Reflection: East Asian Music For this reflection, write about Eastern Asian music Identify at least two musical elements or instruments you found interesting in the pieces of music you heard in this module. (Just find a song on YouTube) How has the music of East Asia influenced other music? (You can think about how East […]
Articulate the respective viewpoints and strategies of your chosen authors, produce an argument about how geographical form is important for the analysis of geography and how it might influence the larger project of East Asian Studies.
East Asian Studies With reference to lectures, assigned readings, films, and the poem answer only one of the following three questions. For questions 1 and 2, you must refer to at least three essays covered in class and at least one of the four films or poem. For question 3 you must refer to at […]
Explain how do you see this rivaling positioning aiding the regional economy of South & East Asia?
India the Next China Watch the two videos provided below. What are some of the innovations, ambitions and dynamics present that is aiding India’s economic growth and productivity as the nation is positioning itself to rival China in more ways than it’s pre-existing tensions? This is also with considerations to uneven development present and historical […]
Analyze the similarities and differences in the effects of Imperialism between 1750-1900.
Africa and East Asia Analyze the similarities and differences in the effects of Imperialism between 1750-1900. Describes a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.To earn this point, the response must relate the topic of the prompt to broader historical events, developments, or processes that occur before, during, or continue after the time frame of […]
What kind of argument they are making), the strengths and weakness of each reading, and what conclusions can be drawn from reading these two pieces together.
Comparing the Stereotypes PROMPT: Holcombe and Woodside both go the great lengths to dispell stereotypes of East Asia as stagnant,unchanging, despotic societies. Compare how each author does this (what type of evidence they use, what kind of argument they are making), the strengths and weakness of each reading, and what conclusions can be drawn from […]