Sentences with phrase «eastern cultures»

Collectivist cultures value cooperation with each working towards the family or group goals e.g. Japan and Israel (Eastern Cultures).

The practice of infant massage varies across the world with western cultures adapting some of the traditional practices from Eastern cultures.

In contrast, many Eastern cultures emphasize the values of group harmony and cohesion [3].

Western cultures tend to be more expressive with their emotions than Eastern cultures and this can have a large effect on the scores.

Significantly, in the research area reviewed herein, there is relatively little known of Southern cultures (or differences between Northern and Southern cultures); thus, the review is focused mainly on comparisons between Western and Eastern cultures.

Many of the studies conducted take into account white Western culture yet very few have looked into other eastern cultures to see if any differences occur for expressed emotion in families of other non-white descent.

Whereas a child's inhibited conduct is associated with a risk of troubled peer relationships and internalizing problems (e.g., loneliness and depression) in Western cultures, these difficulties are much less common in inhibited children from Eastern cultures, though new research shows that children from India and urban China are equally at risk.

Researchers have reported that negotiation is often used to resolve conflict among Western children; whereas disengagement appears to be favored among Eastern cultures.37

Most of the research has focused on differences between western cultures, which view self as autonomous and independent, and eastern cultures which view self as collective and interdependent (Leichtman, Wang, & Pillemer, 2003; Wang, 2001), and this research will be integrated into the review.

The general consensus is that because eastern cultures are more collectivistic than western cultures, they engage in less self - focused reminiscing.

The article resonates with me as there does seem to be more white and black dogmatism in Western people as opposed to the more nuanced approach to problem solving that is displayed in the Eastern cultures.

A multi-linguist, he read original works from several middle - eastern cultures.

«By the mid - and late - 1970s,» wrote the curator Richard Marshall in his essay for the exhibition «American Art Since 1970» at the Whitney Museum, «painting had moved further away from the confines of the Minimalist approach — even from a negative reaction to it — and the artists [Jennifer Bartlett, Vija Celmins, Lois Lane, Neil Jenney, Bill Jensen and Elizabeth Murray] inaugurated new ways to treat subject matter and meaning -LSB-...] there emerged a move against an insular, elitist attitude towards art and what it is, should be, or must be -LSB-...] artists began to look at more diverse visual repertory: commercial art, advertising, fashion, television and movies, popular culture, the decorative arts, rugs, religion, ancient artifacts, and Middle Eastern Cultures.»

While they differ in artistic processes and time periods, Shiraga and Pour explore the issues surrounding and the relationship between Western and Eastern cultures.

Ferran Garcia Sevilla presents 42 paintings in the artist's characteristically eclectic style, which draws on influences as diverse as his travels in the Middle East, philosophy, Eastern cultures, comic books and urban graffiti.

In Eastern cultures, the rug centralizes the living space in pattern, operating beyond utility to depict the spiritual and mental world in woven form.

Deeply influenced by the artist's concepts of spiritualities — or belief systems that in spite of their differences share similar constructive ideologies — the works on view are like altarpieces, while the pigment on the floor alludes to ritual burnings in Eastern cultures.

But what that text did was allow me to understand that Orientalism was a question of who gets to represent who, and the idea that in the West most Eastern cultures have not been allowed the privilege of representing themselves.

Their work reflects a hybrid of Western and Eastern cultures, values and beliefs and examines symmetrical patterns and forms and their connection to the spiritual and natural world.

Hanting Zhang's pop mixture portraits combine the western and eastern cultures to use superheroes as subject to uphold justice.

In applying and developing aspects of classical Persian - Islamic culture and concepts, her work aims to stimulate dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern cultures.

There's no romantic vision of a primitive culture to be seen - the archetypes here are complicated concoctions of western and eastern cultures, featuring migrant figures who explore the conflict and intersection between the primitive and rampant first world commercialism of modern island life.

The photographers and their work are displayed within categories that show the deconstruction of the stereotypes of Orientalism, which includes Middle Eastern, North African, and Eastern cultures.

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (b. 1959, Trad, Thailand) explores the connections between the legacy of Western art and various Eastern cultures.

Here, a blend of Western technologies and Eastern cultures has created a villa of unique proportions, capturing the essence of Indonesia together with all the comforts of modern living.

There is very little evidence of what women wore in ancient Persian / Middle Eastern cultures, as there are no records depicting women in artwork of the time.

Ancient spice turmeric has been used for centuries in Eastern cultures, and its power as an antioxidant is proven through scientific research.

Native to Iran and Afghanistan, this spice has become a celebrated favorite in many Indian and Middle Eastern cultures.

Eastern cultures have long enjoyed the health benefits of seaweed for centuries.

There's a reason this breathing practice is such a big deal in Eastern cultures.

I have recently read studies about iron and its role in insulin sensitivity & aging and believe iron levels is a missing link in nutrition science, probably explaining why eastern cultures were OK despite eating carbs, potential harm in red meat, why women are healthier than men until menopause etc..

It has been used in Asian and Middle Eastern cultures for centuries.

The direct and indirect benefits of yoga have been long known in eastern cultures and traditions, yet more recently the benefits of yoga have been well - recognized in the west.

While people who live in Eastern cultures, which are typically more collectivist than Western cultures, tend to be more expressive with their mobile phone customization than Westerners, both cultures become more attached to the devices after they are customized.

In Middle Eastern cultures, extremist political goals frequently are inculcated into young people very early in life.

Long a symbol of life and fertility in Eastern cultures, the fig tree has now shown that its sexual prowess is tops in the plant kingdom, at least in one respect: It appears to hold the distance record for how far its pollen routinely travels to fertilize other fig trees.

Prof. Gopher, Prof. Ran Barkai and PhD candidate Miki Ben - Dor, all of TAU's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, co-authored the study, which was recently published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Again, these effects were stronger for consumers who define their identity based on the perceptions of others in their social circle, which is especially common in Eastern cultures.

In the course of ongoing excavations at Timna Valley, Dr. Erez Ben - Yosef and Dr. Lidar Sapir - Hen of TAU's Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures analyzed remnants of food eaten by copper smelters 3,000 years ago.

Lots of women in African and Middle Eastern cultures value breastfeeding and see it as the norm.

For thousands of years, Eastern cultures and nomadic desert tribes have known about the high nutritional values and slow release energy of the date fruit, often surviving on a date diet for weeks.

For thousands of years, Mushrooms have been used medicinally in Eastern cultures as an anticancer, antiviral, and anti-arthritic food.

«Mezze» means «to taste» or «snack» and is a tradition that makes up a large part of dining in Middle Eastern cultures.

Like other Ancient Near Eastern cultures, ancient Israel bisects reality into two overarching realms — the heavens and the earth — and two kind of beings — mortals and immortals.

With this introduction, we will look at the extent of the Wisdom Tradition in the Biblical books, the renewed interest of the scholars in the wisdom studies, and the Wisdom parallels in the Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.

There are ample historical precedents for this, and virtually everything claimed for Jesus was also previously claimed for half a dozen «son of god» crucified saviors from earlier Middle Eastern cultures.

In most ancient near Eastern cultures, including Israel, unmarried women were considered the property of their fathers (or the male head - of - house), and under biblical law could either be sold into slavery to pay off debt or married for a bride price (Exodus 21:7, Nehemiah 5:5; Genesis 29:1 - 10).

It did have me thinking when I realized I knew and have met many people from israel and other middle - eastern cultures who were white and thought to myself, maybe it's not unrealistic at all.

The relation between the study of ancient Near Eastern cultures and the practice of preaching, for example, needs to be given theological articulation.

I currently work with lots of people from Middle Eastern cultures, and when I read this, I knew exactly what Kenneth Bailey was explaining.