Note: Use the following headings to organize your paper:

• Central Site Selection
• Vision Statement
• Preliminary Analysis
• Associated Artifacts
• Personal Reflection

Central Site Selection: Designate a Central Site: an iconic building or landmark, an interesting sign, a piece of sculpture, or a sample of street art. Your Central Site may be formal or informal, authorized or unauthorized, but it must be local (in the San Jose region) and accessible to the general public.

Sample Artifact Sites [Feel free to use one of these, or to propose your own]

Babes & Lightning Muffler - 808 The Alameda San Jose, CA 95126

Boccardo Gate - SJSU Campus

Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph - 80 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113

Dive Bar - 78 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113

Electric Light Tower [San Jose History Park]- 1300 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA 95112

Johnny Rockets - 150 S 1st St #115, San Jose, CA 95113

Mexico Theatre - 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116

San Jose City Hall - 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113

Tommie Smith and John Carlos statue - SJSU Tower Hall

Westside Billiards - 1050 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95126

Vision Statement: Identify an ideal of public life evoked by your chosen Central Site. This vision statement (one to three sentences) should comprise a collection of beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors whose collective deployment intersects with, but also critiques, everyday life. Note: your Vision Statement can’t just be a word or bumper sticker phrase; it must promote behavior.

Preliminary Analysis: Examine how your Central Site evokes a specific vision of public life. You might wish to focus on visual description, historical connection, and/or personal observations of how people relate to this site. Interviews and secondary research, while not required, may prove useful to this effort.

Associated Artifacts: Name at least one Associated Artifact (eg., music lyrics, satirical appropriation, scholarly analysis, cinematic homage, and/or examples of commercial exploitation), and explain how it relates to your Central Site. [Note: The Portfolio will ultimately require three Associated Artifacts.]

Personal Reflection: Explain why your Central Site is relevant to you. While you are not expected to share intimate details of your personal life, you are encouraged to reflect on how this site of public life connects to your upbringing and/or sense of identity.