Sentences with phrase «larger cultural forces»

Psychology Today covers all aspects of human behavior, from the workings of the brain to the bonds between people and the larger cultural forces that drive our most intimate decisions.

Psychology Today covers all aspects of human behavior, from the workings of the brain to the bonds between people and the larger cultural forces that drive our most intimate decisions.

Helen Molesworth, the chief curator of MOCA, says that although the art world is progressive, «that doesn't set us apart from the larger cultural forces at play, which have for the past several hundred years promoted the idea that genius and men and power and money are all very intertwined with one another.»

Kim's paintings often appear to be pure abstractions, but upon investigation, they reveal a charged space that often connects to the artist's personal experiences in relation to larger cultural forces.

He places rap squarely at the center of a hip - hop culture that reinforces patterns of ignorance and misogyny, and links it to larger cultural forces that debase the popular images of African - American men.

Not only were theologians and preachers often apologetic about their tradition's peculiarities, but larger cultural forces were making it difficult for those traditions to sustain themselves.

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But she is also being acted on by forces — social, economic, cultural, political — larger than herself.

«This murder / excessive force / mass shooting / act of discrimination / imprisonment was an isolated incident and not indicative of a larger cultural problem.

This conception accounts for cultural influences of varying degrees in the form of larger rivers representing the dominant cultural forces of the day, but also for the more pronounced cultural mixing that occurs today as a result of increased access to instant worldwide communication and the instantaneous dissemination of information.

Jin's book first provides a brief genealogy of Chinese Web literature and Chinese popular romance, and then investigates how large socio - cultural forces have shaped new writing and...

Jin's book first provides a brief genealogy of Chinese Web literature and Chinese popular romance, and then investigates how large socio - cultural forces have shaped new writing and reading practices and created new subgenres of popular romance in contemporary China.

By convening a national task force of artists, cultural leaders, and city officials, led by Creative Time Chief Curator Nato Thompson, the OACCE will begin a yearlong discovery process to investigate how city government can engage a broad spectrum of communities in civic dialogue through large - scale temporary public art.

They ultimately parted ways with the Contemporary Arts Association of Houston - now the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - but not before mounting major exhibitions and enabling Jermayne MacAgy, perhaps the first professionally trained art historian in the city, to serve as its director and a cultural force at large.

For «Human Traffic», Rina Banerjee has specifically produced a series of artworks (sculptures, wooden panels, large format drawings) illustrating her reflections on the theme of movement, which she interprets in a positive (journeys that generate a great cultural diversity and richness) as well as a more abrupt way, with the forced physical circulation of bodies due to war, terrorism and poverty, thereby implicating migrations of every kind.

The practice of law does not take place in a vacuum, but in a vast and multifarious Real World full of fellow human beings and of social, economic, political, natural, and cultural tidal forces, and the practice can only gain from the attorney's engagement with that larger context.

Advanced AI may even force change — both operational and cultural — throughout the United States» large defense organization.

As the world's biggest subscription music service by members, Spotify has been a major force in a larger cultural shift in music.

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