Sentences with phrase «from urban society»

He is one of the now numberless dropouts from urban society, part of a new agrarian movement, the «back to the land» bit that seems to be sweeping young writers.

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One was the work of a sociologist, Earl Brewer, who, with the aid of a theologian and a ministries specialist, sought by an extensive content analysis of sermons and other addresses given in a rural and an urban church to differentiate the patterns of belief and value constituting those two parishes.67 The second was the inquiry of a religious educator, C. Ellis Nelson, who departed from a curricular definition of education to envision the congregation as a «primary society» whose integral culture conditions its young and old members.68 James Dittes, the third author, described more fully the nature of the culture encountered in the local church.

Most damning of all, America has become the very embodiment of that alienation, anomie, and dehumanization which is the curse of existence in a highly technological and urban society (Heidegger has remarked that, metaphysically speaking, America and Russia are the same, for here «time as history» has vanished from human life).

Perhaps the current dissolution of democratic patterns in our industrial and urban society can be checked by shifting our ideology away from rationalism to biblical realism.

Over thirty volunteers from the Iowa BBQ Society, Cookie's BBQ, Urban Dreams, Iowa State Meat Lab, and the Blank Park Zoo helped make the event possible.

There are precious few schools following this model, but American society would benefit from more of them, and from their being more accessible to a wider socioeconomic demographic range in urban, suburban, and rural settings.»

In sharp contrast, a previous study by Greenfield analyzing American books found that the use of the words «obliged» and «give» declined substantially from 1800 to 2000 as U.S. society shifted from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban.

The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years ago, at about the same time as urban civilisations developed in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

They look at the perils and possibilities of mushrooming urban societies and how city life can be made more livable, from more urban gardening to better mass transit (complete with budget estimates).

From an anthropological point of view, our urban Western society is strangely unmusical, except when bursting into song on the rare occasions when the need for collective grooming becomes overwhelming, such as cup final matches or in pubs.

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From Hell was directed by the Hughes Brothers (Albert and Allen), who are mostly known for more gritty, urban works like Menace II Society and Dead Presidents.

Teach For America, which Mr. Steffensen cites as an example of society's desire for quick private - sector fixes in lieu of politically and fiscally costly systemic reform, is a new national teacher corps that recruits, trains, places, and supports outstanding individuals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural areas suffering from persistent teacher shortages.

Across the Asia Society's ISSN network, which predominantly serves students from economically disadvantaged, high - minority, and urban backgrounds, approximately 92 percent of students graduate from high school on time, and among those, more than 90 percent go on to college (Wiley, 2012).

This issue includes pieces from organizers like Kesi Foster (Urban Youth Collaborative) and Maisie Chin (CADRE), philanthropic leaders like Allison Brown (Open Society Foundations) and Kavitha Mediratta (The Atlantic Philanthropies), along with teachers, administrators and community leaders from across the country.

Passionate about social justice and urban education reform, Nyissia was excited and honored to have the opportunity to return to the Bronx to teach after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University with majors in American Studies and Spanish and minors in Latin American Studies and Law and Society.

Set in 1890s New York City, when social lines starkly divided the city, These Shallow Graves follows the urban adventure of a smart, independent and beautiful young woman from high society who's willing to risk everything to solve the mystery of her father's untimely death.

The characters are delightfully typecast - there's the tragic figure of our much put - upon anti-hero who is driven to commit violence for what he believes is a justified cause; a truly dastardly old - Etonian poetry - spouting villain (who, if this was a play, would receive hisses from the audience every time he came on stage); the exceedingly wealthy and influential Lord Tansor, living off the gains of his brighter ancestors; a dead - ringer for Uriah Heap; plus a massive supporting cast representing every strata of society, both urban and country; and last but not least, Evenwood House itself and its great library - the representation of everything that Edward yearns for but that remains tantalizingly out of reach.

Project Wildlife, part of the San Diego Humane Society since 2014, also helps animals that have adapted to the city's urban environment, including those referred to its care from government and private organizations throughout the region.

Broadway Barks 16, held Saturday, July 12, featured adoptable — and adorable — dogs and cats from New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies including ASPCA, Animal Care and Control of NYC (AC&C), Animal Haven, BARC (Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition), Bideawee, Bobbi & the Strays, City Critters, Humane Society of New York (HSNY), KittyKind, Posh Pets Rescue, SaveKitty Foundation and Urban Cat League.

Living in Harmony with Coyotes Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) Presented by nationally known expert LYNSEY WHITE DASHER Director, Humane Wildlife Conflict Resolution The Humane Society of the United States Lynsey White Dasher helps urban and suburban communities find effective and humane solutions to human - wildlife conflicts with species including -LSB-...]

The shelter, run by the Urban Resource Institute, began allowing cats and pocket pets like gerbils and hamsters in June and dogs last month, with veterinary and other help from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a Purina PetCare Co. donation for the dog run.

Indeed, as head of the Urban Wildlands Group, current president of the Los Angeles Audubon Society, and author of the well - circulated «Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap - Neuter - Return» (a compilation of cherry - picked «facts,» misrepresentations, and glaring omissions, which I've critiqued in some detail), Longcore (who, I suspect, is the same «Travis» whose comment brought Hutchins back from the brink in November) would seem to be the go - to guy on this topic.

Participating shelters include ASPCA, Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Adopt a Boxer Rescue, Animal Care and Control of NYC (AC&C), Animal Haven, Anjellicle Cats Rescue, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF), BARC (Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition), Bideawee, Bobbi & the Strays, City Critters, Humane Society of New York (HSNY), Husky House, KittyKind, Loving Touch, Manhattan Valley Cat Rescue, Metropolitan Maltese Rescue, Mid Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, NY Pet - I - Care, PetResQ, P.L.U.T.O. Rescue (Pet Lovers United Together As One), Posh Pets Rescue, Russell Refuge, Save Kitty Foundation, Sean Casey Animal Rescue, Stray from the Heart, Tigger Foundation and Urban Cat League.

Representatives from local shelters and organizations will be on hand, including Animal Care & Control of New York City, Adopt A Boxer Rescue, Animal Haven, Anjellicle Cats Rescue, Animal Relief Fund, the ASPCA, Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition, Bideawee, Bobbi & the Strays, City Critters, Humane Society of New York, Husky House, Kitty Kind, Long Island Greyhound Rescue, Loving Touch, Manhattan Valley Cat Rescue, Metropolitan Maltese Rescue, Mid Atlantic Great Dane Rescue, North Shore Animal League America, Pet - I - Care, PLUTO Rescue of Richmond County, Russell Refuge, SaveKitty Foundation, Sean Casey Animal Rescue, Stray from the Heart, Tigger Foundation, Urban Cat League, and Wagon Train Rescue.

Opening: «DE / CONSTRUCTING CHINA: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection» at Asia Society Museum China has eclipsed the U.S. as the world's largest trading nation, and this exhibition looks back on the way this success has affected — and how it will alter — the physical and social landscape of the country (in particular, the socioeconomic divide between urban and rural areas).

Organized annually by the Municipal Art Society, the MASterworks Awards recognize projects from the preceding year that exemplify excellence in architecture and urban design, and make a significant contribution to New York's built environment.

Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception, a two - part exhibition on view at MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, presents a range of work from the mid-1990s to today by the artist Francis Alÿs (Belgian, b. 1959), who uses allegorical methods to explore the cyclical nature of change in modernizing societies, the urban landscape, and patterns of economic progress.

Inspired by notion of the garden as a metaphor for society, Narielwalla's works in Sanctuary gather as a multi-sensory forest, a refuge from the chaos of urban life and open up a space for contemplation and reflection.

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New York - based French photographer Erica Simone is the person behind Nue York: Self - Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen, which bloomed from an initial questioning about clothing and the importance of fashion in modern society.

Rediscovered in the 1990s, Seydou Keïta's mid-century studio portraits of middle - class urban Malians show a society in transition from rural to urban and from colonial to post-colonial and his subjects as they wished to be seen — self - fashioned, cosmopolitan, and above all, modern.

Viewers got to see Hayuk's colorful, layered weave paintings that balance between tradition, psychedelic, strict geometry and abstraction, Revok's abstract geo - based works inspired by patterns and waste materials from urban environments, Peterson's signature b / w visions of power struggles and conflicts in the society, and Deiana's meticulous ball point pen on paper works that create abstraction out of textures, TV static and other everyday occurrences.

Recent group exhibitions include Jenny from the Color Block, curated by Eric Ruschman, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH (2016); Imaginary Landscapes, curated by Allison Glenn, Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, IL (2015); Ghost Nature, curated by Caroline Picard, at Gallery 400, Chicago, IL and La Box, Bourges, France (2014); and The Chicago Effect: Redefining the Middle at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (2014).

She has received grants from the Puffin Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council, and Brooklyn Historical Society for her original Brooklyn Utopias (BU) exhibition and programming series inviting contemporary artists to respond to urban planning issues.

From 2006 until 2013, Zecchi was co-curator of Cantieri d'Arte Public Art Project, a platform for new visions and readings of urban space and society, and is an active contributor to Arte e Critica.

From the press release: Brooding and violent, at times absurd and at others disquieting, the LONDON PICTURES reveal what might be termed the nervous system of quotidian contemporary society: the impulses, outbursts, sorrows, hopes, temper and desires of daily urban life.

You might find it illustrative to think of China (or indeed, any urban society) from the viewpoint of say a battery chicken farmer.

The purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy platform for cities to gain political recognition and support from national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between local governments and civil society in this area.

Having watched urban beekeeping grow from an illegal, underground activity into an accepted part of community sustainability, she suggests that she too has found her place in society as a result: «This is the first time in my life when I've just felt absolutely on the right path.»

And no wonder, as we in our urban society push ourselves to go harder, stronger, faster, we suffer from road rage, high blood pressure and challenges with mental illness.

Brazil has a consolidated democracy, with strong institutions (that have been recently tested and have withstood the pressure), a very large economy (one of the largest in the world), and a society that, in spite of dwelling with urban violence, has been spared from terrorist acts, civil wars and regional conflicts, and is better educated, less unequal and more vigilant and conscious about its rights and roles.