Cultural Project and Reading

[Pete Minassian]

Another great, quick read from HLW! I believe I read some of this chapter before school started, just so that I could get a feel for the book ;) But I still remember some of the elements that the author talked about. Mainly, the expressions, or visual aspects, of body language help to convey a meaning to words or phrases that would otherwise not be understood. For example, it definitely helps to understand that when someone flips you off and screams something like "f&@* you," you could understand what he meant just by their visual expressions. I seem to have developed some sort of skill around this concept, where just by looking at someone speak, I can figure out a little piece of the conversation or phrase, such that I understand the general idea.For my cultural project, I think I am going to focus on the new emerging Turkish music scene. I, above all else, am very passionate about music, and usually cannot go through my day without at least ten songs getting stuck in my head. So I think that I will focus on Turkish Rock and how they emerged and maybe compare the groups from America to the Turkish groups.Hopefully I will be able to find enough information to fill up the presentation. If need be, I can always talk about the father of Turkish Rock - Erkin Koray.