Sentences with phrase «into cultural history»

Equal parts funny and tender, the video jerry - rigs analogue source material with a beguiling blend of digital aesthetics to explore the speculative future of the chikha — a female singer or dancer wound deep into the cultural history of Morocco — within the twenty - first century standards of social media - enabled distraction and cultural disassociation to which the twenty - nine - year - old Bennani belongs.

Like Calero's Latin - themed hair salon or the kitchy Caribbean classroom she installed at Studio Voltaire last year, the work appropriates Latin American imagery to tap into cultural histories.

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However, others still say that altering the bindi and turning it into a fashion accessory is an example of using a culture's clothing and history as a costume is a key example of cultural appropriation.

For reasons that aren't entirely clear, Glass was ousted from Twitter before it turned into a cultural phenomenon and didn't even get much company stock, according to a new book about Twitter's history.

It had not occurred to me that anyone would imagine that the only alternative to a boundless confidence in reason's competency to extract moral truths from nature's evident forms, no matter what the prevailing cultural regime, is the belief that moral knowledge is the exclusive preserve of «revelation,» narrowly conceived as a body of inscrutable legislations irrupting into history from on high.

Ben: Right, but it's that unique blend of mixing charity into cultural understanding, community spiritual formation, attention to local geography and history, and transmission of our faith to others that makes the Benedict Option so important.

In the course of that same history, and in the context of crises posed by philosophical and cultural changes as well as manifest ecclesiastical corruptions, the question of how to determine authentic apostolic teaching came into intense dispute.

In this novel Atwood does not abandon biblical history to those who have muted female testimony; instead, she imaginatively writes this testimony back into cultural contexts that would destroy it utterly and that fail to do so, even as she reveals the violence in any amputations of human stories and the historical vulnerability of all speech and silence.

By this I simply mean that we live during the period of modernity — that period of Western cultural history that began with the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and continues into the present.

By late antiquity, this caste system had already declined, and Pierre - Simon Ballanche has argued that the history of antiquity is the story of an ultimately successful plebeian struggle for initiation into political, cultural, and religious privilege.

The Confession of Christ as the meaning of the upthrust of human history and the crown of its scientific and cultural progress is contradicted by the modern division of history into Ancient, Medieval, and Modern periods.

LDS theology, linking spiritual and temporal governance, and the geography and history of Mormon settlement have created a combination of numerical and cultural dominance that spills into every corner of public life.

Flat, blank facades on buildings conceived as commodities — or just oddities — rather than works of civic art; flat modernist pictorial abstractions; the flattening of cultural history into pseudo-history packaged as what Henry dismissed as «applied sociology» — all spoke to him of something far more ominous, the abasement of man and the crude negation of his proper relationship to nature as embodied in the great tradition.

To be sure, the introduction of historical and cultural content into the Gospel message raises the fear of the loss of immediacy and threatens the church with an archaic and history - trapped pulpit.

History indicates that cultural crises arise when men grow uncertain of the validity of the principles which determine their cultural activities, when they can not look with confidence into the future.

At times in history some churchmen have played into the hands of this false image, but far from the Church being suspicious of cultural and political globalisation, she actually holds the key to the future of humanity.

The class outlines include religion (often based in Bible study), morality (frequently centered in Victorian virtues) and social problems (heavily laced with metaphysical views of Indian cultural history) These topics are being woven into a new mix which includes a dedication to an interfaith sense of the urgent need to reconstruct the spiritual and moral values of the nation.

That would take a study of cultural history that traces philosophical ideas into popular movements.

The first position appeals to reasonable (not simply conformist and hypocritical) Christians who believe that, after all, every period of human history has its values: that it is better to try to Christianize a given situation than to enter into conflict with it; and that one can not sweep the whole socia1 and cultural edifice into outer darkness.

The basis of the Christian contribution is the faith that the crucified Jesus Christ by mediating divine forgiveness to all humans in the solidarity of their sinfulness, has made possible mutual forgiveness between persons and peoples and has brought into being in history a new human communion (Koinonia), transcending all religious, cultural and natural diversities and divisions.

If this is true, it follows that the most conservative method of doing theology is to go back into history to a time when the tradition of faith carries the least amount of cultural baggage.

Because its roots run so deeply into the religious and cultural subsoil of history — because we have been forcefully reminded over the past few months that the deepest currents of world - historical change are religious and cultural — analyzing the causalities that brought us to September 11, 2001 is no simple business.

As we create a cultural shift to increase the use of simple, reusable cloth diapers, we need to dig into the rich substance of the history of cloth diapering.

which plays well into the demographics of the voter base he is targeting; many of which distrust the Government or any suitably large organisation (which can be warranted given that the US Government engineered the biggest gold theft in history from the US populace) and ongoing cultural divisions between North and South USA.

Whether describing a «riot» of grasshoppers as «a bristling carpet of wings and legs,» explaining why insects often show up in hallucinations or tracking creepy - crawly cultural attitudes, Lockwood weaves science, history and the sheer joy of sharing knowledge into a book that's hard to put down.

To summarize their conclusions about Culturally Competent Yoga Teaching at Bennett: a yoga teacher can not just walk into a classroom of students and attempt to teach them yoga without taking into account their unique histories, experiences, and social, emotional, gender, cultural, spiritual and religious needs, and an examination of the teacher's own background and relationship to understanding those student needs.

The exhibition at the V&A, one of the most inspiring cultural spots in London, began earlier this year and will run through to March 2015 and is a fascinating and unique insight into the history of wedding dresses from 1775 through to current day.

But the film embraces cultural specificity in a way that no other Pixar production has before, combining the studio's customary emotional directness with a deep dive into a great nation's art, music, history, and customs.

Contemporaneous with the French New Wave, there were many filmmakers working in France of African origin whose work has rarely been absorbed into the cultural and aesthetic history of the movement.

Ghost is very much a film of its time, just as the also - Rubin - scripted Jacob's Ladder, from the same year, pinged off the cultural climate in another real, essential way by predicting not the death of the Eighties, but the transformation of the aggressive Eisenhower delusions of Reagan's voodoo cowboy foreign policy into the «history will teach us nothing» nihilism of the fast - digitizing, Luddite, Born - Again Nineties.

Deepening into a landmark study of destroyed communities, racial politics and local history (roller rinks were the birthplace of the truce between L.A.'s Crips and Bloods), United Skates is cultural anthropology at its Hoop Dreams finest.

gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short - and long - term timescales.

This webinar will explore how some educators are using those levers to create interdisciplinary units that integrate a variety of texts and learning methods to help students delve into social issues, including identity, cultural history, diversity, and civic engagement.

The seventh grade history curriculum focuses on the European Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation, creating further links to several other cultural areas with whom the Europeans came into contact.

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best - selling author in Nazi Germany.

Joshua B. Freeman's Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World weaves these grim visions of factories into a broad and compulsively readable cultural history of the birth and development of factories and their impact on sHistory of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World weaves these grim visions of factories into a broad and compulsively readable cultural history of the birth and development of factories and their impact on shistory of the birth and development of factories and their impact on society.

Part memoir, part cultural critique, and part genetic travelogue, Beyond the Pale is a brave, intimate investigation into the secret histories that each of us carries in our genes and an inspiring and beautiful memoir about parenting a child with a disability — and building a better future for that child.

Inseparable continues and expands my interest in the Asian story in American history, in how ethnic minorities, against impossible odds, turn cultural margins into cutting edges.

Birmingham also offers significant cultural opportunities, as well as a look into American history that just can't be found elsewhere.

Dig into the market history, growth projections, and cultural flavor that make this area unique.

Visit the nearby Cultural Centre to delve deeper into the area's geological and spiritual histories and to view Aboriginal art on display.

Some of the most fascinating are also the oldest in the country: Visiting the Saint John City Market is a must; The New Brunswick Museum gives insight into both the natural and cultural history of the province; and Loyalist House depicts the early days of the «Loyalist City,» of Saint John.

We'll take a guided tour so you can really get into the history as we learn about the differences in architecture and cultural beliefs.

Cultural history explains how, in the late 1880s, naturally occurring limestone was harvested from a nearby slope, then fed into the hulking iron and stone kilns.

Despite the brevity of its existence, the Czech Republic offers rail travellers an incomparable journey into Europe's fascinating history, natural beauty and cultural heritage.

Immerse yourself in the cultural diversity of Montreal and Toronto, delve into the fascinating history of Quebec City, see what makes Vancouver one of the world's most liveable cities or discover Canada's natural beauty with trips in and around Niagara Falls and Banff.

There is a clutch of museums, including a museum that provides an insight into the island's colourful history, and the city's extensive programme of cultural events includes concerts and drama performances.

Te Puia 60 Minute Guided Tour: Te Puia is New Zealand's leading and longest running cultural tourism attraction, offering visitors an insight into Maori history and culture, as well as an opportunity to view the spectacular Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley.

With beautiful resorts, a location that makes getting there easy, a rich and diverse cultural history, archaeological sites that offer a glimpse into the past and a crystal clear bay that welcomes you to relax, enjoy and unwind, a vacation to a resort in Corozal offers everything you need to truly enjoy a well deserved get away.

Alternatively for the cultural enthusiasts; a Stone Town visit provides an insight into the history of the people of the island.