1. What is one conventional narrative about global Asia that you have heard circulating (either in popular discourse, the media, or academia) recently?
Provide a concrete example of this particular narrative and where and how it circulates. Please be as specific as possible and feel free to include a primary source citation, a link to a webpage, an image, a video, an audio clip, etc.
2. Choose A quote from one of the Guillén's reading that is no longer than two sentences.
3.Your thoughts on how that quote intersects with a discussion point from Week 2 and how that intersection has influenced your initial impressions of global Asia when you registered for this course. What questions might you now ask about the conventional narrative you identified above?
4.Some initial thoughts about what related interests you would like to explore in this class. Think about "interest" in terms of your own background, your field of study, or what you want to do in the future.
Article : IS GLOBALIZATION CIVILIZING, DESTRUCTIVE OR FEEBLE? A CRITIQUE OF FIVE KEY DEBATES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE LITERATURE By Mauro E Guillen .