Sentences with phrase «cultural influences such»

The exhibition highlights key events, starting with the March on Washington in 1963, and considers cultural influences such as music, literature, and sports, on the artists of the time.

Depicting fantastic beasts and having themes of metamorphosis, identity, and magic as recurring, she blends various cultural influences such as Celtic literature, Renaissance painting, Central American folk art, medieval alchemy, and Jungian psychology.

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they are the first to unite materialism, sustainability values and cultural influence...» Aspirationals are particularly prevalent in emerging markets such as India, China and South Korea, but are also common here in the US.

Domestically, universities such as Pontificia Universidad Catolica and the Universidad de Chile have published studies focusing on entrepreneurship influencing cultural change and and the value of the traditional business accelerator.

Jewish - Christian rejection of homosexuality can not be, as some claim, a matter of «cultural conditioning,» since on this question it is obvious that Jews and Christians made such a determined, and successful, effort to resist the influence of surrounding cultures.

Is aware of the fact that deeply imbedded cultural stereotypes are likely to have their influence on him or her at an unconscious level, even though intellectually he or she rejects such stereotypes.

Latin America has such a wealth of symbols in part because it is made up of hybrid cultures; it contains a huge patchwork of ethnic and cultural influences and traditions.

Of course through such coexistence for long periods, there developed symbiotic interpretations of religions and cultural and social values, creating not one but several composite cultures and syncretic religious trends in different regions of the country in different periods of its history, with one or other religious value or cultural system having dominant influence.

But the influence of the cultural conditioning by this system is such that most universities and educational systems and even international lawyers, ethicists and moral theologians do not consider this aspect of the world injustice.

We do not know the cultural background and ethnic origins of the tribes that took part in the movement which we know best as Joshua's conquest of Palestine, yet the influence of the Arabian Desert was strong upon them, if we may judge from such information as we possess of their social life in the immediately following period.

Class, cultural, ethnic and intellectual differences brought on by such factors as industrialism, sectionalism and immigration, have had a marked influence on Protestantism.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

Socio - cultural influences, such as a worried, insistent grandmother who thinks the baby «just ate» and therefore can't possibly need to feed again can undermine a mother's confidence in whether she can satisfy her baby's appetite.

For example, the School Food Initiative set out to improve food on the plate at local public schools, and soon learned that such improvements also required us to influence cultural shifts within school districts as well as increasing food literacy throughout the community.

Being such a vast and diverse continent, African names have a large number of tribal, cultural and religious influences from across time.

And she is much more likely to either have knowledgeable breastfeeding support in her social circles or, if the breastfeeding specialist - to - mother ratio is similar to that of a wealthy nation, those breastfeeding supports are not having to compete with rampant cultural influence from formula companies and other cultural breastfeeding hurdles, such as unpaid maternity leave.

Skepticism is the typical reaction: A curator at one prominent museum argued that art is far more likely to be influenced by cultural developments, such as the invention of photography or the rise of Impressionism, than by evolution.

Some other researchers object to this framework because, they say, it doesn't reflect the cultural pressures that influence such choices.

For example, historical, economic, language and cultural ties all play a part — population movements with former colonies had particular influence; such as Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya with the UK, and Mali, Niger and Chad with France.

China and the countries of eastern Asia subject to Chinese cultural influence, such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam, use a naming system based on the five Chinese elements.

Such a transnational ping - pong of cultural influences results in a film experience that feels at once familiar and bizarre.

Finally, the gabbers discuss internet memes, what gives some of them such longevity, and how they influence cultural discourse.

As such, instructors who apply the Sociocultural Learning Theory in their instructional design can also become aware of how learners may directly impact one another, as well as how cultural «norms» can influence a learner's learning behavior.

A story about a man being supported by his wife helps to counter the cultural influence of those such as yourself, in a way that threatens the status quo.

Today Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and the greater region influenced by the Persian culture (such as Georgia, Armenia, Turkey and Dagestan) celebrate this national epic.The work is of central importance in Persian culture, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of the ethno - national cultural identity of modern - day Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

The city of Jakarta is unique in offering a representation of all of the different cultures of Indonesia and a growing connection with international influences which create a lively city with plenty of cultural attractions as well as modern and entertaining facilities such as bars and clubs.

(The cultural biases of Western individualism versus Eastern collectivism must surely be another factor here, however difficult it might be to adequately expose such influences in any tangible manner).

From the influences of African art on the Modernist forms of artists like Picasso, to the work of contemporary artists such as Kara Walker, Ellen Gallagher and Chris Ofili, the exhibition will map out visual and cultural hybridity in modern and contemporary art that has arisen from the journeys made by people of Black African descent.

«While it is perhaps not surprising that artists have found the night such a compelling subject for centuries, Night Vision sheds new light on the technical complexities and personal meanings embedded in its depictions, as well as how the period's unique cultural and social climate influenced subsequent artistic movements.»

These glass cabinets offer a mode of presentation where artworks and historical documentation come together, offering an insight into the working methods, influences, collaborators and supporting institutions, and the significance of women artists in the broader cultural field, such as Patrick who co-founded the Glasgow Women's Library over two decades ago, of which photographs from the 1990s are also on display.

The show looks at cross - cultural influence and divergence — both historical and recent — between countries such as Cuba, Brazil, South Africa and Angola, as well as other regions such as Mozambique, and Namibia; featured artists born in or living between these countries or in the diaspora.

Influenced by her mixed cultural backgrounds, themes such as identity, female gender roles, and domesticity often occur in her work.

Influenced by video artist / director Lynn Hershman Leeson, and by directors such as Cronenberg and George Romero she uses the horror / sci - fi genre to expresses a cultural malaise the psychological fallout of familial and societal denial.

Richmond - Edwards and Robles - Gordon, parlayed a series of conversations about personal experiences in the art world, the cultural influence and legacy of Howard University, and the examination of artist group and movements such as Spiral, Black Artists of DC, Africobfra and the Black Arts Movement to build a contemporary art cannon.

The presence of such influences in the works on view are at times direct, but more often they are oblique and remote, filtered through dense layers of cultural and political scrims and across great social and geographical divides.

Gilliam's style was further shaped by the cultural and social experiences of African Americans in the 1960s; his bold and unconventional works reflect the influence of jazz icons such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

Light was also shed on sociohistorical and historico - cultural subjects such as «Shopping — A Century of Art and Consumer Culture,» «Privacy,» the visual art of the Stalin period, or New Romanticism in contemporary art; other presentations revealed the influence of Charles Darwin's theories on art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, or the intriguing causalities between artists of the modern era and self - proclaimed «prophets» of this period.

By incorporating influences from his ethnic and cultural background such as the Xhosa language and references to traditional craft, ritual, sexual orientation, gender, and nationality into his works, Hlobo address the constant shifting and subjective nature inherent in these identifiers.

His work is influenced by the life of the ordinary man and Indonesian cultural traditions such as wayang kulit or tau tau sculptures of the Toraja death cult in Sulawesi.

As such, his art is pumped with a certain ravenous hunger, with multiple influences both cultural and personal surgically attached at a quick pace.

[3] Davie travelled widely and in Venice became influenced by other painters of the period, such as Paul Klee, Jackson Pollock and Joan Miró, as well as by a wide range of cultural symbols.

Influenced by the cultural landscape of the early sixties, particularly the burgeoning Pop Art movement, these works pre-date more familiar works such as the non-site objects and the seminal, outdoor earthworks.

Thomas has drawn inspiration from multiple artistic periods and cultural influences throughout Western art history, particularly the early modernists such as Jean - Auguste - Dominique Ingres, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet, and Romare Bearden.

The influence of cultural cognition explains why people with different outlooks and identities are forming such strong and divergent understandings of what happened despite their having almost no clear evidence to go on.

Although a learning disability may occur concomitantly with other handicapping conditions (for example, sensory impairment, mental retardation, serious emotional disturbance) or with extrinsic factors (such as cultural differences, insufficient or inappropriate instruction), they are not the result of those conditions or influences.»

Dr. Roy Baumeister has argued that women's sex drive is much more flexible than men's, in that compared to men, the female sex drive is influenced by more social and cultural factors than biological factors alone.5 Therefore, while Mrs. Insatiable may have many more female hormones circulating around that are associated with decreased sex drive, other things in her life may be influencing her desire, such as a husband that is still finding her sexually appealing rather than seeing her pregnancy as a nuisance.

In addition to cultural factors, human behaviour is influenced by specific genes, such as the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4), which regulates serotonergic neurotransmission (5 - HTT)(Lesch et al. 1996; Canli & Lesch 2007).

Resiliency and vulnerability are distinctive personal characteristics influenced by environmental factors such as socio - cultural and institutional contexts.

Although there are policies in Wales that aim to address violence, including the recent «Framework for Managing the Night - Time Economy in Wales», 54 the Well - being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 55 which provisionally includes a national indicator around «feeling safe in the community», and the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act (2015), 56 more can be done to address key risk factors through other measures, including policy.1 Violence is strongly linked to social determinants such as unemployment; income and gender inequality; limited educational opportunities; and cultural, social and gender norms.1 Any comprehensive violence prevention strategy must recognise the influence of such factors and identify ways to mitigate or protect against risks.

Sociocultural factors, such as family and peer relationships, self - esteem and coping style, and the impact of media and other cultural influences, are potentially modifiable and more likely to account for secular trends in incidence.