Sentences with phrase «national cultural significance»

Generated at the National Trust site of Stourhead (Wiltshire, UK) in 2006, the images eschew any desire to document a specific location; instead, the historic house at Stourhead, along with its world - famous 18th century landscape gardens, are employed by Crisp as a formal device to reflect upon the colliding imperatives of heritage, leisure and history at a site of national cultural significance.

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They point to other destructive aspects of television that have been stressed by television researchers and theorists; the privatization of experience at the expense of family and social interaction and rela - tionships; (33) the promotion of fear as the appropriate attitude to life: (34) television's cultural levelling effects which blur local, regional, and national differences and impose a distorted and primarily free - enterprise, competitive and capitalistic picture of events and their significance; (35) television's suppression of social dialogue; (36) its distorted and exploitative presentation of certain social groups: (37) the increasing alienation felt by most viewers in relation to this central means of social communication; (38) and its negative effects on the development of the full range of human potential.

Posed as an important site for the maintenance of national security, this nearly 2000 - mile expanse is also one that bears biodiversity and ecosystem significance on both sides of the border.This panel seeks to better understand the intersection of science and technology with national security, human rights, environmental and cultural resources along U.S. - Mexico border.

From erupting geysers to bison roaming across the landscape, the spectacular landscape, wildlife, and cultural significance of Yellowstone National Park also fills me with intense wonder and joy.

This film, too, was selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry for its historical and cultural significance.

Our sea kayaking tours of Gwaii Haanas National Park and Haida Heritage Site paddle by some of the most spectacular terrain on the island: from the waters of Hecate Strait, to the open Pacific and then through areas of extraordinary biodiversity and cultural significance.

«The Great Barrier Reef, Wet Tropics and Green Cauldron have been named National Landscapes as part of a program between Tourism Australia and Parks Australia to promote areas of outstanding natural beauty and cultural significance,» Ms Stuckey said.

The rugged volcanic peaks of the Glass House Mountains are listed on the Queensland and National heritage registers as a landscape of national importance due to their cultural significance to the area's traditional Aboriginal owners, the Gubbi GubbiNational heritage registers as a landscape of national importance due to their cultural significance to the area's traditional Aboriginal owners, the Gubbi Gubbinational importance due to their cultural significance to the area's traditional Aboriginal owners, the Gubbi Gubbi people.

The biggest tourist draws include Hana Highway, Haleakala National Park, Lao Valley and Lahaina (historic town with major historic and cultural significance).

Daintree National Park is worthy of the top prize with age, cultural importance, natural significance on its side.

The National Videogame Arcade, a fascinating institution that opened in March 2015 to promote the cultural and economic significance of games, was facing closure.

Focusing on sites and events of cultural significance, Pavlovic examines the power of photography to shape the perception of history as an expression of people's dreams and aspirations by projecting and conflating self - images and national ideologies.

The dominant pictorial element is the Union Jack, itself an internationally familiar, abstract, geometric pattern and a socially and politically charged symbol whose significance spans the cultural spectrum from contemporary fashion to aggressive national pride.

These artists were being placed in a conversation with Minimalism almost from its inception, and their inclusion in «Others» is characteristic of the post-colonial turn to recognise artists whose significance to certain cultural narratives was previously overlooked because of national affiliation; again, this is the same principle at work as in Part I.

Beehives, Bobs & Blow - Dries is a new exhibition dedicated to the social history and cultural significance of hairdressing and hair technology, making its national debut at The Civic, Barnsley, in February 2018.

The four - month - long presentation will be mounted at outdoor sites of «historical, natural and cultural significance» across Krabi, including the Than Bok Khorani and Hat Noppharat Thara — Mu Koh Phi Phi National Parks, and feature newly commissioned, site - specific artworks created by emerging artists.

MONUMENTS OF IRISH CULTURE For a list of national sites of cultural, historical, architectural or artistic significance, see: Architectural Monuments Ireland and Archeological Monuments Ireland.

To see the Visual Arts playing their fullest role in national cultural life with artists, curators, gallery spaces and Visual Arts organisations achieving regional, national and international significance and reaching ever - broadening audiences.

Last week, in a meeting of Brazil's Institute of National Historic Landmarks, the board voted to make the natural wonder «a place of cultural significance».

The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic project at the National Snow and Ice Data Center is pleased to announce the release of a website focused on the cultural and ecological significance of the northern Bering Sea....

Today, the city draws tourists with the nearby Loess Hills and the National Scenic Byway, which are roads distinguished for their picturesque scenery and other cultural significance.

[11] For example, Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory is a World Heritage site with Ramsar listed Wetlands well known for its spectacular wilderness, nature conservation values, rich diversity of habitats, flora and fauna, and cultural significance.

Provides for the ownership of approved areas that are national parks, nature reserves, a historic site, or state conservation area, regional park, karst conservation reserve or Aboriginal area that are of «cultural significance» to Aboriginal people: s. 71D, 71 Y.

The National Park was created in 1977 and is of particular ecological, cultural, physical, ethnographic and practical significance to the Martu.

Emphasizing that the United Nations has an important and continuing role to play in promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, Believing that this Declaration is a further important step forward for the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples and in the development of relevant activities of the United Nations system in this field, Recognizing and reaffirming that indigenous individuals are entitled without discrimination to all human rights recognized in international law, and that indigenous peoples possess collective rights which are indispensable for their existence, well - being and integral development as peoples, Recognizing that the situation of indigenous peoples varies from region to region and from country to country and that the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical and cultural backgrounds should be taken into consideration, Solemnly proclaims the following United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a standard of achievement to be pursued in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect:

Provides for the ownership of approved areas that are national parks, nature reserves, a historic site, or state conservation area, regional park, karst conservation reserve or Aboriginal areas that are of «cultural significance» to Aboriginal people: s71D, 71Y.

Provide a network for Indigenous postgraduate students; Advocate for and to represent the interests of Indigenous postgraduate students at a national level; Promote research into Indigenous issues and the training of Indigenous researchers; Educate researchers on appropriate protocols when dealing with issues of cultural and social significance to Indigenous peoples.