GEM E-Portfolio
GEM E-Portfolio
Let’s start from the beginning. I am a Pakistani-American. I was born in Manhattan, that makes me a US Citizen, and then when I was about 3 my family moved to Lahore. Our time there was brief and I don’t remember much on account of me being 4 years old but I have a few …
INTRODUCTION This reflection stemmed from an assignment given in the introductory seminar of the GEM minor. We were to introduce ourselves and our cultural identity, explaining what drew us to the GEM minor. In response to the prompt, I wrote about my cultural background, which was somewhat fraught at the time, as well as my …
INTRODUCTION This was a reflection written during the introductory seminar for the GEM minor. We were tasked with responding to an article written by writer and linguist Rosina Lippi-Green that spoke on the phenomenon of making the culturally unfamiliar familiar through things like dubbing or localization. This article got me thinking about the wider concepts …
INTRODUCTION This is one of the first pieces of writing I did for my CEAS major, but it had wider implications for my academic trajectory. As a child, I’ve always loved the studio Ghibli movies. After discovering Japanese bebop Jazz I ended up gravitating towards other musical avenues and found Joe Hisaishi, the composer for …
