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China?s President Pushes Back Against Western Culture ? NYTimes.com
2012-01-03 23:41:00 President of Hu Jintao of China has said that China must strengthen its cultural production to defend against the West’s assault on the country’s culture and ideology, according to an essay in a Communist Party policy magazine published this week. The publication of Mr. Hu’s words signaled that a new major policy initiative announced last ...
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'Travel Sense' Tip: Check out foreign cultures at HOME before you
2011-05-23 04:19:00 Thinking of exploring Costa Rica? Before you go, check out Irazu', Chicago's only Costa Rican restaurant. During a recent visit, I savored "El Tico," a "chef's favorite" meal featuring rib eye steak sauteed with onions and bell pepper and served with sweet plantains, cabbage salad and "gallo pinto," the trademark rice-and-black-bean dish in Costa Rica. The Alliance Francaise de Chicago not only offers a great range of French-language classes, but offers fascinating cultural events, as well. Earlier this year, the Alliance hosted author Kiratiana Freelon (third from left) for a lecture based on her book "Kiratiana's Travel Guide to Black Paris: Get Lost and Get Found." For me, the real fun in traveling is in planning my trip. In a...
Why chaperones drink – a clash of cultures at Cracker Country
2011-03-08 17:04:00 When I can’t talk my mother into the gig, I am sometimes called upon to chaperone my children’s field trips. Over the years, adventures include Lowry Park Zoo, museums, and Cracker Country. For those outside the Sunshine State, and Godspeed, seriously, Cracker Country is a journey back to the late 1800s/early 1900s; where school groups ...
Tale of Two Cultures
2010-05-05 12:40:00 This is Dewsbury in the United Kingdom And this is Lahore in Pakistan {Thanks to Taimoor Dar}
By: Light Within
Clash of cultures at Cracker Country – Why chaperones drink
2010-03-22 23:15:00 Last week, I chaperoned my children’s fourth-grade class on a field trip to Cracker Country. For those outside the Bible belt, and Godspeed, seriously, Cracker Country is a journey back in time to the late 1800s/early 1900s. School groups visit Cracker Country to learn about how people lived in rural Florida at the turn of ...
New Chicago French Market offers delicious tastes of France, other cultures
2009-12-08 14:26:00 As someone who has worked downtown for years, I'd been waiting with anticipation for the rumored opening of a French Market in the Ogilvie Transportation Center space. I'd seen signs on the outdoor window for ages--so imagine my delight when I heard from a well-informed friend that the Market was FINALLY opening to the public. Those of you who read this blog (as well as www.UrbanTravelGirl.com) know what an obsessive Francophile I am. And since I'm sadly not heading to France this holiday season as I often do, instead trying to do the fiscally responsible thing and stay close to home, news that I soon could shop at an authentic French market just doors from my downtown workplace promised to...
Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry
2009-05-19 00:28:00 The Walters Art Museum presents an array of exquisite jewelry from over 5,000 years of world history and from a vast spectrum of cultures. This exhibition of more than 200 pieces from the Walters extensive collection of jewelry many of them never displayed before presents the evolution of techniques and materials throughout the ...
Two Cultures in the 21st Century
2009-03-26 04:12:00 A subject that is of concern to everyone here http://www.nyas.org/snc/twocult-ures/index.asp
Hall?s Time Dimention. Polychronic and Monochronic Cultures
2009-01-29 09:00:00 The second dimension examined by Hall is people?s attitude towards, and the use of time. He describes those cultures that tend to do more than one thing at a time as polychronic and those that do one thing after another as monochronic (Hall 1985:13). Western Europe goes by monochronous time, meaning that a person gives ...
Theories for Comparison of Cultures
2009-01-27 10:04:00 The research field of ?intercultural relationships? is still relatively young but one of the most intensively discussed by multidisciplinary researchers. From one side it is based on the knowledge and experience of cultural anthropology and from the other side on the results of intercultural communication science and cross-cultural psychology. In the frame of intercultural relationships? ...
coded cultures
2009-01-04 19:44:00 "The second edition of CODED CULTURES (first edition online at:http://codedcultures.5uper.n-et)/ is a binational festival (Austria ? Japan) in the year 2009 to explore new artistic practices and creative ability profiles within media integrated project-cultures and digital media related art, focusing on Japan and Europe. The festival is part of the official Austria ? Japan Year 2009."codedcultures
By: weblogART
Cultures
2008-12-20 08:25:00 Prof. Dr. Norbert PintschThe most important factors for the current development were laid in the 19th century. The rejection of thinking and acting as a community meant for the technology an enormous increase in the industrial production because the division of work led to higher productivity and new professions and it appeared on the face of it to increase the standard of living in western cultures (for example the Taylorism as introduced in Ford automobile factories etc.)Analysis of the society by political and economic thinkers led to development theories, which could not foresee the effects of these policies as evidenced today. The cardinal error by these theorists was the euro-centristic model, i.e. nobody took the happenings in other cultures into consideration.In Smith's economic system, the free market functioned globally, as long as global meant regionally and maximum on a national level.In Marx's political system the democracy functions internationally, as long as the po...
By: Light Within
Addict Celebrates 10 Years Streetwear Cultures... with Star Wars?
2008-11-29 16:44:00 Here's the story of Addict's new series, as quoted on FUSShop website: ...Over ten years ago we were sat around reading a magazine article about the birth of ‘streetwear’ in the USA. The story documented the significance and importance of Sean Stussy and three other Californian based brands who all played their part in defining the genre we live and work in today, namely Freshjive, X-Large and Fuct..." While some tees are brilliantly produced in collaboration with those established street brands, tees that stand out are actually those which feature Star Wars troopers. If these are what you call street culture (or maybe pop culture?), well I won't complain -- I mean this tees are really good despite the "premium" price -- at £35. anyway, these are more tees in collaboration with others brands via iloveyourtshirt
By: T-shirt Island
CODED CULTURES
2008-11-08 19:36:00 "The second edition of CODED CULTURES is a binational festival (Austria ? Japan) in the year 2009 to explore new artistic practices and creative ability profiles within media integrated project-cultures and digital media related art, focusing on Japan and Europe. The festival is part of the official Austria ? Japan Year 2009."codedcultures
By: weblogART
Thousands of artists march in 9th festival of cultures in Gabon
2008-05-19 23:14:00 Source: APA APA - Libreville (Gabon) Nearly 1000 Gabonese and foreign artists marched Saturday at the seafront boulevard in Libreville within the framework of the 9th edition of the “Festival of culture” which kicked off Friday with an exhibition dedicated to the contribution of women to development. Read the full story ...
Homogenizing Cultures
2008-05-19 12:47:00 As communication gets more complicated and cluttered, confusing and converged into one, I wonder how it is impacting the cultural fabric of our country. Is it impacting in the desired manner? Are we reaching out to the desired target audiences? Are we confusing mass culture with niche metro culture? Are we getting too carried away ...
By: IndiaPRBlog!
Colloque sous le thème ''Mondialisation et partage des cultures'' du 15 au
2008-05-15 18:20:00 "Mondialisation et partage des cultures" est le thème d'un colloque qui aura lieu du 15 au 16 mai dans la ville de Khénifra à l'initiative de l'association "Taïmate".Cette manifestation qui débutera le jeudi 15 mai par une conférence, sera donnée par le politologue d'origine libanaise Antoine Sfeir, sous le thème "Mondialisation et identité".D'autres orateurs nationaux et belges débattront vendredi de sujets se rapportant à "l'approche genre, les femmes et leurs droits, la mondialisation".
Different Cooking Variations And Cultures
2008-04-22 07:00:00 Cooking is the act of fixing food for consumption by the application of some form of heat. There are a wide range of methods for preparing food and many tools and a myriad of ingredients to flavor the food and make it more digestible in some cases. It is the process of putting together a ...
By: Resources zone
Counter Cultures
2008-03-25 22:28:00 My kitchen is overrun this week with fermentation experiments. Now, just like Tom T. Hall, “I like beer” … but that’s not what I’m talking about here. No, this is the little crock filled with salted cabbage that looks to be well on its way to becoming sauerkraut. And the jar of soy milk that unfortunately doesn’t seem as inclined to turn into yogurt as it should be. And the glass of sprout-soaking water that may soon bubble into rejuvelac. (The sprouts themselves are doing well on top of the fridge, serenely growing above all the ferment on the counters below.) The book that inspired all this is Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz. I had been eyeing it for years - it was published in 2003 - and finally picked it up last week. Katz has an inspiring zeal for his subject. As he says in the introduction: “For me, fermentation is a health regimen, a gourmet art, a multicultural adventure, a form of activism, and a spiritual path, all rolled ...
By: Veggin' Out
~ Celebrating Women all over the World ~
2008-03-13 03:18:00 As a woman, I am proud and honored to do what I may to present what it is to be a female in the World we live in today. We must remember to embrace that which makes up the essence of a woman, and bring about our full potential. As stewards of this planet we ...
New ripening cultures add flavour to low-fat cheese
2008-03-08 00:00:00 “In full fat cheese the CR-500 ripening cultures are typically used to brand a special flavour and the manufacturer can sell brand cheese with a premium.” New cheese ripening cultures can improve the flavour in low-fat products as well as speeding up ripening time, says manufacturer Chr Hansen. via Dairy Reporter
Dating Across Cultures
2008-02-18 21:32:00 Anna (see relationship blog) is currently working on a thesis concerning the unique issues experienced by people in intercultural relationships. This work will focus on relationship problems which exist purely as a result of partners misunderstanding each other?s culture and the way a person?s culture can lead to these misunderstandings. It will form a useful ...
The different languages of our World
2008-02-01 05:40:00 This is one of those moments where I am feeling a bit nostalgic. My daughter and her husband are taking their three children and moving back to California. They have had a tough time of it, and felt a move would do them good. I of course feel differently, yet this is their lesson to ...
Celebrate Cultures Near Westport Connecticut | Westport-Kids.com
2008-01-29 20:54:00 It is party time for elementary aged kids in and around Westport Connecticut! The South Norwalk Library is celebrating 3 famous holidays from around the world. First up is the Chinese Year of the Rat, then Mardi Gras, and also Carnivale - all combined into one fun session of storytelling, si5 Zoom(s)
Cultures fuse at Dance Umbrella
2008-01-14 08:44:00 The 2008 FNB Dance Umbrella, a celebration of South Africa's rich cultural heritage through the medium of contemporary dance, takes place at venues across Johannesburg from 16 February.
When Cultures Collide: Southwestern Quiche
2008-01-09 03:09:00 I, as you may have figured out, like to bake an cook. Alot. One of my favorite types of cooking is French because I find it challenging. And because it is just so good. But I will admit to craving the odd taco now and then. I am, after all, a resident of Texas, land of ...
By: Baking Delights
African Book: Mathematics in African History and Cultures
2008-01-01 19:10:00 Source: Lulu.com Mathematics in African History and Cultures: An Annotated Bibliography by Paulus Gerdes, Ahmed Djebbar This volume constitutes an updated version of the bibliography published in 2004 by the African Mathematical Union. The African Studies Association attributed the original edition a ?special mention? in the 2006 Conover-Porter Award competition. The book contains over 1600 bibliographic entries. ...
The Attitudes Towards Virginity in Different Cultures
2007-12-29 00:00:00 Different cultures treat the virginity before marriage differently. In fact, it is not an important concept in modern western society. Sex before marriage can help young women to have a healthier sexual identity in the future. On the contrary, there are a lot of cultures which place a very important value on virginity. In this ...
Cultures Diary :: double happiness candles
2007-12-13 08:12:00 Wish the couple luck and much happiness in their new lives together with these festive favors. The Chinese double happiness symbol is created by join1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
In Bethlehem, Blair speaks of peace and reconciliation of cultures
2007-12-12 22:57:00 BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Tony Blair had that practiced politician's half-grin, his eyes in semi-focus, as the Palestinian minister of tourism, Khouloud Daibes, showed him around a display of Palestinian products at the Chamber of Commerce.
By: Get rich
The "Funny Translation" Blog for all Languages & Cultures
2007-11-29 11:07:00 Hi, we all realize that for example that England and the USA are two countries, separated by a common language.(to misquote somebody that I have forgotten the name of!). The two languages have grown apart and if it was not for TV and films, I think in some areas we would not be understandi
Mashup of cultures and scattered
2007-11-27 12:50:00 Report: Expat Arts Web Magazine Author: Peter Orange, Editor Expat Arts represents a global community of people mostly living in a country other than their homeland. That choice can be for any number of reasons, but it is one that changes us profoundly on the way we perceive the world, ourselves, our goals and indeed it also ...
Crossing cultures on the dinner table
2007-11-27 07:42:00 Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, an event that's viewed as an exercise in cultural tolerance at our place.That's because my two elder siblings, like myself, are involved in cross-cultural, interracial relationships.My wife is of Irish/German descent, while my sister's boyfriend can trace his roots to Lawrenceville and then back to Poland. My brother, on the other hand, has arrived at dinner escorting a wider ethnic palette than the menu at the U.N. cafeteria, dating women from as far afield as Puerto Rico and Italy. One year, he brought along the only Icelandic woman within 700 miles of our hometown of Wilkinsburg.This year's dinner was no different. My side of the family, being black and hailing originally from the Deepest South, likes everything fried, greasy and fattening. My wife's side is into healthy eating so much that they're convinced watercress is a spice. As a result, our dinner choices are as divided as the Gaza Strip.Consider before-dinner beverages. My wif...
Three Pints: Respecting Other Cultures, Even If They Don't Know How To Time
2007-11-22 09:50:00 I was recruited to do a Thanksgiving guest post over at Random Mindless Ramblings, one of my very favourite non-music blogs. Quite the honour, I tell you.You can check that post out here. At the very least, it has some pretty decent music tacked on to it.Happy Turkey (or Tofurkey, depending on your dietary preferences) Day to all you Americans out there.-Jad, fulfilling the "token Canadian" role since 1985
Film Festival Unites Cultures and Nations
2007-11-19 19:50:00 Set in the bustling hub of the Middle East, the 4th Annual Dubai Film Festival hopes to create an atmosphere in which it is “bridging cultures and meeting minds.” DIFF is a not-for-profit cultural event, sponsored and organized by the Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone Authority. While establishing itself as a major international festival, DIFF ...
By: TalentSpeaks
Dating Across Cultures
2007-11-19 18:26:00 Anna (see relationship blog) is currently working on a thesis concerning the unique issues experienced by people in intercultural relationships. This work will focus on relationship problems which exist purely as a result of partners misunderstanding each other’s culture and the way a person’s culture can lead to these misunderstandings. It will form a useful resource for people dating across cultures, as it aims to highlight those issues which are hard to identify as culturally-related and which could be mistaken for personality flaws in one or both partners. Many arguments will be avoided if people take the time to learn about their partner’s culture and to make allowances for behaviour that may at times seem at odds with what you would expect from a peer from your own background.
By: ClickinLove
Dating Across Cultures
2007-11-19 18:26:00 Anna (see relationship blog) is currently working on a thesis concerning the unique issues experienced by people in intercultural relationships. This work will focus on relationship problems which exist purely as a result of partners misunderstanding each other’s culture and the way a person’s culture can lead to these misunderstandings. It will form a useful ...
Popular Baby Names - Changing Times, Changing Cultures
2007-11-19 00:00:00 Nothing reflects changing times and changing cultures more accurately than popular baby names. For example, in 2004, the name “Mohammed” entered the top 20 list of popular baby boy names in England and Wales for the first time. This shows the rapid growth of the Muslim community in the UK over the past ...
Seminar: Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time: Redisplaying Japan at the Ashmol
2007-11-13 18:01:00 The Europe-Japan Research Centre at Oxford Brookes University will be hosting a seminar on Wednesday 21 November on Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time: Redisplaying Japan at the Ashmolean Museum. The speaker is Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford. The lecture will take place in Gibbs 117, ...
Modern Festivals of Maharashtra
2007-10-26 15:53:00 Every year, MTDC seeks to present the myriad facets of Maharashtra's rich heritage of the performing arts through a series of festivals held at important cultural centres. The years have added a mesmerising allure to these events, now avidly awaited by lovers of Indian music, art and culture, who appreciate the artistry of India's leading exponents of classical music and dance who come from all over the country to perform at the festivals.Pune FestivalLord Ganesh, or Ganpati as He is popularly called in Maharashtra, is among the most beloved of Hindu Gods. As Ganesh Chaturthi - his day of birth - approaches every year in August-September, so does the Pune Festival, a celebration of art and culture, song and dance, custom and tradition. Originally conceived as a localised cultural event, the Pune Festival has, over the years, gained national and international stature and evolved into one of India's landmark cultural happenings. It is one of the few festivals that has been consiste...
By: Maharashtra
Corporate Cultures Excluding Highly Contributing Employees Input Are Facing
2007-10-24 13:22:00 Corporate Cultures excluding highly contributing employee input will soon find itself with an insufficient and less than seasoned workforce Many American workers are becoming more savvy when choosing how to spend their work life. The days of choosing a career and remaining with that same career for our entire lifespan have long since passed. There are ...
?Multiculturalism? or ?Immiscible Cultures??
2007-10-23 19:08:00 WARNING: possible controversy ahead!! Who actually invented the word “multiculturalism”- anyway? I think it was our politicians who did that (at least in Australia). Sure, most cultures in a multicultural society tolerate each other, but I think the real trouble arises when immigrant cultures make little or no attempt to integrate into the host culture, leading to the ...
Empire Earth 3 art and cultures behind-the-scenes video
2007-10-09 10:20:00 Empire Earth III is the latest game in the Empire Earth series. It releases on November 6th in the US and November 9th in Europe & Australia for the PC. There are three civilizations in this Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game to pick from: Far Eastern, Middle-Eastern and Western, and the game features five epochs: Ancient, ...
Homemade salsa recipe
2007-09-18 02:47:00 Talking about salsa in my previous post, let’s prepare some real salsa in this post Salsa recipes Why add another salsa recipe, when the Internet is overwhelmed with salsa recipes? Because this one is a back to basics salsa recipe given to me by an authentic Mexican. Simple and good And: this salsa recipe ...
Where to drink the best iced coffee?
2007-09-13 08:27:00 Bodrum Turkey Vacation I treated myself with a visit to Bodrum Turkey, which is a ferry trip away from Kos Island Greece. Just a normal ferry, not a cruise in one of those famous wooden Bodrum gulets… Being far far away I treated myself with an iced coffee: Bodrum Turkey style! Bodrum Turkey coffee drink with whipped cream Best ...
Turkish delight recipe
2007-09-12 12:00:00 Condolences to my Greek Cook in the streets What I was missing this year compared to the last time I was in Kos, was the old lady sitting in the street where I went for a little stroll each and every evening. Seems the old yet generous lady is no more, so this post is in ...
How to make yogurt
2007-09-11 11:07:00 If you are in Kos Greece, you take the ferry to Bodrum to have this delicious breakfast: fresh "Turkish melon" with yogurt. Homemade yogurt: the yogurt you turn up side down and still sticks on your bowl! homemade yogurt Ok, its not that "practical" to always take a ferry to get fresh yogurt, better get yourself ...
Kos Cultural Heritage
2007-09-03 09:52:00 What I love when on holidays is discovering things off the beaten track. In Kos, being a Greek Island therefore filled with old Greek cultural remnants, the first thing you notice is abandoned archeological sites. Then if you go for a walk, you can just find real old authentic Greek history just tucked away in an ...
“Indiani cultures in America ”
2007-08-29 10:44:00 In area 103 with Mr. Feinkohl independent working was in demand. The pupils should collect information, for example in the Internet or in the library, over the Aztecs, Maya, Nasca and Inka and hold these afterwards on posters. Thus the pupils learned much over the age, the religion, the science and the society of the peoples. Besides a map with the most important places was drawn.
By: el-blog.com
Xzibit?s song ?concentrate? connects Japanese and African American cultures
2007-08-29 03:37:00 Rapper Xzibit released this song and video entitled “concentratre” last year. The song starts with a Japanese Nichiren Buddhist chant “Nam myoho renge Kyo” (???????) and centers on the Chinese character “Zhu” in Chinese and “Chu” in Japanese, which means to focus. The video is very dynamic in many ways. Throughout the video, we see ... |
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