Sentences with phrase «cultural challenges not»

They welcome the new technology but often regard the associated cultural challenges not as aspects of globalization but as westernization — and this they wish to reject.

Not exact matches

«The challenges in business today are not technical, they're cultural,» he says.

That's not to say there aren't cultural and economic challenges.

And she has yet to find a business challenge that cultural understanding and clear language can't solve.

Apparently, the cultural perception we're challenging here is the one where we know not to dump water all over our music players.

We are not just talking about a convergence of disciplines, but of an authentically global synthesis in which the various forms of knowledge... find common ground in a shared personal and social vision... We must not imagine that the socio - cultural challenge of today can be met with theological thought that specialises in the content of doctrine or concentrates on religious experience.

When liberal Christians or socially conscious evangelicals challenge the failure of this view's adherents to articulate social and cultural concerns, the reply is that such concerns are not part of the church's proclamation, but that individual evangelicals have always been motivated to reform and renew society, almost automatically.

The challenge to social conservatives at this point is still to name one social, political, or cultural problem that is not made worse by the pressure of overpopulation.

Theology from the Third World challenges not only language requirements but also major cultural concepts, assumptions and worldviews.

The real challenge is not in the number of participants but in the arrival of a few powerful innovators who can serve as cultural catalysts.

Students born and raised in the United States face a challenge that was not faced in such acute form by their parents who grew up in a coherently Muslim cultural environment.

We are challenged today at this point by the cultural and doctrinal exuberance of indigenous third - world expressions of Christianity, not to mention unprecedented contact with other world religious traditions on their own terms.

I don't believe I'm not saying anything much different than what you wrote above, but I would encourage you to point out that shaping role of culture that underlies who we become as humans rather than simply accepting cultural assumptions as givens that can not themselves be challenged.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

Its interesting account of the poiesiso f Christian life (pages 61 - 68) does not focus on the challenging but rewarding hard work of reviving authentic Christian Culture as service - and - challenge to the contemporary «cultural desert».

In this double issue of Attached Family, we take a look at the cultural explosion of breastfeeding advocacy, as well as the challenges still to overcome, with features such as: The Real Breastfeeding Story, Extended Breastfeeding Around the World, When Breastfeeding Doesn't Work, Breastfeed, Chicago!

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

I find it unfortunate that we do not support mothers with pertinent information about normal and healthy infant sleep or ways to cope with the challenges of nighttime parenting, and limit the discussion to differences in «parenting styles» and within the framework of misguided cultural expectations and beliefs.

A Waldorf curriculum writer is not going to know about my tiny location in the Southeast, our particular ethinic and cultural background as a family, our particular interests, our health challenges, and what is around me regarding places of geographic, cultural, and historical interst!

Another challenge is having an informed process that not only educates American Indians about the potential benefits of engaging in genomics research, but then having the cultural competency of researchers to engage a community to have more equitable research.»

However, if this sounds as if the most important film festival in the self - proclaimed cultural capital of the world is basically just a bunch of leftovers, we challenge anyone not to be tempted by the delectable, if familiar, offerings.

How students use «critical thinking tools» (problem posing, multiperspectivity, reflective skepticism, systemic thinking and dialog) and «rhetorical tools» (positioning of self and others, invoking cultural narratives, justifications, challenges, resistance) provides insight into whether or not discussions deepen student's understanding of controversial issues and foster recognition across groups in conflict, she says.

Accomplishing this is a challenge, one that is not adequately met by occasional programs, cultural assemblies, or guest speakers alone.

Finding teachers with basic skills in another language isn't difficult, but finding teachers who are able to have «content - rich conversation with understanding of the cultural implications,... that's a little more challenging,» he said.

This enrollment milestone reflects not only a cultural shift but also a host of challenges for educators, including more students living in poverty, more students learning English as an additional language, and more whose life experiences will differ from those of their teachers.

Not to spit on publishing, but seriously, what to do about ebooks and slim profit margins pales in comparison to the cultural impact libraries have and the financial challenges they're currently facing.

For those who were born outside of communism, The Bathing Women sheds light on some of the Cultural Revolution's tragedies and effects on young people, but it is not political strife that marks this work as noteworthy — it is the careful exploration of love, loss, and the challenges of friendship and sisterhood that extend across time and culture which leave a lasting impression.

It's vitally important to remember that most people have not considered the immense difference between a world seen through the lens of a traditional relational database system and a world seen through the lens of a Hadoop Distributed File System.This paper broadly describes the cultural challenges that accompany efforts to create and sustain big data initiatives in an evolving world whose data management processes are rooted firm...

While the city of Oakland is not without its own challenges, it was through official support that the Oakland Art Murmur, a walk between eight galleries in 2005, became the full - throated, monthly cultural event of 25,000 visitors that today is Oakland First Fridays.

SPRING / BREAK Art Show is an internationally recognized exhibition platform using underused, atypical and historic New York City exhibition spaces to activate and challenge the traditional cultural landscape of the art market, typically but not exclusively during Armory Arts Week.

Artists who subscribed to a black nationalist agenda argued that Thomas (along with the other well - known black abstractionists) created works that did not challenge the aesthetic sensibilities of the white cultural mainstream.

«This was developed in the talks programming — the panel Collapsing Structures discussed the role of art institutions in taking political stands, challenging museum neutrality and saw Laura Raicovich, former Queens Museum exective director, contentiously stating that cultural institutions express values that may not actually be matched by their actions.

These thought - provoking works of art will not only challenge the viewers» preconceptions about written language and cultural identity, they will also invite them to interact with the art.

Of course, these ideas aren't mutually exclusive; it may be that it's as fortuitous that the environmental challenge arrived only after H. Sap had developed enough to survive it, as it is that it arrived and helped push us out of a long cultural stasis.

But as experimental studies show, it's possible to disable or blunt culture's heuristic influence: when people's cultural identities are affirmed, they don't experience the threatening affective response, or are less influenced by it, as they consider information that challenges beliefs that pre-dominate in their group; when they can't discern a consistent connection between the cultural identity of advocates and positions on some risk issue, they can't simply adopt the position of the advocate whom they perceive as having values most like theirs.»

«Dealing with climate change is not simply an issue of CO2 emission reduction but a comprehensive challenge involving political, economic, social, cultural and ecological issues, and the population concern fits right into the picture,» said Zhao.

The more we can move toward embracing the best of all worlds, and choosing our tools according to what works best, not what fits our own cultural, ideological or political preconceptions, the better chance we have of meeting the challenges that await.

But, if the Apprenticeship Levy is to succeed in making apprenticeships a feature of the modern workplace, employers and society alike will need to be open to embrace a cultural change, as this legislation challenges traditional perceptions of where apprenticeships are appropriate and where they are not.

The challenge, however, lies in dealing with the cultural differences in the relationship: on the one side, a democratic, not - for - profit managed process — in some cases even operational decisions on products and pricing get referred to a passing Council member — and a commercial publisher driven by market demands and client needs.

Indeed, this is largely an organizational or cultural challenge — not a technical one.

This year's set features Samantha Peters tackling cultural competency, Monica Befa introducing us to the ethics of tweeting, Valerie Akujobi considering the challenge of advertising for women lawyers, Lindsay Carbonero addressing the importance of treating mental health as a professionalism issue and Cathleen Brennan arguing for why the proposed LSUC restrictions on judges returning to practice do not go far enough.

The most common challenges that foreign investors and clients face when setting up a business in my country are: qualifying for the complex bidding processes for major projects; finding reliable partners to form partnerships or consortiums; and cultural nuance and legal uncertainty & insecurity caused by changing its regulatory environment and not having legal advisors with the capacity to offer them comprehensive and trustable legal services.

Combine these cameras with faster processors and machine - learning algorithms, and it's now possible to create function - specific robots pre-loaded with gesture recognition, knowledge of common navigational challenges and cultural behaviors (not getting onto a crowded elevator, for example) and the ability to routinely update that understanding.

While employers see the benefits of working remotely and providing flexible work schedules, many choose not to provide these benefits because of the management and cultural challenges they can create.

For Stolen Generations Survivors, who report mental health conditions at a higher rate than those not removed, healing — including by strengthening cultural connections and thereby supporting social and emotional wellbeing — is critical but can be particularly challenging.

The challenge now is how to build on that foundation — how to implement the commitments and agreements we have secured in a comprehensive, integrated and coordinated manner and across all the necessary government portfolios, in a way that addresses not only health but also the many social and cultural determinants of Indigenous health inequality.

While accepting that self - determination is limited by not challenging the territorial autonomy of nations, he expresses concern that self - determination should not be so limited that it prevents the expression of «cultural autonomy» by particular groups, which he sees as «vital to preserve cultures, and maintain group identity».

REALTOR ® leadership disputes and challenges normally focus on loss of image, not becoming president of the current association, disagreement over the name of the new entity, cultural differences (sometimes ethnic makeup or socioeconomic disparity), community projects (i.e., pet projects), as well as a host of smaller issues we can simply call «politics.»

Establishing contact is not always easy; time zones, language barriers and cultural differences can create unique challenges.