summary

Find one 

recent News A

rticle on that you think is a good example of the theme: 

"

PLACE MAKING: Sense of Place or Disneyfication

"

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The news article must be related to the East Asia region

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You can start with 

Dr. Lew’s articles on

: 

--

East Asia

https://www.diigo.com/profile/Alanlew/wgea

and 

--

Placemaking 

https://www.diigo.com/user/alanlew/placemaking

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You can 

also 

use othe

r sources to find your article

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The article 

you choose can be any topic that your find interesting that relates to 

1. 

Place Making, 

2. 

Sense o

f Place (or Placelessness), or 

3. Disneyfication (commodification)

In

a place or country in East Asia

TYPE up the following on a piece of paper:

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YOURSELF: (1) Your Name, (2) your NAU email ID, (3) MW or T/Th (for your class section), 

and (4) the Date 

the assignment is due

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THE ARTICLE: (1) The Article Title, (2) the Source (

publication or website name), (3) the Date 

that the article was published, and (4) the Author’s name (if available) of your News Article

(5) A good summary description of the main story of the article. This should be detailed 

enough that someone with no k

nowledge can understand why this article is important and 

interesting. About one paragraph (three to five sentences) should be enough.

(6) Describe why this is a good example of the theme: “Place Making: Sense of Place or 

Disneyfication”. Draw upon concep

ts discussed in class to make your argument. Again, this 

should be about one paragraph.