Sentences with phrase «cultural identity by»

A seminal figure working in the ceramic arts for more than twenty - five years, Takamori continues to explore themes of cultural identity by engaging the history of Eastern and Western aesthetics.

Amanda Gutiérrez (b. 1978, Mexico City) explores the experience of home, belonging, and cultural identity by bringing into focus details of everyday practices whose ordinary status makes it particularly hard for us to notice their key role in defining who we are.

Starting with an iconic garment like a sarape, Adrian Esparza explores cultural identity by unraveling the garment into a colorful, abstract installation.

The Personal Perspectives multimedia project described in this article engages teacher candidates in examining and representing their cultural identity by means of Apple's iMovie software.

The works unfold histories and cultural identities by opening dialogues with people whose testimonies elaborate on portraits of their individual and collective memories, desires, opinions and experiences amidst the construction of time.

Working in a variety of media, Shalev - Gerz unfolds histories and cultural identities by opening dialogues with individuals, drawing upon their testimonies to elaborate upon their individual and collective memories, desires, opinions and experiences amidst the construction of time.

As a Teaching Artist, Bazz assists the youth in exploring their own cultural identities by facilitating conversations via art activities.

Not exact matches

The hi - tech multimedia, dictated by the corporate powers and agencies of the global market, subjugate cultural subjecthood, cultural values, style of life, perceptions of beauty, and religious mystery in life, as well as ethnic, national identities of persons and community to the market wasteland of cultural life.

While the principal function of the immigrant churches was to preserve the ethnic and cultural identity of the immigrants, the main purpose of the mission churches, resulting from agreements negotiated by and with churches in the United States, was not to serve communities of U.S. citizens in the region, but to plant churches among the local inhabitants.

The multimedia, directed by the corporate powers and agencies of the global market, subjugate cultural subjecthood, cultural values, life styles, perceptions of beauty and religious mystery, as well as ethnic national identities of persons and communities to the market's cultural wasteland.

Finally the assembly agreed on a number of guidelines for a new information order, including: the elimination of the imbalances and inequities brought on by media monopolies; a «better balanced dissemination of information and ideas»; freedom of the press and of information; and respect for each people's cultural identity and its right to inform the world about its «interests, aspirations and social and cultural values.

The challenge before us is to navigate the hyphen and be prepared to explore our varied histories, discover the outside forces, question the economic compulsions, be astounded by the cultural diversity, empathise with the experience of marginality, marvel at the memories that have shaped all these various selves, and offered, and continue to offer us, an identity or identities across the hyphen, as the various embodied selves that make up the assorted group of people who are called Indian - Christians.

The worldviews held by these minorities are steeped in their religious and cultural life, which in turn reflect their collective identity.

His acceptance of the outcasts — one of his most radical acts — pointed to an identity defined by one's relationship to God rather than by cultural standards of performance.

Aware of the cultural decline of the West and of the weakening of Western civilisation, non-Western cultures are sitting on the fence: seduced by modernity, wanting to participate in the process of globalisation, they also want to remain faithful to their identity.

These statistics alarmed Jewish liberals and secularists who fear that an American Jewish identity revolving around secular philanthropy, liberal politics, and cultural modernization is about to be engulfed by an insular, antiquated, homophobic, and misogynistic religion.

Campbell retains the cultural identity of the meals by referring to the meals by their traditional Ethiopian name as well as many of the ingredients.

«By allowing the birth process to unfold in its most natural way, we honor traditions that have the power to shape our spiritual and cultural identity.»

So much of my identity was shaped by the cultural traditions and values of Waldorf education, and it is a wonderful thing to have a positive community to belong to.

It is hard to argue against the fact that countries are influenced in their strategic thinking and security policies by historical narratives of their respective national «cultures», which have sources in history, a shared sense of identity, folklore and cultural heritage.

After 1971 it was widely presumed that Bangladesh had escaped the identity problems of Pakistan by replacing the religious identity of Islam with a linguistic - cultural one of being Bengali.

Finally, national identity, the most symbolic aspect of sovereignty proudly brandished by right - wing populists, has largely been impacted by these supranational evolutions as well as by the cultural diversification of European societies.

Another question for debate - supported by some opinion polling and qualitative studies - is whether the demand in England is more focused on cultural space for expressions of English identity than it is on political institutions.

Tiffany Brannon's (University of California, Los Angeles) research provides evidence that school settings can affirm identity among members of negatively stereotyped groups — by, for instance, incorporating diverse cultural ideas and practices within academic courses or extracurricular activities — and, in turn, afford an increased sense of inclusion.

Kahan studies cultural cognition — the idea that the way people process information is heavily determined by their deep - seated values and cultural identities.

Lisa DeCamp, M.D., M.S.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the study's senior author, noted that although parental surveys of this kind have weaknesses in terms of parent responses reflecting the breadth of traumas children may be exposed to, the findings, published in the Oct. issue of the journal Pediatrics, offer new insight into potentially higher childhood resiliency among immigrant families supported by strong community networks and a strong sense of cultural identity.

Structure, Culture and Career Investments» by Stephen Sweet, analyzes data collected from employees in 11 countries to determine if gender differences in career centrality — the importance of one's career to their identity — exist, and examines how those differences relate to professional demands, gender role beliefs and cultural expectations.

Scientists are often appraised on the basis of the quality of their work and ideas and not by their cultural identity.

Although not readily visible to the casual observer on Andros Island amid an abundance of natural resources including a wide range of beautiful flora and fauna species, fresh water springs, dense woodlands with chestnut and poplar trees along with a preserved cultural identity including the presence of ancient water mills surrounded by an azure blue sea, there are nevertheless some natural threats and threats from anthropogenic activities associated with the island's continuing growth that adversely impact the conservation status of the project's targeted species.

As Condemi and her colleagues wrote, the mandible supports the theory of «a slow process of replacement of Neanderthals by the invading modern human populations, as well as additional evidence of the upholding of the Neanderthals» cultural identity.»

The distribution of chimpanzee cultural behaviors in the wild may therefore be strongly affected by the identity and social characteristics of the original inventors.

Tariq Ali (Naseeruddin Shah) was born in Pakistan and raised in a Muslim household by parents who later emigrated to London, but he's been willing to set a certain amount of his cultural identity aside in order to advance his career in law enforcement.

The son of an immigrant couple barely scraping by in Los Angeles» Koreatown struggles — ever so subtly — with his cultural and sexual identity in Spa Night, rookie writer - director Andrew Ahn's gossamer debut feature.

Acted by locals with authentic conviction, the dialogue ringing idiomatic and magical, and full of respect for the power and majesty of nature, Sayles» film elaborated the artistry of cultural identity amid the vicissitudes of an industrial age.

Most of the pleasures of «Don Jon» come from Gordon - Levitt setting up expectations and then softly deflating them: the blustery father figure played by Tony Danza starts out as a «type» before he begins to reveal layers of cultural and sexual identity that complicate a simpler interpretation.

There are discussions of shifting cultural identity in a changing urban landscape, and Melonie Diaz as an activist against gentrification; however, by the end of The Cobbler this progresses into an under - explained «Gotcha!»

Take the cultural cues in his work: the Rockwellian Americana he essays in Blue Velvet; the Bauhaus by way of Antoni Gaudi of Dune; or the late - Hitchcock identity puzzles he rejiggers in Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive — both commonly seen as satires of what they represent but more accurately described, perhaps, as simple, uncommented - upon representations of what a lower layer of consciousness might consider to be unadorned gospel.

As their feelings fester, it becomes clear their senses of self - worth are dictated by external cultural constructs, causing them to lose hold of their own identities.

Cultural or regional particularities do not come from outside, they are created by the people and are therefore in the first place dependent on the identity (individual and collective) of people, which's main state controlled part of creation takes place in school.

Frustrated by explanations of Asian academic achievement that related purely to either cultural identity or structural forces... Louie wanted to find out how the children themselves situated the influence of family in relation to schooling.

So what role is there for religiously trained people — chaplains — to be endorsed by the federal government as the only personnel that they will fund to provide advice and care to children from diverse cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds in need — to young people struggling with issues of sexual orientation and identity, with bullying or family violence, death and trauma?

The opportunity to (re) consider and (re) compare their own and other cultures can help students to situate their own lives, identities, and values relative to other students and to reflect on the ways in which they themselves are shaped, at least in part, by particular cultural influences or expectations.

«Their average ratings of each survey domain were around the scale's midpoint, meaning that tended to «somewhat agree» that the academic and instructional supports provided by their teachers were culturally responsive, that they were proud of and felt connected to their cultural identity, and that the school had good relationships with their families and communities.»

«We can not divorce ourselves from our racial or cultural identities, including those identities that have been projected onto us by others,» said Arronza LaBatt, executive director at Montgomery County Public Schools.

Perhaps you're from a family that celebrates its heritage, yet you feel alienated because your cultural identity isn't recognized by your teachers or classmates, or worse, is seen as deficient.

Students identify the social and cultural factors that help shape our identities by analyzing firsthand reflections and creating personal identity charts.

As students learn to use technology tools to build representations of a social world's characteristics, they generate reflective critical thought through their analysis and critique of the identities, relationships, and values constructed by the cultural practices and discourses in that social world.

I grew up reading the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen, fascinated by the ways in which gender, culture, and class limited the characters» movement within society, and Park added several more layers of complexity to Jane Re's story by introducing race, cultural identity and intergenerational conflict to the mix.

Among some of the themes explored are cultural vs. personal identity, self - actualization as the quintessential American Dream, development of individuality vs. sacrifice for family and future generations, and the creative process in a foreign language... as well as the perils of success found by sticking to the familiar.

The German - American cultural community and identity were in many ways devastated by the war Nearly 1 million German - Americans «disappeared» in the 1920 census because they claimed other ethnicities.