Sentences with phrase «cultural experience so»

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Before my experiment of a year without flying, I would have seen not flying as deprivation and sacrifice, but my experience taught me that my happiness, joy, adventure, cultural exploration, and so on didn't depend on flying.

Because today's media landscape is so fragmented, big, communal cultural experiences are rarer than they were back when Friends was hauling tens of millions of viewers every Thursday night at 8:00; and because almost everything is available to watch on - demand, not much of what people consume is truly unpredictable anymore.

In his own experience he may have consciously adopted them and made them his own, but because man is so dependent on the cultural influences around him, this was already largely predetermined.

To read in the original languages is sure to bring even more misunderstanding and misinterpretation, because to any of us, they are foreign to our language experience, but even more so, to the cultural context of the times in which any were written.

For he can help us to get some spiritual distance on our cultural situation; he can increase our awareness of those aspects of our modern consciousness which cut the heart out of our Christian experience, and so help to free us from them; he can help engender in us a sense of humor about ourselves which comes from taking a less contemporary and more eternal perspective — a perspective in which our love of God, our gratefulness to Christ and our concern for our neighbor will have a chance to grow.

Yet, there can be no doubt that it is characteristic of religious experience to transcend cultural conditions, as the same scholar has documented so well in his essays in Christ and Culture.

In so doing it helped to promote Christian faith in America, but at the same time it de-emphasized the role of the Church by concentrating on an individual experience, and it also made Christianity a stranger to large segments of American intellectual, cultural, and political life.

If she follows trends found in every major study of higher education since the 1950s, Paula's experience of college will have a secularizing impact on her faith, mediating the intellectual relativism and cultural eclecticism that is so much a part of her postmodern world.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

Back in the period I am talking about, the 1930s and 1940s, Jews living in the major population centers of American Jewish life — New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and so on — might at least in some part of their daily lives have experienced a sense of cultural dominance: in their neighborhoods, on their blocks, most people lived as they did, and spoke as they did, and viewed the world as they did.

As had happened many times in my three years of teaching these same monks, their cultural and religious experiences - so far removed and foreign to mine - had enriched a seemingly mundane conversation on science.

If Cézanne attempts to have the landscape think itself within his experience, it can do so only in terms of the cultural forms that are at hand, or that he will invent in response to the complex richness of the landscape.

So it does make for a great meal to serve at dinner parties and people usually love the cultural experience.

So he spoke of his desire to play for West ham and cultural experiences in exotic locations with like minded peers.

I volunteer my time with the Arlington Cultural Council so I can be assured an eclectic array of arts and cultural programming is coming into my community and that the underserved population is able to experience tCultural Council so I can be assured an eclectic array of arts and cultural programming is coming into my community and that the underserved population is able to experience tcultural programming is coming into my community and that the underserved population is able to experience the arts.

CHRISTINE STEWART - FITZGERALD: Au pairs are, I mean they're providing a service of childcare and helping around the house in that regard, but in addition to childcare I mean, having au pair is really truly a cultural experience, so where do most of the au pairs come from and you know, how do they benefit from the program?

So, the term «extended breastfeeding» assumes that the specific cultural and material conditions that middle - and upper - class contemporary Westerners experience — widespread misunderstanding and stigma surrounding women's breasts and children's biology; widespread availability of commercial formula; clean water to prepare it with; the time and space to wash, sterilize, and store bottles, and so forth — are «normal,» while literally everything that has ever existed outside of this limited cultural experience and relatively short, unique period in time is somehow abnormaSo, the term «extended breastfeeding» assumes that the specific cultural and material conditions that middle - and upper - class contemporary Westerners experience — widespread misunderstanding and stigma surrounding women's breasts and children's biology; widespread availability of commercial formula; clean water to prepare it with; the time and space to wash, sterilize, and store bottles, and so forth — are «normal,» while literally everything that has ever existed outside of this limited cultural experience and relatively short, unique period in time is somehow abnormaso forth — are «normal,» while literally everything that has ever existed outside of this limited cultural experience and relatively short, unique period in time is somehow abnormal.

For example, having a mentor who is also a parent or is from the same cultural background might be important for students so they can gain knowledge from someone with similar experiences.

«Diabetes, perhaps more so than any other chronic disease, requires people to significantly modify their behaviors — sometimes in ways that are contrary to their cultural norms and backgrounds — even when they don't «feel» sick or experience symptoms of the disease,» said John G. Ryan, Dr.PH., Topic Editor for Endocrinology and Diabetes, and guest editor for the April 2014 Diabetes Update, entitled Race, Risk and Behaviors.

To most fully capture nuanced experiences and beliefs so as to accurately assess the patient's / family's / staff's spiritual / religious and cultural needs, the healthcare chaplaincy field needs to develop more robust spiritual assessment tools.

Instructional Designers are looking for a great experience, so if your company is known for having strong values of respect, listening to employee ideas, having fun, and using modern systems of getting things done — any one of these cultural aspects could influence the candidate to choose you over another company.

You must also consider employees» cultural backgrounds so as to provide a personalized online training experience.

It is important to ensure that educators have diversity training so that their cultural understandings include an acknowledgement of the lived experiences of Latinos / as who speak their native language at home.

And it's so important to have that be a positive experience for our English learners and their families and understanding some of the cultural implications of that interaction is really important.

It's fascinating to see how the same experiences can be so different depending upon your cultural lenses.

So it is perhaps of no surprise that there are favorite themes that readers return to again and again — such as billionaires, cowboys or babies — but also that other trends come and go, depending on the current cultural climate and how it affects what reading experience women are looking for.

So, make your plans now to attend the 2015 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival and experience many of the events and activities that I've mentioned in this feature.

Just as the heart is so tenderly and painstakingly etched into wood, I will carve out my experiences, curious dialogue, striking faces, cultural surprises with words and sketches.

A visit to the Zulu Kingdom would not be complete without an experience of the Zulu culture, so make sure to visit one of the many Zulu cultural villages or Kraals that give insight into the traditions of these great warriors, or take a tour of the many famous battlefields where these proud people fought off the early European settlers.

We offer a variety of trip styles, so whether you are looking for an educational retreat, an active escape, a photography tour, a cultural experience or a charitable expedition, we have a trip for you!

This means that people choosing to explore the continent are treated to an extremely rich experience, with so many world - renowned attractions and cultural gems packed into a relatively small area.

The city is so enriched with cultural, artistic and architectural treasures that it could conceivably take a lifetime to experience and admire them all.

And the cultural experience was so unique!

With so many Australian breaks being packed and jammed with other surfers and so many popular international surf destinations also being crowded and full of other surfers, our Surf Trips give you the chance to put together bespoke exclusive breaks to surf and combining this with an amazing and unique cultural experience.

I'd look for cultural experiences and try to see as many things as I could so that I have something to write about.

And that's it... So whether you're just looking to brush up on language skills for fun, preparing for a move overseas or just wanting an authentic cultural experience, thousands of approved hosts on Lingoo are waiting to show the sights and sounds of their home country.

Seems like he and I approach living abroad in similar ways, trying to see as much as possible and saying «yes» to stuff we normally wouldn't, so I really enjoyed hearing about his experiences and his thoughts about some of the cultural differences and nuances between his American life and what he experienced in Costa Rica.

«Renaissance Hotels are known for creating authentic experiences that offer guests a sense of discovery whether they are travelling for business or leisure, so we feel that Izmir, with its rich cultural and historical heritage, is a perfect fit with the brand and its philosophy.»

So for around # 1,200 you can surf tropical waves for a fortnight, fueled by colourful cuisine, tick all the boxes for a true cultural holiday and gain experiences that money can't buy.

If so you must book a tour of Mossman Gorge with the Ngadiku Dreamtime Walks and you will experience a traditional smoking ceremony, visit sacred ceremony sites, see an indigenous cultural performance and more.

The loop tour begins and ends at a beach resort town, so you can enjoy the resort experience, in addition to your in - depth cultural adventure through the Mayan Riviera with Mayan tours.

On this blog, I write and share stories and photography from my own experiences, travel adventures and local wanderings and explorations both in my home province of Manitoba (Canada) and abroad; in - depth travel guides for the places I have visited; reviews (accommodation, product, restaurants, tours, activities, etc.); simple and healthy plant - based recipes; tips for living a healthy, simple and natural lifestyle; detailed articles about a variety of travel - related topics (solo female travel, deeper and off the beaten path travel, misconceptions about places and debunking negative myths, staying safe, responsible travel, cultural insights, packing tips and lists, travel research and planning, ethnic cuisines, and more); tips for healthy and natural living and so much more!

Game Republic in the afternoon at Futurelabs featured talks from Sony PlayStation VR on «The Journey So Far» including what the company is looking for now in VR games and experiences («innovation» and «the next big thing») and a presentation from York developer Recluse Industries, plus the BFI on the cultural test for Games Tax Relief.

Himid has said, «The point I am often exploring vis - à - vis the black experience is that of being so very visible and different in the White Western everyday yet so invisible and disregarded in the cultural, historical, political or economic record or history.»

Another typical house - setting is Alabama Song, a project that provides Houston with a place where people can converse about not - so - typical cultural things and experience a presentation of non object - based ideas: artist talks, critique and reading groups, screenings, workshops and performances.

I see my cultural identity as an amalgam of my various life experiences so it's constantly in flux as I inhabit more spaces.

Taking Gilles Deleuze's term «the time - image» as an open provocation and philosophical framework, Time / Image features artworks and films that explore time as a political, historical, and cultural dimension that can be accessed and manipulated so that we might experience it differently.

The exhibition's logic incorporates that of the nomadic cultural incubator, cross-continental happening, and moving earthwork Station to Station, 2013, which, like so many of Aitken's works, embraced a collaborative spirit beyond disciplines and beyond walls to reimagine the nature of what a work of art can be, of what an art experience can do.

ArtHamptons salutes Ruth Appelhof this summer for her relentless efforts in providing countless memorable cultural experiences for Hamptonites and doing so on a year round basis.

By presenting a psychotherapy salon with African associations, he has tested the idea that this type of therapy is viewed as a purely Western practice, and in doing so he has amalgamated sources and cultural experiences through his own artistic language.