Sentences with phrase «which indigenous cultures»

«It is destroying lands and ecosystems to which indigenous cultures throughout the hemisphere are tied.

The bigger problem: Some herbs interact with prescription and OTC drugs, something which indigenous cultures never had to worry about, Tims says.

Not exact matches

Western Australian community groups have the chance to share in $ 100,000 in grants for innovative projects which promote reconciliation and respect for indigenous heritage and culture.

But there the assumption of everyone - missionary and indigenous persons alike - was that the culture of literacy, the culture and communications system that the church had mastered and in which it held power, was superior.

Although with a less dramatic involvement in native thought and culture than Ricci's, both Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in the 19th century often managed to combine a commitment to evangelization in the name of Jesus with a deep (and ever deepening) respect for the native culture and indigenous traditions of the nations to which they had been sent.

They also hoped to build indigenous roots for them in the various religions and cultures of India by reforming them from within and also by legal intervention and developing a composite culture supportive of a State which is common to all peoples living in India equally and a modernized society with dignity and justice for all.

Also, I'm somewhat familiar with the culture, which is helpful as well, since all expert missiologists say that indigenous missionaries are typically the most successful missionaries.

In the area of Gospel and culture, in contrast to the basic understanding of the Gospel as represented by western missions, which was to all intents and purposes a non - negotiable given, the evangelicals speak of the necessity for churches in the non-western world to find indigenous expression of Christianity in ways appropriate to people's culture and traditions.

Ricoeur there proposes a philosophical analysis of symbolic and metaphoric language intended to help us reach a «second naivete» before such texts.17 The latter phrase, which Ricoeur has made famous, suggests that the «first naivete,» an unquestioned dwelling in a world of symbol, which presumably came naturally to men and women in one - possibility cultures to which the symbols in question were indigenous, is no longer possible for us.

This, however, is not an isolated phenomenon, but has to be placed within the wider context of the globalization of culture and the attempts at standardisation, which has stimulated the attempt to rediscover the local and the indigenous.

This kind of prophesying indigenous to Canaan's culture (we will meet it again in the ninth century brilliantly described in the Elijah narratives) is certainly among the antecedents of the classical prophetism which emerges out of prophetic Yahwism.

More recently we have seen the globalisation and liberalisation in economic policies which create a new culture that destroys indigenous communities and traditional values.

It was great for us to be able to connect with that, see some of the indigenous culture in the country and also to make a contribution to the work that they do and we're proud to do that, but it's also fantastic to experience just a little taste of Australia's rich history which goes back far, far before when it was colonised.

The split between science and indigenous culture continues to inform his professional activities, which include graduate school and directing a botanical garden and preserve.

Anne - Katrin Broocks of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and Kevin Hannam of Edinburgh Napier University, UK, suggest in this new published paper the addition of one more «badge of honour» which applied to the artisan backpackers in Latin America: namely a deep involvement in the local, often indigenous culture and nature, including interaction with and absorption of knowledge relating to the local populations.

The key difference is that the athletic activity in indigenous cultures provides the perfect mechanism to reduce insulin levels: as soon as the volume of athletic activity creates a drop in blood sugar (which happens a lot in indigenous cultures) insulin levels drop, which means that leptin levels rise: fat oxidation (and oxidation in general) increases dramatically.

Here are just a few of the world's many indigenous cultures which eat a diet rich in saturated animal fats.The interesting thing about these indigenous cultures is that they carry literally NO body fat, have great muscle tone and in addition have exceptional cardiovascular fitness.

However, when looking at indigenous diets, the volume, frequency, and necessity of athletic activity in indigenous cultures is a huge confound, from which we can draw very little useful comparisons to sedentary cultures, where the volume, frequency, and necessity of athletic activity is drastically different.

The Palo Santo or «sacred wood» tree from which the oil derives has an ancient ethnobotanical history and has long been worshipped by indigenous cultures for its purifying powers.

«There is a hypocrisy in talking about indigenous cultures but not doing anything, as a non-native ally, to stand with them,» Woodley said in a live video posted to her Facebook page from the protest, which made its way down Main Street in Park City, Utah, in even harsher conditions than those that greeted Chelsea Handler and other Hollywood stars on Saturday.

This is an all - inclusive Indigenous experience which would see the students immersed in culture in a meaningful way.»

The program, which aims to make school more relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in remote areas, uses a local Indigenous knowledge base to engage students with their own culture, identity and place, and then uses that as a platform for wider education.

SEIT Outback Australia invites you to educate your students in a remarkable Indigenous cultural immersion program in Central Australia, which will inspire personal insights, ask students to question what it is to be an Indigenous Australian and showcase to your students one of the world «s oldest living cultures.

Projects such as our 1972 Indian Reading Series, which is still widely used today, demonstrate our commitment to partnering with Northwest tribes to develop resources that reflect indigenous culture, traditions, and values.

This document is organized to provide training and basic information for use of the Indigenous Culture - Based Education Rubrics, which were originally developed to measure culture - based education Culture - Based Education Rubrics, which were originally developed to measure culture - based education culture - based education (CBE...

Through an investigation of both informal and institutionally organized interactions, this study analyzes how participation in indigenous, national, and international literacy practices indexes different senses of cultural citizenship (Rosaldo 1997), which, in turn, inform Cham minority children's complex sense of belonging within, and their meaningful intergenerational engagement with, the language and culture of their parents amid Vietnam's post-socialist transformation.

This document is organized to provide training and basic information for use of the Indigenous Culture - Based Education Rubrics, which were originally developed to measure culture - based education (CBE) program levels in partner sCulture - Based Education Rubrics, which were originally developed to measure culture - based education (CBE) program levels in partner sculture - based education (CBE) program levels in partner schools.

«Our results confirm that American dogs are a remaining part of the indigenous American culture, which underscores the importance of preserving these populations.»

Here you'll experience a unique blend of indigenous and Spanish culture that evolved following the rule of the Spanish monarchy, which lasted 300 years from 1520 - 1820.

Indigenous tourism educates travellers by giving them unique insights into the Aboriginal culture, which in turn fosters understanding and tolerance.

In addition to the foreigners, which are mostly South American, Canadian and European, you have 3 distinct local cultures living here (Indigenous, Jamaican Caribbean and Spanish.)

This public holiday is held in honour of the different nationalities and cultures which make up the Dominican Republic — mainly African, Spanish, French and the indigenous people who lived in the country before Christopher Columbus arrived.

The Kuku Yalanji are the traditional owners of the land and you can learn more about Kuku Yalanji culture on a 90 minute Ngadiku Dreamtime Walk, which departs from Mossman Gorge with a local indigenous person as your guide.

The festival celebrates the four diverse cultures which have come together in Broome over the past century for pearls: Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese and Indigenous Australian.

You can also spend some time along the coast or in the forests with a custodian of indigenous culture on a tour which will touch your spirit.

This episode explores the ways in which sexist, racist stereotypes about Black women and tribal cultures that date back for centuries are often still perpetuated today in representations of women from indigenous and tribal cultures in video games.

His codices, based on the pre-Columbian format, illustrate an imagined world in which the European conquest of the New World failed and the normative culture of the Americas is based in indigenous ideology.

Kahlo was deeply influenced by indigenous Mexican culture, which is apparent in her paintings» bright colors and dramatic symbolism.

A native of Houston, current resident of New York, and expert on art of indigenous cultures, Edwards» fascinating life and mind are on display in this often witty and ruminative interview with Bomb Magazine, in which he recalls his East Texas roots and what life was like in the close - knit African American community of Houston's Fifth Ward in the 1940s.

Her work, which fuses indigenous and Western art histories into a unique vision that bridges Native and non-Native cultures with elegant narratives, has been exhibited around the world.

Networking the Unseen, which is currently on view at Furtherfield gallery, is the first exhibition of its kind to focus on the intersection of indigenous cultures and zeitgeist digital practices in contemporary art.

Join us for an artist talk as Chagoya discusses the exhibition «Enrique Chagoya: Reimagining the New World,» which illustrates an imagined world in which the European conquest of the New World has failed and the normative culture of the Americas is based in Indigenous ideology.

His contemporary codices illustrate an imagined world in which the European conquest of the New World failed and the normative culture of the Americas is based in indigenous ideology.

Titled «In Ixtli in Yollotl, We the People,» the exhibition draws heavily upon Rodríguez's own native Nahua culture and language, presenting a reality in which technology can be used to advance and embrace indigenous pasts.

Diné artist Will Wilson and Autry Museum Chief Curator Amy Scott's dialogue will cover a broad range of subjects, including the ways in which indigenous people are taking back the representation of their own cultures through art and photography.

Not only has the government used the wrong termiology, it has actually developed a foreign policy which places the value of capitalism above non-material values such as Indigenous rights and claims, social and environmental values, culture and spiritual beliefs.

Article 30: In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities or persons of indigenous origin exist, a child belonging to such a minority or who is indigenous shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of his or her group, to enjoy his or her own culture, to profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use his or her own language.

The Human Rights Committee has commented that article 27 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (which encompasses Indigenous peoples» right to culture) requires the following:

Indigenous Culture Support (ICS) Program which helps to maintain Indigenous culture through community involvement, transmission of knowledge and skills across generations and support of new forms of cultural exprCulture Support (ICS) Program which helps to maintain Indigenous culture through community involvement, transmission of knowledge and skills across generations and support of new forms of cultural exprculture through community involvement, transmission of knowledge and skills across generations and support of new forms of cultural expression.

Further, in a case regarding the impact of non-Indigenous activities on the Indigenous economic activities which sustain the way of life and culture of the minority group the Human Rights Committee stated: