Sentences with phrase «shifting identities of»

For them, too, the mix let painting stop telling obvious stories — to become abstract, if you will — without losing concern for the shifting identities of figure and ground.

Instead, the anarchic work embraces a state of ambiguity that allows for alternative ways of processing what is seen — whether in the installation's vast changes in scale or the shifting identities of its components in which mountains become piles of raw pigment and sliced Styrofoam appears tectonic.

2001 Introduction (by Robbie Davis - Floyd, Sheila Cosminsky, and Stacy L. Pigg) to Daughters of Time: The Shifting Identities of Contemporary Midwives, a special triple issue of Medical Anthropology, Vols.

Organizer, «Daughters of Time: The Shifting Identities of Postmodern Midwives.»

This major touring exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) examines the shifting identity of American self - taught artists and offers an unprecedented overview of their profound impact on the evolution of modern and contemporary art.

Greene enjoys exploring photographic processes that engage issues about the body, memory, the absorption of culture, and the ever - shifting identity of African Americans.

A celebrated artist and educator, Greene enjoys exploring photographic processes that engage issues about the body, memory, and the ever - shifting identity of African Americans.

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Amazon, whose identity straddles between a tech and retail company, has been the bane of the latter's problems as consumer preferences have shifted to shopping online instead of in stores.

These shifts help explain why homeownership, long a source of middle class identity and economic opportunity, has started to decline.

I've been shifting clients into thinking «brand building» and into «if you rip off - site SEO out of your mind entirely, what would a brand do to build it's identity, presence and authority?»

Javelin's findings tell us that with the adoption of embedded chip cards now widespread in the U.S., criminals have begun to shift their fraud operations away from physical stores, favoring online transactions, new account fraud, and identity theft.

On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million new bank accounts for impoverished families.

These demographic and cultural shifts left once - thriving restaurant chains with an identity crisis — so some of them decided to try and rebrand themselves to keep those younger consumers.

It begins with a dislocated emphasis on egalitarianism, a shifting of perspective from the essence of personhood to the accidents of personhood in a reductionism of discrete entities to identities of each other in the name of «equality.»

No matter who wins, it's another sure sign of shifting political lines, in which political parties are shaped less by policy than identity.

The shift from locating my identity in the message of the Gospel to locating my identity in my success as a messenger of the Gospel was slow and subtle... My confidence was severely misplaced: Confidence in status, reputation, power and position, the way I spoke, the praise I received, financial security and success.

This means that when the seat of existence was located in the unconscious, individual identity through time was far less exclusive than it became with the axial shift of center to consciousness.

1) Copenhagen demonstrated that global governance has overreached itself; 2) The crisis provokes a shift away from idealistic globalism, back to pragmatic concerns; 3) «Global consensus» established by «experts» is not and has never been genuine; 4) The institutions of global governance prove unable to resolve their identity crisis and to reform themselves; they are fragmented; 5) Global governance pays the bill for not taking into account non-western cultures and civilisations; 6) Displaying an incapacity to provide real leadership, produce a vision for the world, new ideas / ideologies, global governance opts for a survival approach.

My point is really that sexual orientation, like gender identity, is also complicated and full of greys and is also impacted by gender, which is so many different shifting shades of grey, that to say we know where they intersect and where they don't, to pretend one is clear and one is not, seems impossible, especially without better defining our terms.

My point is that the shift from a theory of comparative advantage to a situation where absolute advantage is decisive, along with the shift from near identity of wages in all countries to very large differentials, is decisive for a realistic discussion of trade today.

This would simply misrepresent the diversity of goals held by the various Christian mission agencies; gloss over the historical shifts in the nature of relationships between the East India Company, the British empire and the mission societies; and conceal the multiple ways in which local subjects — the colonized Indians — thought and acted within this context to demonstrate their identity as independent agents.

Administrative board retreat: The attempt of the board to link itself by exploring its identity was defeated by Sid's refusal to participate and his shift of attention to matters of unfolding: appointments to staff vacancies and the modification of the education wing.

And again, Assyria follows its policy of shifting the best classes of populations, deporting thousands of Israelites eastward, and importing thousands from Aramaic - speaking countries, who in time lose their identity among the inhabitants of Palestine.

But how much of a change of behavior patterns is required for a fundamental shift in personal identity?

But I think it is also evident that no hope exists of pinpointing the precise number of changes of habit that are necessary and sufficient for a significant shift in personal identity, just as it is impossible to say how few hairs on a man's head constitutes baldness.

In what's being heralded as the «largest survey of American religious and denominational identity» ever conducted, PRRI found that historic shifts have taken place in the nation's religious identity over the past few years, and suggests that the coming years are going to look very different for its religious landscape.

In The Burning Girl's spare, muscular prose, Messud outlines what it is to be an adolescent girl, a territory of shifting allegiances and nascent identity.

I'm sure as my kids get older, my identity as a mother will shift and change and I don't expect them to be the center of my universe forever.

Understanding how a child with a strong omnipotent identity sees and reacts to the world is the key to recognizing how a majority of the psychological disorders suffered by children in this country is the result of — or at a minimum, is greatly exacerbated by — this developmental shift.

They enable the continued sale of counterfeit items to consumers through a Terms of Service that shifts liability for legal compliance to the company they identify as the «Seller», but then they conceal the Seller's true identity (registered business name, address, phone number).

As our identities shift and responsibilities change, it can be challenging to balance the old versions of ourselves with the new.

Following the birth of her daughter in October 2016, she became increasingly interested in how new parents adjust their identities as their lives shift, as she herself was trying to do.

One of the ways women deal with this enormous identity shift is by quickly trying to resume routines and tasks they used to have prior to having a baby (chores, errands, social engagements).

Consequently, constructing a common progressive vision requires a shift from the language of identity towards that of interest.

Its lofty ideology, cosmopolitan values, creative aesthetic, and social media infrastructure has appealed to a generation of young people looking for a framework to help orient their transnational lives, and a narrative that is inclusive of their multiple and shifting identities.

For most of the people facing this problem the dilemma was solved by dropping their Labour identity entirely and shifting support to the SNP.

The «Prayer Survey»: http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1704430/prayersurvey.pdf The Church of England's press release: http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2013/03/four-out-of-five-believe-in-the-power-of-prayer.aspx Read the previous BHA press release, «Census results show huge shift in cultural identity from Christianity to no religion», 11 December 2012: http://humanism.org.uk/2012/12/11/census-results-show-huge-shift-in-cultural-identity-from-christianity-to-no-religion/ The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

If younger voters start to see themselves as Labour voters - if this becomes part of their identity - this may override their generational shift in attitudes against generous welfare systems, which some long - view right - wing strategists have been counting on.

The daily experience of postdocs, whether at the University of Chicago or any other institution, is made even more complex by the reality that a postdoc's professional identity can shift from moment to moment as the postdoc interacts with the lab, the institution, and the scientific profession.

«There is a huge historical and cultural identity associated with wine - producing regions,» Jones remarks, but some areas might need to shift to a new type of grape that would flourish under the different conditions.

«These trends are consistent with a shift away from a breadwinner - homemaker model of marriage toward a more egalitarian model of marriage in which women's status is less threatening to men's gender identity.»

A weird identity shifting among ghostly particles called neutrinos has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for the leaders of massive underground experiments in Japan and Canada.

Members of the CSNE neuroethics research thrust study the ethical issues that arise from neural engineering technology such as privacy, shifts in personal identity and moral responsibility.

Ive touched on this before, but sometimes the hardest part of this mental and physical journey is the identity shift — I truly believe the mantra, «What the mind believes, the body achieves,» and Ive never found that to be quite as true as when Im running.

My identity continues to shift, but I am aware of it.

I was raised Mormon, but over the years my spiritual identity has shifted away from organized religion and today, most of my transcendent experiences come from nature.

Recognizing that despite their growth, Zoosk was not going to be able to compete with the mammoths of the online dating world (eHarmony and Match.com), and a brilliant ad campaign shifted their identity to a more casual and individualized experience, tailored to a younger demographic (21 - 35).

Questions of sex, identity, aging, and the shifting parameters of marriage and parenthood all come up for consideration.

3 / 4Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Got ta Be Me is the first major film documentary to examine Davis» vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th - century America.Sammy Davis, Jr. had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, so vast and multi-faceted that it was dizzying in its scope and scale.

Keep the Lights On acknowledges (without belaboring) the performative nature of identity; how each of our claims to selfhood, be it sexual, romantic, or professional, are staged on a shifting terrain of habit, fantasy, and desire.