The true alternative to the traditional role of the masculine
as the active agent who influences is not the traditional conception of the feminine as the passive recipient of the influence.
In all his works — including billboards, stacked prints, text installations, jigsaw puzzle photographs, strings of light, and found objects — Gonzalez - Torres wished to include the viewer
as an active agent in producing the work's meaning.
Little can be accomplished without it, given that society values women's bodies most as decorative objects and least
as active agents of consciousness.
Consequently requiring one to turn the lighting back on — resetting and restarting the piece unwittingly — the work inventively eschews the conventional relationship between work and viewer in favor of the
viewer as an active agent, a primary and entirely necessary component of the work itself.
They should
act as the active agent in the moment, rather than as the audience, sitting on the sideline as spectators.
Reformers pursued these goals for the most part by means of legislation or constitutional amendment, not yet having enlisted the
judiciary as an active agent of their cause.
For man in his
role as an active agent, the future is a field of liberty and power, but for man in his role as a cognizant being the future is a field of uncertainty.
Following Julius Kovesi and Alasdair MacIntyre, Jones argues that when we describe, we do
so as active agents whose intentions and moral character pervade our descriptions.
In that sense this year has been really validating in that it reinforced my belief that youth need to be recognized and
engaged as active agents in their own education and development.
Her portrayal of the Black and female
body as an active agent rather than a silenced object, combined with her sophisticated take on 21st century social media communication and the virtual world, gives Phoebe Boswell a very distinct voice that is full of power and energy, making her one of the most interesting female artists currently emerging.
After the war the shift to considering
human as an active agent really expanded along with the new paradigm of environmentalism.
Since relocating to the Lower Mainland about six years ago, he has worked as a managing broker and recently teamed up with Fraser Valley sales rep Laura
June as an active agent.
During his first spring break in college, Josh received his real estate license and began
working as an active agent immediately while still attending school.
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As active agents of learning, we must encourage students to be engaged beyond using just social language but academic language as well....
As an active agent in education, culture and commerce, he is building new works, connections and discussions to inspire design culture in America and abroad.
This insight opens the way to a fresh look at that harsh separation of the world into an outer world in which objects interact inexorably by cause and effect, and an inner world in which we experience
ourselves as active agents.
All five see
themselves as active agents in determining their religions.
We need to reconsider the diversity of the world — possibly, on all «levels,» as with Lazlo — not as overridden material, passively «synthesized,» but
as active agents, recalcitrantly «negotiating,» adjusting, and as altering even the most pervasive and imperative patterns of existence.
They also discuss how the roles of men,
as active agents, and women, as passive victims, in war have been buttressed by current understandings of the use of rape in conflict zones and how this gendered understanding of conflict roles has negative consequences for the movement towards gender equality and the goal of eradicating rape in war.
When we ask deeper questions of all students, expect all to engage and provide wait time, we position
them as active agents in their learning.
Schools should be places of questioning and critical thinking that encourage students to see
themselves as active agents of change.
It is equally crucial, however, that teachers perceive
themselves as active agents in the district's push to implement reforms.
As an active agent and student Josh was able to start his career off during one of the most prolific times the Real Estate Industry has seen, the boom of 2000 - 2005.
As an active agent he generated an average of 6 transactions a month.