Sentences with phrase «contemporary struggles»

Though it would be foolish to pretend a document drawn up by feudal barons contains the answers, the Magna Carta furnishes a rich tradition of resistance to arbitrary power to inspire and orientate contemporary struggles.

Certainly one of the most interesting approaches to tackle the subject of Christianity, Novitiate does not seek to give out answers or judge religion as a whole, but presents the power struggle and human emotions that mirror the contemporary

While «The Wound» shed light on contemporary struggles for the LGBT community, a pair of European submissions looked to the past to show how far we've come.

It is our hope that students come away from these three lessons understanding the ways individuals and groups can apply the philosophy and practice of nonviolence to inform contemporary struggles against violence and injustice.

Jones has noted that «Such continued physical presence -LSB-...] of a partial story confirms uncomfortable facts about contemporary struggles for power and privilege.»

Filmed in both contemporary and historic Shanghai, and in the breathtaking subtropical mountains of Guangxi province, the visually luscious video interweaves contemporary struggles of daily life with ancient mythology and historical artistic forms.

Then, as many of his contemporaries struggled to stay relevant in the West, he found acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, entering into the various competitions numerous times and winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2008 for Tokyo Sonata and the Un Certain Regard — Directing Prize for Journey to the Shore.

With a brightly rendered San Francisco Bay and a bent and puffy California Oak slanting across its background, this freshly revealed work also evokes the city's contemporary struggle: nurturing art, culture, and knowledge while weathering the dramatic change swept in by the tech economy.

His work makes references to the late modernist tradition of the New York abstract expressionists, yet stand out as the products of a contemporary struggle, pointing at the grey blocks of paint covering up graffitied walls of Istanbul, metaphorically paralleling the country's everlasting attempt of covering up creative progress of free direction.

Like William T. Williams, he worked to reconcile his interest in abstraction with his passion for telling the stories of black Americans, searching for a way that abstract art could speak to historical and contemporary struggle.

Barad's background in particle physics, and the writings of other physicists have helped me tremendously in understanding the practical application of quantum physics in our contemporary struggle for survival in an increasingly dangerous world.

This panel discussion addresses the legacy of feminist art and theory and its enduring relevance to contemporary struggles.