A former California resident, McGill created installations throughout the West Coast exploring the historical, environmental, and
cultural systems specific to each site.
Not exact matches
While the impact of these classical theories has remained strong, I would like to point to a
specific contribution that, in my view, has served as a kind of watershed in our thinking about the
cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of
cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a
Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of
Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of inquiry.
There is ample evidence that object -
specific counting
systems do precede abstract
systems in
cultural evolution.
It speaks to a very
specific kind of British mentality, the kind that operates independently of any other
cultural affectation or belief
system.
Moreover, countries are different across so many dimensions (from the political
system to the
cultural prestige of the teaching profession) that it is typically difficult to attribute differences between countries to any
specific factors.
The work is an expansive visual archive, a database of protruding shapes that organize themselves according to covert
systems and in the absence of the textual props that would anchor them to
specific cultural or political narratives.
The exhibition continues to explore the theme of journey with an eye to Jacir's
specific situation as an artist living and working outside the borders of her birthplace, experiencing
cultural exchanges on a daily basis and not always fitting within the
system.
I appropriate familiar objects and social events, which are universally recognisable within
specific cultural contexts (games, souvenirs), to invite audiences to take a look at the society that they live in, often revealing underlying belief
systems, drawing audiences into a series of questions that ask «how do we come to know what it is that we know» — Yara El - Sherbini, 2015
Flood has been making his lace paintings since the early 90s; their process of manufacture and slightly kitschy image derived from actual lace encourages us to look at these seductive beauties with a jaundiced eye; 2) The exhibition includes site -
specific installations made of absurd pseudo-posters, multi-media, ephemera, collages, text paintings, and documents from the last decade that remix pop culture and critique
systems of mass
cultural distributions such as rock videos and albums.
Also unlike the court
system, which assigns parties a judge arbitrarily, participants in med - arb choose the professional who works with them, allowing them to pick someone with
specific cultural or other specialized knowledge.
Professional development staff certainly can be invaluable in helping develop firm -
specific case - studies, integrating LPM into their firm's administrative and financial management
systems and putting a firm -
specific cultural face on what to many lawyers is a sweeping and disturbing change from traditional practices.
Many practitioners emphasized the pivotal role of culture -
specific organizations internal and external to the child welfare
system to promote diversity and
cultural competence.
Related topics include: developmental considerations, social and
cultural factors of interpersonal issues of adolescents, gender
specific and LGBT issues, multicultural family
systems, use of diagnostic criteria, treatment planning issues, counseling interventions, relational and career issues, chemical and process addictions, technology, trauma focus and attachment, justice involved adolescents, sexually maladaptive behaviors and legal and ethical considerations.
This understanding of customary law does not take into account the reality that like all legal and political
systems, Aboriginal law and customs are a product of
specific historical, social and
cultural processes.