Naheed Nenshi Body Language Analysis

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Examining Internal Dialects: Naheed Nenshi’s Interview on Diversity and Business
Excerpt of Interview
Account of information received from Calgary Economic Development YouTube page. In this discussion, the video featured is called “Soul of the City 9- Diversity is Good Business: Naheed Nenshi” and the time frame evaluated upon is between 1:16-2:50 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szYFfXCL1dY). In this interview, Nenshi speaks about the value (goodness) of diversity in communities and its extension onwards into the business industry.

Introduction
An analysis on the relationship between invoiced thought dialogue and perceived notions of communication. Through the understanding of body gestures a discussion of the latent meanings and contexts of individual, Naheed Nenshi’s interview with Calgary Economic Development, will be imparted upon. Alongside, matters pertaining to kinesics, the unconscious effect (of body language on others), and the juxtaposition of verbal talk to body expression will be explored.

Background and Context
By definition, body language is the methodology behind nonverbal communication. It constructs and deports messages that can be interpreted to find internal feelings
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Naheed Nenshi sporadically would put his hands in his pockets for a period of time and would move them out on the desk. He was constantly shifting, moving, pausing (his speech), maintaining minimal eye contact and turning his head. Alongside, Nenshi would emphasise certain words such as “United States”(1:24), “special”(1:40), “Japan”(1:48), “Canada”(2:21), “Calgary”(2:23) while widening his face and taking a pause afterwards. During the interview, he used his hands (palms upward and moving) to explain his points. Some self-grooming was done, such as adjusting glasses. It was also caught that Nenshi would clear his

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