Sentences with phrase «by alien cultures»

Up until now, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, has primarily involved listening for radio signals deliberately or inadvertently sent by alien cultures into space.

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If you feel your culture is under threat, however, or is going to be swamped by what you regard as alien influences, or if you want to have some control over the degree to which another culture influences yours — then you may develop a mentality of resistance.

Those of us shaped by the Enlightenment, for example, often think of justice in quite individualistic ways alien to persons of some other cultures.

Islamic culture has been affected by the cultural, social, and political conditions in which it existed and by the challenge which the Muslims faced, a challenge which stimulated them to meditate on their Faith and to present it in its genuine form, free of alien interpolations.

It would be a mistake to see this as entirely inflicted on the immigrant groups by an alien American culture.17 Some form of it is what lured many to these shores in the first place.

It appears to them and it appears to me that many churches, ministries are more influenced by culture, more influenced by political ideology, more influenced by American nationalism than by the radical demands by Jesus to live as exiles and sojourners and refugees in this alien world called America.

Christians were persecuted and were practically exterminated from China by the end of the fourteenth century, not only because they were not in the mainstream of Chinese culture, but mainly because the Christians were supported by an alien political power and they in turn supported that political power.

Yet, sadly, it seems not to occur to many such persons that had they, by accident of birth, been reared in a different faith culture they might well believe just as passionately in a different «one true faith» that today is totally alien to them.

Needless to say, anti-immigration debates continue to be loud, and are largely informed by a worldview at odds with itself, in which host communities are pitted against a deluge of immigrants — a burden on the economy and a marching in of an inflexible and alien culture.

Fourthly, it is also germane that the Security Services had made it clear in March 2005, through a report from the Intelligence and Security Committee, that «they operated a culture that respected human rights and that coercive interrogation techniques were alien to the Services» general ethics, methodology and training» (paragraph 9 of the first judgment), indeed they «denied that [they] knew of any ill - treatment of detainees interviewed by them whilst detained by or on behalf of the [US] Government» (paragraph 44 (ii) of the fourth judgment).

But it is instructive to note that, that brand of tribal chauvinism being demonstrated by our respected Awulaemo is aesthetically ugly, intellectually illogical and practically inefficient, very alien to the well known rich Nzema culture and hospitality.

Advances in tissue culture, molecular markers, and genomics offer new potential to broaden the gene pool of rice by tapping the genetic variability hidden in the wild species and further enhance the efficiency of alien gene introgression.

It suggests the possibility of a string of alien cultures on a single planet which are literally fuelled by the bodies of the predecessors.

There's a road map to saving ourselves in Happy Feet and it has something to do with revelling in difference rather than being repelled by it — of rolling ourselves up in alien culture so that a common language is rooted out.

District 9 is not only an action thriller, but a thought provoking critique on our own culture that can't be ignored as the Aliens or Prawns (derogetory term given to them by the humans) play a much larger emotional and dynamic role in the film than the trailer or bits of viral marketing let on.

The reason that he looks so stereotypical is that the common perception of Aliens was inspired by him, as were other aspects of popular culture.

A highly intriguing but incredibly flawed action / adventure film that bases its story on the notion that Ancient Egypt was created by an alien named Ra, who took over the body of a young boy and developed the culture of that region.

The surviving cast members are the innocents and the entertainers, who triumph by determining that the alien invaders — the ultimate elitists — are actually susceptible to the kitschiest strains of American pop culture.

Let's appreciate the view of Tea Party parents, too, families that feel besieged by a popular culture that's alien to their values and that want some measure of control over what is taught in their children's schools.

McLaughlin, though unintentionally, also seems to further the idea that being introduced to a different language - and by extension its culture - at a young age produces more open - minded individuals who don't view the «bilingual» as having an «alien way of thinking» but rather as a person having a different opinion or view.

The two older girls returned home almost immediately, while the other three were taken in by kind New England families whose alien cultures and traditions slowly distanced them from their memories of home.

Gestural or minimal; isolated or grouped, written, painted, filmed or constructed, the components marking this alien culture's individual extremes now flow together, like Chen Zhen's (Precipitous Parturition, 1999), a 50 - foot - long inner - tube dragon that connects the rotunda, into a polymath aesthetic unified by one longing, one need.

2006 Primitivism Revisited, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA RADAR: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England William Hogarth, Musee du Louvre, Paris, France; travelled to Tate Britain, London, England; Caixa Forum, Madrid, Spain Transvideo, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA MASCARADA / MASQUERADE, DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain DRESSCODE, Historisches und Volkerkundemuseum, St Gallen, Switzerland Space is the Place, Independent Curators International, New York, USA Los Usos de la Pintura II, Espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico (curated by Julieta González) Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, California, USA Africa Remix, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre, National Gallery of Canada Contemporary Commonwealth, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia A Historic Occasion, Artists Making History, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA East Wing Collection No. 7 Culture Bound, Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, London, England Around The World In Eighty Days, Institute of Contemporary Arts and South London Gallery, London, England Photography: Recent Acquisitions, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, New York, USA Artificial Afrika, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, USA (curated by Vernon Reid and C. Daniel Dawson)

I AM NOT WESTERN AI: ANIMALS, ALIENS, AND ALTERNATE PHILOSOPHIES OF MIND DISCUSSION Assistant Professor, Academy of Media Arts Cologne Mi You, National Technology Officer Microsoft China Ltd Qing Wei, Professor, Philosophy Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona Jordi Vallverdú, Hosted by Noah Raford How did intelligence, cognition, and concepts of the self varied across cultures (and species)?

2006 Primitivism Revisited, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA 2006 RADAR: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA 2006 Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England 2006 William Hogarth, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France; travelled to Tate Britain, London, England; Caixa Forum, Madrid, Spain 2006 Transvideo, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 2006 MASCARADA / MASQUERADE, DA2 — Domus Artium 2002, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain 2006 DRESSCODE, Historisches und Völkerkundemuseum, St Gallen, Switzerland 2006 Space is the Place, Independent Curators International, New York, USA 2006 Los Usos de la Pintura II, Espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico (curated by Julieta González) 2006 Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, California, USA 2006 Africa Remix, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 2006 Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre, National Gallery of Canada 2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia 2006 A Historic Occasion, Artists Making History, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA 2006 East Wing Collection No. 7 Culture Bound, Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, London, England 2006 Around The World In Eighty Days, Institute of Contemporary Arts and South London Gallery, London, England 2006 Photography: Recent Acquisitions, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, New York, USA 2006 Artificial Afrika, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, USA (curated by Vernon Reid and C. Daniel Dawson)

Tony Oursler: Unidentified Alien Art By Genie Davis Through April 1st Running through April 1st at Redling Fine Art, Tony Oursler's Unidentified is a witty and disconcerting take on American UFO culture, from it's rather benign beginnings to its darker, abduction mythology.

Nagle's perfect sculptural objects employ texture, shape, and colour, feeling like the output of an alien informed by low - rider culture and Japanese zen philosophy.

Noted pop - culture collectibles sculptor Pigott exhibits figures, production figures, book covers, wax originals and relief plaques, supplemented by photos and concept drawings of other creations from «Star Wars,» «Lord of the Rings,» «The Simpsons,» «Star Trek» and «Alien.»

By suggesting that the failure of ECS estimates to converge casts meaningful doubt on the scientific case for AGW, JB and DDS merely reveal how alien they are to the modern culture and practice of the Earth Sciences.