Saher Prakash
Stereo
Cultural Codes
Saher Prakash
BA from New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
I’m a New York based creative professional with experience in performance, research, and composition in music and language. I designed my undergraduate degree at NYU to encompass the cultural study of language and music as creative expression, oral history, and basic communication. My skills lie in musicology, music production, sociolinguistics, and phonology. I hope to create compelling content and art to eventually create avenues between inaccessible research/academic discourse and the public.
I have spent many hours analyzing the overlaps and consistencies of bias in both the human functions of language and music. My degree can be roughly culminated in my rationale as seen below.
This site is a portfolio while also being documentation of my study.
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Better In Stereo
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Better in Stereo
By Saher Prakash
Language and music have long worked in tandem as powerful communicators. By exploring the relationship between them, we can better understand our connections to sound, expression, authenticity, and human connection. I like to frame my ideas around a central concept: language and music are the left and right brain counterparts, respectively.
Language is primarily left-lateralized in the brain, engaging the hemisphere associated with logic and analytical thinking – while music is right-lateralized – associated with creativity and intuition. Together, they mirror and balance each other, each shaping culture in distinct yet deeply interconnected ways. Yet public misconceptions about how language and music function as cultural tools persist. These misunderstandings – shaped by systemic oppression – create disconnection and harm Black, Brown, and other minoritized communities.
To begin healing systemic wounds, and reimagining our educational framework, I’ve labeled my approach as “Stereo Cultural Codes.” This name suggests that two cultural inputs – language and music – are best understood when experienced as a cohesive expression, impression, and resonance. Within this stereo framework, structure and creativity, standardization and improvisation, coexist. By increasing public understanding of how language and music originate, influence each other, and operate behind the scenes, we can begin to hear the world differently – recognizing that both are meant to be experienced in stereo.
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