Sentences with phrase «rich material culture»

«Behind Closed Doors offers a unique opportunity to address the legacy of Spanish America in New Orleans through an examination of the American continent's rich material culture and the social constructs behind this incredible cache of artworks,» said Lucia Abramovich, Curatorial Fellow for Spanish Colonial Art.

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«This rich assemblage of materials in bronze, silver, lead and iron, along with the abundant ceramics and remarkable evidence of organic remains, create an unparalleled opportunity for the study of culture, religion and daily life in Chianti and the surrounding region,» she said of the well excavation that began in 2011, which is part of a larger dig encompassing the entire Cetamura settlement.

Instead of using outdated materials that the majority of Latino and minority students couldn't relate to, Carigg said they filled the school with materials rich in their culture.

Adults must focus instead on providing a culture of permission and a rich, interesting environment, so that children feel free to play as they choose, and have access to the widest choice of materials and places.

Although the documents are organized chronologically as the years just before or during the Civil War, the archive contains rich material for teachers and researchers interested in exploring other important themes in American History, such as slavery, immigration, ethnic groups, women's lives, reform movements, economic development, and political culture.

Drawing on rich ethnographic material from Caracas» shantytowns, state institutions, as well as everyday life and public culture, Strønen explores the complexities and challenges in fostering deep social and political change.

Rooms and common areas offer an indoor - outdoor experience to connect guests with the landscape, and hotel celebrates Baja culture by working with local panga fishing cooperatives and featuring in - room amenities and a retail program rich in Mexican materials and products.

For Slotawa, material culture, and specifically his own personal possessions, represent a rich, recyclable resource for sculptural forms and installations.

From her lecture, «The Struggle for Culture Today is the Struggle for Life,» Mendieta writes, «The US, the greatest imperialist power, rich in material as well as technological resources, maintains some of the most shameful, hurting and inhuman forms of racial, economic and social descriminations [sic] amongst its own people.

Tom McKinley's exhibition of new paintings presents a survey of domestic architecture embedded with rich references to material culture.

Over the past two years, Guccivuitton has staked out a unique position that meditates on the rich history of artist - run galleries while presenting content that reflects authentic regional material and vernacular culture.

It has provided a rich seam of material to explore with the in - house community (and for them to engage in an honest and open evaluation of their own attitudes, practices and cultures).