Sentences with phrase «cultural references because»

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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».

Speaking at the San Antonio Conference, Lesslie Newbigin made reference to his own cultural background in these terms: «As I look back on my own life as a missionary in India, I realize now in a way that I never did at that time that I was not only carrying the gospel but that I was also a carrier of this so - called modern world - view which I now see to be breaking down because it is false.

This isn't just a cultural reference; this is a world - changing reference, because now we have something to talk about, in the same way that the world changed with Operation Yew Tree.

I bring this up because, as a novice when it comes to Chinese painting and Chinese movies, not to mention Japanese cinema, I depend on cultural reference points — and priorities for them — that are substantially different from Li's.

Inquiry within this phase of the group interactions is subtle; people here can become sensitive to their cultural norms; ways of acting and thinking they assume must be true because they are their only point of reference.

Because the novel is packed with music, book, and movie references, readers» cultural literacy will get a definite boost.

Visitors from the North sometimes refer to it as «La Isla Bonita» because there are few other cultural references available to capture the natural and cultural wonders of the most popular tourist location in Belize.

While it's hard to tell where the homage ends and genuine cultural absorption begins with the Japanese and their (perfectly reasonable) obsession with Mobile Suit Gundam, I do find the use of Gundam as a reference point interesting, because much as the mobile suit's use in Gundam is to provide a vehicle that can operate equally well in space, under Earth's gravity, and in the artificial «gravity» of O'Neill cylinders, Vanquish is taking the commonly used Western term «space marine» quite literally, as Vanquish's power armor seems to be designed both as a spacesuit and as body armor, used to infiltrate a structure floating in space.

His kind of art, studded with dense cultural references, appeals to a certain kind of academically minded curator because it seems intelligent and subversive — until you look at it.

I point to that comment thread because it contains many long comments with references to positive results bias and the deep cultural dysfunction of the scientific community.