Culture
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The Department of Contemporary Culture is an academic unit within Kyoto University's Faculty of Letters that focuses on the study and analysis of modern and contemporary cultural phenomena.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Contemporary Culture canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2080282 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Contemporary Culture Context triple: [Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, hasDepartment, Department of Contemporary Culture]
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A.
Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Department of Modern and Contemporary Art is the division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting artworks from the late 19th century to the present.
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B.
Department of World Cultures
The Department of World Cultures is a curatorial division of the Royal Ontario Museum that focuses on the study, preservation, and exhibition of global cultural artifacts and traditions.
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C.
Faculty of Cultural Studies
The Faculty of Cultural Studies is an academic division of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich dedicated to research and teaching in the humanities, arts, and cultural analysis.
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D.
Contemporary Art Department
The Contemporary Art Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting modern and contemporary artworks.
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E.
Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
The Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo that focuses on cross-disciplinary research and education in culture, society, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Contemporary Culture Target entity description: The Department of Contemporary Culture is an academic unit within Kyoto University's Faculty of Letters that focuses on the study and analysis of modern and contemporary cultural phenomena.
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A.
Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Department of Modern and Contemporary Art is the division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting artworks from the late 19th century to the present.
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B.
Department of World Cultures
The Department of World Cultures is a curatorial division of the Royal Ontario Museum that focuses on the study, preservation, and exhibition of global cultural artifacts and traditions.
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C.
Faculty of Cultural Studies
The Faculty of Cultural Studies is an academic division of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich dedicated to research and teaching in the humanities, arts, and cultural analysis.
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D.
Contemporary Art Department
The Contemporary Art Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting modern and contemporary artworks.
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E.
Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
The Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo that focuses on cross-disciplinary research and education in culture, society, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
contemporary studies
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cultural studies ⓘ modern studies ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Kyoto University ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary culture
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cultural studies ⓘ humanities ⓘ modern culture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of culture
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contemporary cultural phenomena ⓘ modern cultural phenomena ⓘ |
| hasType | humanities department ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kyoto, Japan
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linked to:
Kyoto
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| offers |
graduate education
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undergraduate education ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University
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Kyoto University Faculty of Letters undergraduate program ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| studies |
global contemporary culture
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media and popular culture ⓘ modern Japanese culture ⓘ social and cultural change ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Department of Contemporary Culture Description of subject: The Department of Contemporary Culture is an academic unit within Kyoto University's Faculty of Letters that focuses on the study and analysis of modern and contemporary cultural phenomena.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Faculty of Letters