Reading response 2-Communal After-Living: Asian Ghosts and the City

This article explores the portrayal of ghosts in Asian urban settings and how they reflect the social and cultural consequences of rapid urbanization and inequitable development. The author also critiques the role of popular culture and environmental concerns in shaping perceptions of urbanization and globalization. The article advocates for a multidisciplinary approach to studying these processes’ socioeconomic and environmental impacts in Asian societies. The article offers a compelling analysis of the links between ghosts and urban phenomena in Asia. However, the article could provide more detailed solutions to address the disparities and challenges caused by rapid urbanization and uneven development,

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Moving House Reflection

Increasing prosperity makes Singaporean search for bigger houses, not only for alive people, but also for dead people. The film shows some burial customs and a family moved the graves to a new place, to join the new modern architecture style, which makes me feel sad and unable to think about better solutions.

Workshop 2 Exercise-Zhao Xiru

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Questions about film

Hi, I would like to ask some questions about the film. I noticed that there was a long shot at the beginning of the film, there was no dialogue at first, I was curious that why not choosing starting a dialogue or conflicts first to show the story? Thank you so much. Also, there were many houses in orange top, and all aligned, I wonder if this is a special type of house in Cambodia? Thank you so much for reading this!

[Reading Response] Michel de Certeau: Spatial Stories

This chapter shows how people use space to construct narrative structures and shape their experiences. He also argues that ‘every story is a travel story—-a spatial practice’, and spatial stories are crucial for people to navigate and understand the world. The author wrote about differences in space and place, map and tour, and boundaries and frontiers. The writer first mentioned that spatial practices concern everyday tactics, and the writer emphasizes the importance of mobility. Movement constructs spatial stories, in particular, walking. Through these movements, people can organize their paths to make journeys and thus create new narratives, which are more

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