Sentences with phrase «across cultures and history»

Employing the language of museum display, the artists chart the recurrence of forms and themes across cultures and history, to reveal unexpected relationships and affinities.

Each of the artists in The Artist's Museum reimagines the lives of artworks and charts recurring forms and themes across cultures and history.

Notions of self and mind differ across cultures and history.

The Figa, which is «configured into a fist with thumb thrust between the index and middle fingers (known as the «fig sign»),... has multiple meanings across culture and history.»

Not exact matches

The Anacostia Community Museum offers visitors a chance to explore the history and culture of urban neighborhoods from Washington, D.C. to South America and other places across the globe.

The death and resurrection of Jesus has broken down cultural barriers throughout history — no other major religion has spread as far and across as many cultures as Christianity.

Curtis's photography is featured in displays on Native American culture and history across the U.S. and Europe.

The Spirit of the true God has always been present in the world, and has found ways to communicate Love and Light to every culture across history.

Talks: «Mainstreaming Midwives: The Politics of History,» «Birth across Cultures: An Evolutionary Perspective,» Daughter of Time: The Postmodern Midwife,» «Ritual in the Hospital: Giving Birth the American Way,» «The Technocratic, Humanistic, and Holistic Models of Birth and Health Care»

Mother Nature, also by an anthropologist, shares experiences of motherhood as witnessed across the world and various cultures, across history and a variety of time periods, and even across species.

Cultural tradition: As previously stated, throughout most of human history, home birth has been considered the norm and it remains the norm in many different cultures across the globe.

From the start of history, in numerous European cultures, babies were wrapped with bands of linen or fabric around each limb and across the body.

The Celtic culture is based in Medieval European history, and the names that came from that period of time have remained popular across the pond.

Statistics on ethnic minorities in European science are scarce and difficult to parse due to the diversity of the colonization and migration histories of cultures across Europe.

«We expected to find similar trends across all primate radiations — that is, that the faces of highly social species would have more complex patterning,» said Santana, who conducted the research as a postdoctoral fellow with the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and UCLA's Institute for Society and Genetics and who is now an assistant professor at the University of Washington and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.

The broad appeal of these studies is likely to be related to the universal nature of music throughout history and across cultures, as well as the intrinsic relationship between music and language.

It's unfair, really, as it's one of the most culturally rich destinations you'll ever come across — from the wonder of its major cities to the intrigue of its rich history and heritage, Japan's culture is prevalent and diverse, making for a very unique experience.

Haha - yes definitely yoga teachers or hippies I had always associated them with that too - in Western culture, or with Asian cultures and had never seriously thought of wearing them, until I started reading fashion history and came across the lovely styles of the 1910's.

The meaning of marriage can be broad and its specificities change from culture to culture, religion to religion and across the timeline of history.

Download free - to - access units of work and lesson plans that integrate topics such as sustainability, ethics, Aboriginal Histories and Cultures, economics and wellbeing across subject areas and year levels.

They provide free - to - access units of work and lesson plans that integrate topics such as sustainability, ethics, Aboriginal Histories and Cultures, economics and wellbeing across subject areas.

If they have nothing to say to any of us about understanding what it means to be fully human and more fully ourselves, if they have nothing to tell us about the human experience as it has unspooled throughout human history, if they have nothing to say about the power of language to communicate across the gaps that separate us, if they have nothing to say about culture, if they have nothing to say about the rich heritage of the English language, if they have nothing to say about understanding the universal and the specific in human life, about how to grow beyond our own immediate experience — if they are, in fact, nothing more than fodder for test prep, then what the hell are we doing?

There will be a less prominent world history section and pupils will be asked to study a theme such as changes in politics, religion or culture across the medieval, early modern and modern eras.

This event is part of the annual Facing History Los Angeles Summit on School Culture, where hundreds of Facing History students, educators, and administrators from over 20 middle and high schools across Los Angeles come together to help shape school culture rooted in empathy and rCulture, where hundreds of Facing History students, educators, and administrators from over 20 middle and high schools across Los Angeles come together to help shape school culture rooted in empathy and rculture rooted in empathy and respect.

A school's culture is characterized by deeply rooted traditions, values, and beliefs, some of which are common across schools and some of which are unique and embedded in a particular school's history and location.

You'll learn practical ways to appropriately and lawfully include teaching about the Bible and Christianity as it relates to history, culture, and values across the curriculum.

You'll learn practical ways to appropriately and lawfully include teaching about the Bible and Christian history, culture, and values across the curriculum.

The AAPI community is also the fastest - growing racial group in the United States — representing more than 48 ethnicities, over 300 spoken languages, varied socioeconomic status, and distinctions across immigration history, generational status, culture, and religion.»

United by a common history and joined by a squiggly, contentious border, India and Pakistan are like a lopsided Venn diagram containing shared and disparate cultures, languages, religions, ecosystems, values, and traditions across a combined population of approximately 1.4 billion people.

«We are so thankful for Kobo's commitment and generous donation to help us shed light on the importance of education and literacy, while bringing to life Aboriginal stories and culture to youth across Canada, enriching the lives of young people and helping to preserve a piece of Canada's history.»

Thubron journeys across a vast region rich with history and culture, in search of its heart and soul.

For some readers, discovering the history and culture of Tibet was fascinating: I was mesmerized by the trek to freedom across the Himalayan mountains in winter and the deeply spiritual nature of the grandmother and her husband, a Tibetan monk (Susan S).

«Their commitment to building a superior catalogue of titles across a number of areas like philosophy, history, fiction, and culture is a key differentiator among booksellers and one that appeals to those Readers most passionate about the written word.

In a post on his personal page over the weekend, the Facebook founder said that his «challenge for 2015» is «to read a new book every other week» (presumably bringing him up to 26 in total across the year), particularly focusing on «learning about different cultures, beliefs, histories and technologies.»

Distributed across Escambia County in the heart of Florida's Pan Handle, Foo Foo Festival celebrates the arts, culture, history, fitness, food, and entertainment in an event that lasts twelve consecutive days.

The bejeweled train offers all the pleasures fit for royalty with an itemized itinerary traversing across royal states, monuments, vivid history and culture.

The VJV guides are hand - picked across all our tours, and our clients tend to be like - minded individuals who want to learn about the history and culture of your destination.

If you're intrigued by the history and culture of the area you can easily delve into Malta's 7000 - year history, beach lovers will find a sunbathing haven across the various rocky bays (Spinola, Balluta Bay and Exiles Bay - watch out for the rocks, though!)

Discover a variety of striking scenery, interesting history and rich culture from our range of rail tours across France and Benelux.

She enjoys delving into the history and culture of a place be it across the ocean or around the corner.

There is a wealth of local history and culture to discover, and children will never forget a visit to the pyramids of Luxor, or a boat trip along the Nile, or even a camel ride across the spectacular desert dunes.

We are the only European airline to fly to Australia and our vast route network covers more than 200 destinations across the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, offering the chance to explore and soak up the history and culture of a wide range of destinations.»

To further explore the island's natural beauty, history, and culture, we have villas listed in other locations all across Bali, including Petitenget, Canggu and Sanur.

The train travelled across destinations in Rajasthan offering guests a mesmerizing glimpse of the Rajput warrior history, desert castles and vibrant culture.

Contrary to popular belief, the system of patriarchy has not existed for all of history across all time and all cultures.

The game now offers players new ways to interact with their world, expand their empire across the map, advance their culture, and compete against history's greatest leaders to build a civilization to stand the test of time.

Video game music podcast and retro gaming that spans across multiple platforms in an attempt to bring music, history, awareness and some of the gaming culture to people that share a similar passion.

A comprehensive process of investigation and documentation of the archives of the producers and communities that formed the foundation of alternative and avant - garde culture across the United States is the first step in uncovering this history.

This course explores developments in visual cultural and photographic technology in contemporary culture across the World and surveys photography's role in shaping world histories, cultures, and identities.

Jonas» work, which has been exhibited extensively across the globe since the early 1970s, is dedicated to the exploration of non-linear narratives, oral history, as well as past and current politics; it translates popular culture, anthropological influences, and literary sources into a reduced and minimalist language of gestures, objects, and signs as an expanded notion of sculpture.