Living Beijing: Encountering the Asian City through Digital Storytelling

Living Beijing: Encountering the Asian City through Digital Storytelling

More college students than ever are heading to Chinese cities to spend weeks or months learning Chinese history, culture, and language. And more than ever they and their instructors are bringing with them an array of digital devices, from still cameras to video cameras to laptop computers. Whether o...

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Main Author: John A. Crespi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2011-04-01
Series:The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts
Online Access:http://www.asianetworkexchange.org/articles/186
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