We discovered some barriers to entry around the use, social value and
cultural meaning of the English language, internet usage and trust in digital platforms that were specific to Egypt.
Topic: «History and
Cultural Meaning of Birth Technologies.»
Ultimately, the FDA,... and Health Canada seem to be operating under what philosopher Rhonda Shaw has identified as the «Yuk Factor» — responding to the dominant
cultural meaning of milk sharing rather than the medical issues associated with milk sharing.
The cultural meanings of dating should be acknowledged when making generalizations and building theoretical constructs on romantic relationships, as well as in applying American research results in describing Finnish romantic relationships.
Recently, an acquaintance wondered about the larger
cultural meaning of so many films in which cities are annihilated.
Amazon's Kindle Singles has just published a long, fascinating essay about
the cultural meaning of Comic - Con by Douglas Wolk, author of the Eisner - winning book Reading Comics.
Through each of these mediums the artist finds contemporary currency, personal symbol and
cultural meaning of longing, seduction, desire and romance, while also revealing a highly personal vision, fusing and transforming sentiment, wisdom and emotional experience into visual - art forms.
Janine Antoni has been internationally acclaimed for her distinctive performative object pieces and for the unusual materials she deploys to recast the aesthetic and
cultural meaning of sexual difference.
The Drawing Institute and the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston, will award one fellowship of four to six months to support research projects on some aspect of the history, theory, interpretation, or
cultural meaning of drawing throughout the history of art.
Based on early feedback that we've received on the course plans, students seem like they're aching for these new opportunities to improve on what Dan Kahan has called «
the cultural meaning of how the issue is framed».
Because the congeniality of
the cultural meaning of information shapes how readily they engage with the content of it, we predicted that the hierarchical individualists in the geoengineering condition would respond much more open - mindedly to the information from the climate change study on carbon dissipation.
But another reason I find geoengineering so fascinating is its potential to invert
the cultural meanings of climate change risk.
Archaeologists examine excavation sites for artifacts that gives clues about past cultures and researches to determine the authenticity and
cultural meaning of these items.
Through this approach the social and
cultural meanings of native title can be intertwined with economic and social development goals.
Researchers have speculated that this may due to problems in measurement, which tend to be culturally grounded in European - American behavioral norms, differences in
the cultural meaning of discipline, as well as in differences in neighborhoods and peer groups.
Not exact matches
Solving logistical and
cultural issues,
of course, will
mean little if the country destabilizes.
Yan specializes in reporting unique
cultural and consumer angles that illustrate the growth
of the Chinese economy and examines what the rise
of China
means for the rest
of the world.
Old Navy, which has a leadership team that is 65 % female, says the flower installations are
meant to honor the social, economic,
cultural, and political achievements
of these and all women around the world.
It still
means seeking out employees with different
cultural and educational backgrounds, but also people who have had a variety
of occupations and life experiences.
Are we going to have to have a
cultural moment, where we're coming to grips with what it
means to interface with imaginary worlds layered on top
of reality?
How did this girl, born into modest
means to communist survivors
of China's
Cultural Revolution, transform into an international superstar and win the «invited status» she can now flaunt, to the overwhelmingly male and European Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture?
However, a
cultural paradox prevents people from sharing new ideas and traditional ways
of doing business
means innovative output is low: only
Part
of the web
cultural phenomenon called «hacktivism» (internet activism)- petitioning is a
means of getting signatures in protest
of or support for an issue or cause.
The inchoate, messy anger
of the film mirrors the free - floating frustration
of our
cultural moment, and I'm stunned to see activists all over the world latch onto the film's central concept by erecting billboards
meant to shame politicians into action on a variety
of societal issues.
In the realms
of both
cultural development and technical innovation, ignorance and inflexibility are the enemy; Giancarlo stresses that the upcoming generation «see virtual currency — along with social media — as a
means to bypass control by a failed generation
of leadership.»
This role and framework is important also for another crucial reason: if buyer personas are developed and created through the prisms
of marketing and sales research orientation, they will tend to be self - referential views
of target buyers (an inside - out view) as opposed to a
means for discovering not so obvious and hidden
meanings that make up social and
cultural contexts.
«Most Aboriginal communities have been (and are) going through a process
of cultural revival and reclamation as a
means of healing from this experience.
But at the same time, it was also his need and desire to overcome those same
cultural differences and language barriers that has given more
meaning and value to the reality
of settling into a new Canadian life.
Rather, it
means that recourse must be made to the political process - or beyond to the moral and
cultural realm
of our community.
Even more important, the dynamism and authority that Kant assigned to practical reason gives moral
meaning to the increasingly rapid and violent pace
of modern
cultural change.
If a Bible verse (or discovery) is detrimental to the cause, it is either: taken out
of context; is allegorical or metaphorical; refers to another verse somewhere else; is an ancient
cultural anomaly; is a translation or copyist's error;
means something other than what it actually says; is a mystery
of god or not discernible by humans; or is just plain magic.
the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a
meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and
cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep
of the house
of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...
By this he
meant that the human brain, along with its senses, and with is learned
cultural bias, and even with the extension our scientific instruments gives us, has only made a rough map in our minds
of the REAL world (the territory).
The
cultural and linguistic barrier between you and the original writer likely
means that much
of time, their original intent will will not be what seems to you to be the «plain sense
of Scripture» or the «primary, ordinary, usual, literal
meaning».
Marital circumstances, whether
of clergy or laity, are dealt with «pastorally» and «nonjudgmentally,» which usually
means that normative morality is suspended in deference to
cultural accommodation and the avoidance
of «giving offense.»
If a bible verse is detrimental to the cause, it is either: taken out
of context; is allegorical; refers to another verse somewhere else; is an ancient
cultural anomaly; is a translation or copyist's error;
means something other than what it actually says; Is a mystery
of god or not discernible by humans; or is just plain magic.)
A justified process - rooted philosophical appreciation
of social canons can be taught through a pedagogical strategy that begins with their critique, that expunges them from the natural given furnishings
of the immediately real in order to rediscover them as the inherited
cultural accretions by which we transform the immediately real into a world
of enduring
meanings and human significance.
The self - consciousness
of the developing nations has
meant affirmation
of their own
cultural traditions and identity.
He regarded
cultural conflict as a basically salutary
means of clarifying differences, if not necessarily
of resolving them.
It's simply one
of hundreds, likely thousands
of misunderstandings
of ancient texts, which were mistranslated and hijacked later for assorted purposes, and taken out
of their original
cultural context, and used to suit a later worldview, which had nothing to do with their original
meaning and iintent.
But it belongs on the rump
of the
cultural right as well, for Robert Caserio has usefully defined «political correctness» to
mean «a prefabricated sense
of values, a predetermined set
of assumptions about what is good for people and what is bad for them» (quoted in CHE 1).
Indeed, one could argue, following the historian Christopher Shannon, that the agenda
of modern
cultural criticism, relentlessly intent as it has been upon «the destabilization
of received social
meanings,» has served only to further the social trends it deplores, including the reduction
of an ever - widening range
of human activities and relations to the status
of commodities and instruments, rather than ends in themselves.
For instance, the steady destruction
of our natural forests, pasture lands and inland coastal water bodies has not only
meant increased economic poverty for millions
of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow
cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migrants.
1) Just because you do not understand the
cultural reference within the art
of the statue, does not
mean that the art has less value, nor that the statue is, in fact, «sticking it's tongue out at you».
Whereas in traditional societies this openness often amounted to somewhat uncritical acceptance
of the dominant
cultural patterns, today it can also
mean incorporation
of ranges
of concern and action from the prophetic traditions
of Israel.
Original Sin: A
Cultural History by Alan Jacobs HarperOne, 304 pages, $ 24.95 Chesterton said
of original sin that it «is the only part
of Christian theology that can really be proved»» by which he
meant empirically demonstrated in every era, in every culture, and in every human....
While this relativity can be interpreted to
mean that values are wholly defined by the circumstances
of culture and are merely expressions
of cultural exigencies, the insistent pressures
of the human conscience, oftentimes in contradiction to accepted
cultural norms, render this interpretation doubtful.
This
means,
of course, engaging in difficult and complex decisions
of justice and care, as we seek to determine the economic, social, political, and
cultural rights
of individuals in our own species and as we pay attention to the rights
of the silent, nonvoting majority which is made up
of all the other species.
Democracy
means participation at every level
of economic, political and
cultural life.
Among the
cultural forms studied by the anthropologist are ones that explicitly embody spiritual
meanings, including the beliefs, practices, and institutions
of religion, some forms
of which appear in every known culture.