The project that Eva and I worked on as well was very interesting and enlightening. It was amazing to be able to get the opinions of other students about their taste in music and art, as well as what that reveals about their cultural identity. I was quite surprised by the outcome of our project, as I thought that we would discover that more people had a desire to search for music outside of their culture. The fact that most people stay within their comfort zones, not only when it comes to friends, as another group discussed, but also when it comes to the art and music we like, really struck me. I would like to investigate this relationship more, perhaps by talking to more people about their taste in music and their cultural background.

Some thoughts about my project, my presentation, and other projects:

What should we do from here on out? 

           Humor can be used in writing to teach about a certain topic, make fun of a theory, and most importantly, engage the reader to create a more interesting story.  While humor can be a very useful tool in many different ways, it may not always express the ideas in the most effective manner.  As The World Burns by Jensen and McMillan is a graphic novel that uses a lot of humor to show the awful effects that we humans are having on the environment.  On the other side of the spectrum, The Collapse of Western Civilization by Oreskes and Conway has absolutely no humor in it, in an effort to describe the severity of the environmental problems that will occur in the near future.  These two books express an extreme lack of humor and an excessive amount of humor, but both bring the reader

Coming into this project I was particularly excited because I identify as a first-generation student, but at the end my perspective on this topic changed. For so for long I thought my struggles in college were because my high school did not prepare me enough, but talking to other first generation students I found lots of similarities. It was the lack of not having a parent who can guide us on how to navigate college that made it much harder to assimilate to the college environment. I was hoping to find out about the resources that Bryn Mawr has to offer specifically for first generation students, but I found that there weren’t any, despite the fact that they rave so much about having such a high percentage of these type of students.

Since my project didn't involve Bryn Mawr as a college specifically, I don't think it needs to be shared with any sort of administration.  I might want to share it with more of my friends though.  If I were to continue this project, I think that it would be interesting to ask the interview questions in a different way and see if I get the same answers.  I wonder if the way I asked my questions skewed the answers that I got.  It might also be interesting to continue looking at these contact zones between freinds and see if there is real conflict that can be observed.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/309391-leonardo-dicaprio-meets-with-donald-trump

http://fortune.com/2016/12/08/leonardo-dicaprio-trump-tower/

I stumbled upon these articles a few days ago and thought they would serve as an interesting (and positive) continuation to our conversation about the Trump Administration and climate change! Leo = Kranti...?!?

Intro to Afro-Pessimism

Theoretical Framework:

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bloombergs-hurricane-sandy-address-cold-open/n28594?snl=1

https://vimeo.com/6112140