Sentences with phrase «political issues confronting»

Cohen shared his thoughts about the historical development of the standards - based reform movement in the U.S. and identified critical political issues confronting the movement at present.

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Bernstein sees Dewey's liberal, political outlook as completely consistent with his view that philosophy's main task is «to become practical, where this means addressing itself to the basic issues and conflicts that confront us, and making practical judgments about what is to be done» (PA 225).

It is not true that political candidates hate to confront moral issues.

So, the question remains: Does engaging hundreds of millions of people on the subject of conflict in central Africa «help» despite not actually confronting the root causes and longterm consequences, i.e. can it be celebrated as step, however small, in the right direction for social media, political activism and raising awareness about African issues?

I had expected to ask questions, but very characteristic of him, the former President decided to walk us through a lecture touching on his days as head of state (military and civilian), some of the difficult and sensitive decisions he took, his observations out of political office, Ghana's present political scene, the challenges confronting the Ghanaian media and finally the issue at stake.

The queen, of course, doesn't generally have to worry about being confronted on political issues the way New York's first couple does.

This story, as well as companion stories to be published this week on ScienceInsider, takes an in - depth look at the myriad political, technical, and budgetary issues that are confronting the Census Bureau, which generates some of the world's most widely used demographic data.

(1) The political issues explicitly confronted in Haneke's work — the alienating rituals of late capitalism, immigration, multiculturalism, the legacies of colonialism, the origins of fascism, the media's relationship with violence — further encourage the idea that he is attuned to the contemporary world, and prepared to engage with it, with a commitment matched by few other directors today.

The report, issued earlier this spring by the federal Institute of Education Sciences, provides little insight into the social - political context that the participating school districts confronted in bringing the evaluation systems forward.

The issue remains confusing and contentious for many Christians today, as issues of political activism, religious freedom, and civil disobedience confront those seeking to understand this crucial relationship.

About An Incomplete History Through the lens of the Whitney's collection, An Incomplete History of Protest looks at how artists from the 1940s to the present have confronted the political and social issues of their day.

Throughout his varying practice, he confronts philosophical and political issues but presents them as humble moments and chance encounters.

Ward re-contextualizes these found objects in thought - provoking juxtapositions that create complex, metaphorical meanings to confront social and political issues surrounding race, poverty, and consumer culture.

Operating across the public and personal realms — as well as using their own bodies as central motifs — these artists sought to address broad political issues and confront patriarchy and sexism in art and society.

Sanogo developed his own pictorial codes, using abstract and figurative aesthetics and humourhumor to confront issues of political stagnation, ignorance and greed.

The two artists will explore how political activism is manifested in various forms, particularly in community - based projects like Welcome Blanket that confront contemporary social and political issues.

Alÿs confronts issues of globalism through Sisyphean episodes: pushing a block of ice down the streets of Mexico City until it is melted completely (Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing, 1997); walking the streets of São Paulo and Jerusalem with a dripping can of paint to mark national borders (The Green Line (Sometimes doing something poetic can become political and sometimes doing something political can become poetic), 2005); and shoveling a mound of sand from one side of a dune to the other in Lima, Peru (When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002).

NO STRANGER TO RACIAL DIVISION and political strife, Jack Whitten's abstract canvases tackle weighty issues, confront hard truths, and consider the insights and sacrifices of important cultural figures.

Gideon Mendel: Drowning World joins other exhibitions at the Broad MSU examining works by living artists from the U.S. and around the globe who are confronting a range of political, economic, and social issues.

Celebrated Bangladeshi Artists Premiere Works Confronting Social and Political Issues in New Exhibition

An Incomplete History of Protest looks at how artists from the 1940s to the present have confronted the political and social issues of their day.

Judy Chicago and fellow artist, Jayna Zweiman, originator of the «pussy hat» will explore how political activism is manifested in various forms, particularly in community - based projects that confront contemporary social and political issues.

The two artists will explore how to political activism is manifested in various forms, particularly in community - based projects like Welcome Blanket that confront contemporary social and political issues.

After treating the undoubtedly political position of the artist in «Hercules» (2007) and the problems related to psychological issues and language in «Horizon Problems» (2011), Agut now proposes a physical and visual experience that brings us closer to the moment zero of artistic creation, the moment when the artist confronts himself with his work and starts to think about it.

Each of these artists confronts issues of violence and power, shifting between personal, political and historical events while maintaining a dialogue with the tradition of figurative painting.

With it, Bradford presents a work that not only explores the vital tension between abstraction and representation in contemporary art, but crucially invites us to confront some of the most pressing issues that we must continue to reckon with in today's socio - political landscape characterised by flares of racism, sexism and global economic suffering of the disenfranchised.

Known for confronting history and addressing political and social issues in his abstract collage paintings, Bradford plans to incorporate figuration in his work for the first time and is «taking as a point of departure» a major Civil War painting.

Drawing on the Smithsonian's archives, the abstract work will address contemporary political issues and confront U.S. history.

Through the lens of the Whitney's collection, An Incomplete History of Protest looks at how artists from the 1940s to the present have confronted the political and social issues of their day.

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney's Collection, 1940 — 2017 examines how artists have confronted the political and social issues of their day.

In a Times article on the speech by John Broder, Mr. Gore implied that his timetable and targets for de-carbonizing the country's electricity sources were intentionally super-sized: «I see my role as enlarging the political space in which Senator Obama or Senator McCain can confront this issue as president next year,» Mr. Gore said.

The issue of climate change is a significant political, economic and environmental dilemma confronting our nation and the international community.