Sentences with phrase «cultural dislocation in»
The aftermath of such treaties were not favourable to Assiniboine peoples; many suffered from poor housing, deteriorating health, high unemployment, systemic discrimination, frequent abuse and cultural dislocation in residential schools, limited education and training, and government restrictions on religious ceremonies and political activity (see Social Conditions of Aboriginal People).
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In each case (1965 and 1981) it is evident (and somewhat embarrassing) that my sense of theological dislocation is hardly a matter of my own new insight or innovation, but one of a somewhat panicky, sloppy and inept reaction to external events, to massive and threatening cultural and historical changes that, quite against my will, force on me a different procedure, a different viewpoint, a different set of questions — a different theology.
The author looks at the way Christian conversion in non-Western nations tends to bring about cultural dislocation.
Its plotting is often a tad too plodding, but with the charismatic Mortensen exuding understated internal crisis (in a French - and Arabic - speaking role), Oelhoffen's film proves a compelling portrait of individuals striving to cope with, and at least somewhat overcome, cultural dislocation.
His monumental sculpture U.F.O. (2007) is comprised of brass water utensils fused together in the form of a shiny U.F.O. - like object, suggesting cultural dislocation and otherness, while pointing to vast disparities in wealth across the subcontinent.
Like a long - distance relationship, points of understanding and difference between the works come in equal measure - dislocation and a sense of cultural ambiguity permeates these works.
This contemporary art exhibition, organized by Wiels and curated by Dirk Snauwaert in collaboration with Mons 2015 — European Capital of Culture, will present a group of artists interested in phenomena of circulation, diaspora and cultural dislocation.
In recent installations, he revisits this archive, pairing images of Jackson with photographs of Ghana where Gray maintains a studio, exploring the diasporic dislocations and cultural connections which link the US to West Africa.
This was a time of great cultural and social dislocation borne of new technologies, a time in which one can find parallels with much of the dislocation we feel in this age of meta - information, the growth of A.I. and the blinding speed of the digital revolution.
While the curators» objective was to invert accepted ideas and to present artwork that exists in a kind of liminal state between dialectics, the most striking dislocation for me was the sense that the Biennial could have been staged as a curatorial occupation to de-center American cultural hegemony.
Presence, the featured work, is rooted in explorations surrounding cultural dislocation, disconnection and hybridity.
As an international artist living in New York City, she often feels dislocation and stress due to cultural differences, the scale of the architectural surroundings and the crowded conditions of daily life that create a metaphorical and literal wall around her.
in Canada for the abuse, suffering, and generational and cultural dislocation that resulted from assimilative, government - sanctioned
On 11 June 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons to offer, on behalf of the Government of Canada, an apology to Aboriginal peoples in Canada for the abuse, suffering, and generational and cultural dislocation that resulted from assimilative, government - sanctioned residential schools.