Sentences with phrase «indigenous cultures often»

Western cultures don't have rituals or rights of passage in the same way as indigenous cultures often do.

Not exact matches

Although with a less dramatic involvement in native thought and culture than Ricci's, both Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in the 19th century often managed to combine a commitment to evangelization in the name of Jesus with a deep (and ever deepening) respect for the native culture and indigenous traditions of the nations to which they had been sent.

These not only survived until modern times in many indigenous cultures, such as those of the New Zealand Maori and the North American Indians, but they often continued beneath the surface of the post-Axial faiths, despite strenuous efforts over the centuries to destroy them.

Francis had previously urged Chileans to listen to indigenous people who are «often forgotten, whose rights and culture need to be protected lest that part of this nation's identity and richness be lost».

Often it's not until the 2nd generation (who doesn't have pagan worship associations with their indigenous music, rituals, etc.), who then will bring these aspects of the culture back, with Christian meaning, but without the pagan associations.

For example, the Bible is frequently quoted in support of opposition to portrayals of sex and violence in the media but not often to challenge the practice of western media corporations destroying poorer indigenous cultures by selling cheap western entertainment that under - cuts local programming, even though protection of the poor is a strong biblical message.

Anne - Katrin Broocks of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and Kevin Hannam of Edinburgh Napier University, UK, suggest in this new published paper the addition of one more «badge of honour» which applied to the artisan backpackers in Latin America: namely a deep involvement in the local, often indigenous culture and nature, including interaction with and absorption of knowledge relating to the local populations.

In the end, the story is one not only of rock - and pop - culture history, but of human persistence and indigenous contributions that have been historically (and often intentionally) overlooked.

Cooper's version feels timeless yet contemporary, diving headlong into the ongoing and often horrific impact of the United States» policies and attitudes to indigenous culture.

Also, while military conquest or economic domination often introduces a new language into an established language community, in most cases it takes long - term immigration or the collapse of the native population to give the new language a foothold (witness the indigenous cultures of Latin America wiped out by the diseases brought to their shores by Europeans).

This episode explores the ways in which sexist, racist stereotypes about Black women and tribal cultures that date back for centuries are often still perpetuated today in representations of women from indigenous and tribal cultures in video games.

The game's been praised for its «unique» and «refreshing» take on gender, social politics, matriarchies — nearly every aspect of Horizon's world building has been critically praised using terms that explicitly and historically have applied to indigenous peoples, often to disparage our ways of life and oppress us, all while ignoring that unique and refreshing world building has been lifted almost entirely from our cultures.

The artist explains that his imagery is often derived from the folk art of a variety of indigenous cultures, as well as the symbolism in religious artwork.

A native of Houston, current resident of New York, and expert on art of indigenous cultures, Edwards» fascinating life and mind are on display in this often witty and ruminative interview with Bomb Magazine, in which he recalls his East Texas roots and what life was like in the close - knit African American community of Houston's Fifth Ward in the 1940s.

Often Mercier groups his assemblages to form hierarchies or families, as in Imaginary Anthropology, a body of work that examines gender, family, and indigenous culture by ambiguously recreating wood and pottery craft from an imaginary tribe or geography.

Having spent eight years at the helm of Instituto Inhotim in Minas Gerais, Brazil (just north of Rio de Janeiro), from 2004 — 2012, Volz has a deep knowledge of contemporary Brazilian art, experience that he leveraged to bring together a powerfully evocative group of works that often meditated on the environment and indigenous cultures, conveying a longing for simpler, agrarian lifestyles.

As for the narrative scenes that he depicts, they too are ostensibly African: Armitage travels to his homeland to derive inspiration while making drawings and watercolour sketches, and his finished paintings often foreground aspects of East African culture, such as indigenous folklore, issues surrounding mental health, or the taboo subject of homosexuality.

Vicuña's work is characterized by a desire to preserve and pay tribute to the indigenous culture of the Americas, and often addresses the fragility of these communities.

«If we're starting to talk about culture and identity and lack of communication between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people — often culture and language will be at the root of any conflict around the world.

One of the impacts of the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families is that members of the Stolen Generations have often lost connection to their culture or traditional lands.

Such an approach to Indigenous culture, as an holistic evolving concept, is in stark contrast to the social Darwinist approach underlying past heritage legislation (often contained in state parks and wildlife legislation) in which Aboriginal society was depicted as a relic of a dying or extinct civilisation.

In Aboriginal health research, there is a legacy of mistrust of researchers, who have often made false assumptions and misunderstood the values and practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures by approaching them through their own cultural lens.1 There are ongoing concerns from Indigenous peoples that communication by researchers is poor, consultation is inadequate, values are violated by inadvertent cross-cultural insensitivity, and the research often fails to benefit the community.1

Because Indigenous family violence is, in part, attributed to the breakdown of culture and kinship practice, the rebuilding of these family relationships is often seen as central to developing any type of response.

[24] Often, to ensure equal enjoyment of culture as specified in human rights standards, additional measures are necessary for the members of minority and Indigenous groups.

Achieving reconciliation involves raising awareness and knowledge of Indigenous history and culture, changing attitudes that are often based on myths and misunderstandings, and encouraging action where everyone plays their part in building a better relationship between us as fellow Australians.