Sentences with phrase «of cultural resistance»

The provocative, boundary - pushing artist thrives on highlighting the distinctly Cuban spirit of cultural resistance.

Evoking «the underground» as a site of cultural resistance, he considers how these constructs have been transformed by contemporary life and social media.

The organisation's curator Renée Mussai adds: «Over 30 years later and hitherto unpublished, Vron Ware's defiant photographs offer insight into decisive moments of cultural resistance in post-war Britain's anti-fascist and community campaigning.»

That's the front line of cultural resistance and Christian humanism: the response to the culture of death must be charity, love.

In the context East Asia, the T'aiping Tienkuo Movement of 19 century and the May 4th Movement of 20 century in China, and the Tonghak Minjung Movement of 19th century and the March 1st Independence Movement of 20th century in Korea [and the Japanese counter parts] are paradigmatic examples of cultural resistance and transformation movements by the people.

This is the beginning of the cultural resistance and struggle for survival in the global cultural war.

Not exact matches

Cultural resistance to marriage In certain sections of society, marriage has been almost eliminated from the culture; increasingly it has become the privilege of the middle classes.

What is new is the way this tendency is now being used as means of slowly but surely eliminating any space for cultural resistance.

Yet I feel that many Christians — I include myself — have yet to find any healthy forms of resistance to this new cultural habit.

Of all the major world religions today, Islam is undoubtedly the most muscular not only in its religious stance but in its resistance to cultural concessions.

So long as the Church was understood as primarily institutional, in terms of its parallelism to a state rather than to a cultural society, and so long as tradition meant resistance to reform, conflict between the principles of traditional and Scriptural authority was inevitable.

Intimidated by secularism, it follows the path of least resistance: what better way to relieve oneself of the stress of fighting for Christianity then to issue pre-emptive concession speeches and wave the white flag of cultural surrender?

John Paul II's approach to east central Europe was based on different premises: that the post-war division of Europe was immoral and historically artificial; that communist violations of basic human rights had to be named for what they were; and that the «captive nations» could eventually find tools of resistance that communism could not match, if they reclaimed the religious, moral, and cultural truth about themselves and lived those truths without fear.

This type of analysis is a vital precursor to any attempt to measure the social and cultural effects of the extension of the capitalist system, especially in its contemporary neo-liberal phase, but it also permits us to draw up strategies and alliances for resistance.

It's time that the issues of multiculturalism, pluralism, cultural relativism (and now recently, in resistance to multiculturalism, «culturalism,» become the pertinent topics of the day.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

There really ought to be little wonder that the Catholic Church would, for the better part of two centuries, see great caution where possible, and open resistance where necessary, as the rule for her engagement with modernity — political, cultural, intellectual, and otherwise.

He continued to maintain that cultural renewal, not resistance to anti «Semitism, was the essential task of his time.

But, of course, one must ask a basic theological question: What is the theological rationale for consciously and concertedly bringing the Dalit and Adivasi dynamic of resistance - liberation with all its religio - cultural and socioeconomic dimensions into the realm of Christian theology?

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Firm and intelligent resistance to cultural trends has always been a hallmark of vital religious institutions; complacency is their worst enemy.

Ultimately the people's resistance takes the form of new religious / cultural movements, counter and alternative to the dominant cultures and civilizations.

In short, the conceptual chapters emphasise that ideas of sovereign responsibilities, protection against life integrity violations, and resistance to oppression are well reflected in southern cultural traditions.

Moreover, they permit culturally appropriate forms of good governance to develop, without justifying a resistance to change among political «elites» on the basis of arguments about cultural relativism.

«Rather than limit this review of diversity to cultural institutions, the de Blasio administration needs to apply diversity principles across the board, especially to its underrepresented Latinos,» Alvarez wrote, adding that her efforts to meet with the administration to discuss the issues had, to that point, been «met with resistance.»

The downside includes cultural resistance to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), clinical research process real - time compliance, inadequate information systems leading to unpredictable project milestones, a «no clock» application process in the regulatory machinery, and inconsistent time frames for export / import of clinical trial materials at the border.

Caught up in the cultural shame of it, she has less of a resistance to it than others.

How students use «critical thinking tools» (problem posing, multiperspectivity, reflective skepticism, systemic thinking and dialog) and «rhetorical tools» (positioning of self and others, invoking cultural narratives, justifications, challenges, resistance) provides insight into whether or not discussions deepen student's understanding of controversial issues and foster recognition across groups in conflict, she says.

Fullan asserts that, while there is no standard formula for changing the culture of an organization, sustainable improvement requires several years of effort to work through complex cultural issues such as resistance to change and acculturation of the new leader.215 Turnover that occurs every two or three years makes it unlikely that a principal will get beyond the stages of initiation and early implementation.

Cultural resistance to cooperative learning was based on social Darwinism, with its premise that students must be taught to survive in a «dog - eat - dog» world, and the myth of «rugged individualism» underlying the use of individualistic learning.

I am experiencing retroactive cautions given the degree of glamour, economic reward, and current cultural embrace of many things feminist which lack rigor, radicalization, and resistance.

The banners are moving works of art and powerful symbols of cultural pride, protest, and resistance.

She explores the cultural resistance and survival of people living in poverty, conflict and war.

Hailing from the French West Indies and based in New Orleans, Tancons explores festivals and processional performances as acts of artmaking, cultural expression, and resistance.

In this roundup ten artists comment on cultural exclusion and resistance, peace and protest, documentary war photography, revolutionary philosophers, and their own radicalized points of view.

''... not simply an excellent historical survey of artistic and curatorial identifications with and resistances to capitalist and post-productivist worlds of work; [Work] is also a deftly edited collection that makes a claim for cultural labour as essential to the working politics of our contemporary age.»

S. Border Experience, the Museum of Contemporary Art and Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego; CARA: Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation 1965 - 1985, organized by the Smithsonian Institute; and Hispanic Art in the United States, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Using his own background that has been defined by several cultures simultaneously, Attia explores the impact of Western cultural and political capitalism on the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as how this residual strain of struggle and resistance to colonization impacts the mind of any immigrant as a territory.

Three themes that emerge from her work are explored in Outcasts: finding a voice, the process of constructing multiple perspectives on female identity; hybrid alternatives to the status quo, harnessing ancient and modern mythologies to subvert the established social and cultural order; and healing and empowerment as pathways to resistance, inclusiveness and recovery from loss and trauma.

Attia's work explores the impact of Western cultural and political capitalism on the Middle East and North Africa, and considers how this residual strain of struggle and resistance to colonisation affects Arab youth, particularly those living in the banlieues (suburbs) of France.

#tbt to last weekend when artist #AndreaFraser read her latest essay to a full house @theicala - «Toward a Reflexive Resistance» centered around the work of the late sociologist and philosopher #PierreBourdieu in reference to cultural capital versus critical reflexivity within the contemporary arts community.

Often referencing political and artistic history, including social resistance movements and Dada, Minimalism, and Conceptualism, Pendleton siphons historical and aesthetic content from texts and visual culture to critically examine the resonance of ideas from varied cultural and social perspectives.

Ms. Block, who has traveled to Cuba for many years and long made the case that the island nation and the Bronx share important cultural and economic affinities, encountered resistance from some of the museum's leadership in her push to make the show happen and to deepen ties with Cuba.

Employing appropriation as a strategy of production, they incorporate prefabricated objects and imagery into their art, repositioning them in ways that expand our perceptions of history, representation, class, violence, resistance, and cultural practice.

Punchbag added further complexities to questions of raced, gendered and cultural identities raised by Glenn Ligon's Skin Tight: Muhammed Ali Text (1995)[Figs.85 - 86], a punchbag and text piece which specifically sought to address «how black men have used boxing to confront issues of black American identity» and «the construction of masculinity in relation to questions of violence, the commodification of black subjects, sexuality and resistance.»

This story seeks to uncover some of that history and establish the importance of cultural practice, resistance and language revival from a personal perspective.

Prior to this she completed an MA in Cultural Studies at Leeds University with a dissertation on visual strategies of social resistance, and an MFA in Art Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Highlights include a keynote by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, on exhibition making in the 21st century; solo artist conversations with JR, Hermann Nitsch and Carolee Schneemann; artists - in - dialogue pairings featuring Constant Dullaart and Matt Goerzen; Leonardo Drew and Ja'Tovia Gary; and Josh Kline and Patty Chang; and a series of panels addressing the future of the gallery model, the rapid growth of new cultural centers globally and the paradoxical conditions for political resistance.

Moore recently stated that ABC No Rio has always been «different from most cultural centers in that it is explicitly dedicated to the «culture of resistance.»

SOMArts Cultural Center presents The Third Muslim: Queer and Trans * Muslim Narratives of Resistance and Resilience co-curated by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Yas Ahmed.