Sentences with phrase «public imagination as»

It is also hugely important, because the information gap that results from soft - pedaling on the biggest story of our age means the goals of the Paris Agreement are not yet as firmly entrenched in the political, corporate and public imagination as they should be.

I mentioned that roaches have held a large sway in the public imagination as the villains of horror films.

We also offer a few other roach species for food — the «dubia» roach being the most common — but only the hisser seems to have caught the public imagination as a pet.

The book is set in Baltimore, a city that already looms large in the public imagination as a model of postindustrial urban decay.

The 1997 Pathfinder was a total triumph; its little rover, called Sojourner, captured the public imagination as few spacecraft have since the moon landings.

It is possible that a new momentum may be found through the conception of a new type of broadcasting which captures the public imagination as Oral Roberts did in 1970, or through the emergence of new personalities.

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research; since most of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation of cloned human embryos for research into and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «stem - cells» has become synonymous with «embryonic stem - cells» in the public imagination.

A full defense of this intuition as true (i.e., as «public») demands the kind of argument and modes of reflections which I have attempted in my recently completed work on systematic theology (The Analogical Imagination).

Indeed, a «sociological imagination» is slowly transforming all theologies — sometimes with unsettling and explicit power, as in the use of critical social theories in political and liberation theologies; sometimes with more implicit but no less unsettling effect, as in the increasing use of sociology of knowledge to clarify the actual social settings (or publics) of different theologies.

The idea of broadcasting as a force in the public interest, a display case for the best of America «s creative arts, a forum of public debate — advancing the democratic conversation and enhancing the public imagination — has receded before the inexorable force of audience maximization.11.

Perhaps because Cicero happened to translate that particular dialogue for his aristocratic Roman public and thereby unintentionally made it one of the few texts from Plato available to the Latin West in the early Middle Ages, this image of God as Artificer proved to have a tenacious hold on the medieval imagination.

In the same way, public nakedness is shameful because it incites lust, and se.xual sin is rooted in desire (the imagination of a sinful act), as implied in Exodus 20:17 and addressed by Christ in Matthew 5:28.

Singular psyches are better conceived, in the view I have been sketching, as fleeting nodes in a multi-layered semiotic network whose connectivities are both ensured and characterized by shared modes of symbolization, or signification, such as language supplies.24 Here the «We» often claims the last word, but so long as some vestige of radical imagination remains, singular psyches are not subservient to public customs, institutional definitions, entrained instincts, ingrained habits, and soon.

Unfortunately, parents whose main offense was poverty, as opposed to abuse or actual neglect, get lumped in with the crack whores in the public imagination.

And fourth, imagination and innovation as we harness the opportunities of technology to transform the way public services are delivered.

«I think I'm the leader who can fire the imagination of the public as well as the party, unite the different talents of the party and be a credible prime minister.»

In his piece trumpeting the election as proof that «a different kind of progressive politics can capture the imagination of a public ground down by economic crisis», Ed Miliband's strategy adviser, Stewart Wood, admitted that «New York City is not the UK, and a mayoral race is not the same as a British general election».

Clegg is more strongly opposed, fearing that a vote would not capture the public imagination and, as with last year's vote on electoral reform, could be lost.

The discovery captured the imagination of scientists and entrepreneurs as well as the public.

(Gibson is embarrassed to be seen as the founding father of cyberspace, acknowledging that Alfred Bester and others also explored these ideas, but Gibson's cyberpunks caught the public imagination.)

Ever since scientists realized that humans evolved from a succession of primate ancestors, the public imagination has been focused on the inflection point when those ancestors switched from ape - like shuffling to walking upright as we do today.

About the same time as John Beard's early work, Madam Curie's (1867 - 1934) work treating cancer with radiation took the spotlight, and captured the imagination of the media and the public.

It's World War II London, and Cartin's in search of a creative outlet as well as a way to support herself and her artist husband, which means she's going to take this job, helping to write a script for a film that, in Swain's words, will «capture the public imagination and trust.»

From Another Earth to District 9 to Monsters, sci - fi buffs have been able to savour some truly fantastic pieces of storytelling, even if the mass - market stuff such as John Carter seems to have failed to capture the public's imagination.

It is different when a private actor such as Gates uses his money to leverage public money — some $ 600 billion of it for his own relatively small investment of few tens of millions every year — to steer the public money to implement mediocre curricula and ill thought - out programs born of his feverish imagination and ignorance.

Entitled Remembrance: A National School Assembly, this unique learning experience will include a close - up view of the wonderful poppy installation which has captured the public's imagination, as well as plenty of opportunities to reflect on the meaning of Remembrance 100 years on from the start of the First World War.

The static e-book has become embedded in the public's imagination as an exemplar of the future of reading on the screen.

And she has captured the reading public's imagination as the star of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.

Harry Truman captured the public's imagination by coming across as a proud loner defying government authorities.

Although Nessie was sighted as far back as the 6th century AD it is the modern day sightings that have captured the public imagination.

As a preview event, we're talking with Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E), which describes itself as «an LA - based nonprofit contemporary art space and creative laboratory that pushes boundaries to expand the definition of contemporary art practices and inspire the public imagination.&raquAs a preview event, we're talking with Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E), which describes itself as «an LA - based nonprofit contemporary art space and creative laboratory that pushes boundaries to expand the definition of contemporary art practices and inspire the public imagination.&raquas «an LA - based nonprofit contemporary art space and creative laboratory that pushes boundaries to expand the definition of contemporary art practices and inspire the public imagination.»

The show also includes photographs and videos, film clips, musical references, as well as artworks by renowned artists, from public and private collections, that have triggered the designer's imagination throughout his life and career.

Conceived as a radical think tank in the shape of an artist community, 18th Street supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public to foster radical imagination, empathy, and positive social change.

Thanks to the imagination and determination of the Art Programme team, sponsors and supporters, the Elizabeth line will be the single biggest addition to the capital's public art scene in a generation and will cement London's place as a global capital for arts and culture.»

From that point until Castelli's death in 1999, the widening reach and singular tenacity of Johns's hold on the imagination of the American public as well as his institutional and art - world pre-eminence were owed in no small degree to his mentor's promotional genius.

Recent work addresses issues of public history (both Canadian and European) and the construction of the visual imagination, particularly as they relate to music and mapping strategies in representing the landscape.

It was public art that caught his imagination, and starting in 1979 he began to reconsider his role as an artist by making works of functional furniture - as - sculpture (pragmatic sculpture, he called it) that were meant to be largely anonymous, invisible, and woven into the fabric of the everyday.

Arranged thematically, the poignant works — which explore the line between public and private, memory and imagination — look as though they were designed specifically for the Garage's warehouse - like galleries.

«I could have done that,» may be a typical response to Creed's work, just as it was for Carl Andre's Bricks, Bob Law's empty canvases with a little Biro line running around their perimeters, and all the other artworks that have not so much captured the public's imagination as poked fun at prejudice.

Gordon elicits fear into the imagination of onlookers via this simple act of public performance art, in an era where the travelling loner is seen as threatening rather than vulnerable.

Title: Menhir Stacking Artist: Hans Van de Bovenkamp (Sagaponack, NY) Framed signed drawing of Van de Bovenkamp sculpture 26» h x 20» w, framed Value: $ 1,800 Starting Bid: $ 1,000 Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open - air public locales, Hans Van de Bovenkamp has been described as an artist - mystic whose work — with its signature power, lyricism, and grand proportions - heightens the viewer's sense of imagination and discovery.

In the post-war America of the 1940s and 1950s, a number of New York Abstract Expressionist Artists captured the imagination of the public with regard to the mechanisms of their craft − a style described as «Action Painting.»

Morris as an artist and designer is key to the exhibition; the work that caught the public imagination in Venice showed the Arts & Crafts idealist chucking the yacht of tycoon art collector Roman Abramovich into the Venetian waters.

Lewis's experimental work occupies an important place in the Canadian public imagination not only because it has used iconic locations as subjects and backdrops, but also because it has strongly influenced a younger generation of artists.

«As in previous years the Sculpture Park continues to provide the public with an overview of some of the most interesting developments in sculpture that has been made specifically for an outdoor setting and showcases the vitality and imagination of artists from around the world.»

Dumas plays with the imagination, preconceptions and fears of her viewers, drawing her subjects from both public and personal references including her daughter and herself, as well as recognisable faces from Princess Diana to Osama bin Laden.

Janković and Shultz even dare to reference the late Dr. Stephen Schneider's heartfelt rationalization for climate change advocacy by invoking his stated position that climate scientists must necessarily «offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have» so as to «capture the public's imagination» by «getting loads of media coverage» as a means to advance the cause.

As opinion polls reveal that global warming is losing traction on the public imagination, environmental pressure groups have been cranking the engine on this «other carbon dioxide problem».

The rise of the grand narrative, as many readers will know, has been littered with deeply worrying statements, of which the following are perhaps some of the more notorious: «Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen» (Sir John Houghton); «To capture the public imagination we have to offer up some scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements and little mention of any doubts one might have.

On the other hand, we are not just scientists but human beings as well... we need to get some broadbased support, to capture the public's imagination.