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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Cultural exchange"”.
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Cross-Cultural Exchange and The Infinite Place
… existence. This thesis is an exploration of this exchange and how it can reach its fullest potential using the means of architecture.
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Soviet culture and cultural exchange in Mexico during the Cold War
… Cultura Soviética (1944-1955) and Intercambio Cultural (1955-1958) in the cultural context of the first stage of the Cold War in Latin America. These journals were the official monthly publications of the Mexican-Russian Institute of Cultural Exchange, a non-profit civil society that presented …
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The Strange and the Familiar: Shakespeare as a Point of Anglo-Germanic Cultural Exchange
… service. The Nazis borrowed the familiarity and cultural currency of Shakespeare to legitimize their own bigotry, thus transforming Shakespeare from a site to a lens. A similar approach, though for a much less destructive purpose, is evident in the work of director Peter Brook. His career in …
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From camp to community: musical and cultural exchange in the 2008 International Choral Ensemble
… youth, Blue Lake, and the United States as cultural ambassadors, touring in Europe and the Midwest. Throughout the rehearsal and performance process, these adolescents, ages thirteen to nineteen, became a tight-knit community, expressing feelings of belonging and group identity. Despite the …
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Subsistence Patterns as Markers of Cultural Exchange: European and Taino Interactions in the Dominican Republic
… motivated by specific agendas colored by pride, cultural superiority, and salesmanship. They rarely recorded the activities of any but the elites of either the colonists or the Tainos encountered there. Also, because the faunal and floral remains are often poorly preserved or statistically …
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Narratives of the transnational student: a complicated story of cultural identity, cultural exchange and homecoming
… which transnational study complicates students' cultural identity, sense of belonging and homecoming; interweaving their experiences into a new transnational identity and a plural sense of belonging. The study examines a sub-group of elite, highly mobile people referred to as "transnational …
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The Strange Commodity of Cultural Exchange: Martha Graham and the State Department on Tour, 1955-1987
… America with choreography that could demonstrate cultural convergences, or the merging of American modernist techniques with host country elements. This targeted strategy of advertisement for international leaders, which translated host-country traditions with a universal language of the modern …
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Reaching through the Iron Curtain: Practicalities in the Anglo-Soviet cultural exchange of music and musicians, 1955-1975
… to circumvent the difficulties inherent in these exchanges in order to further their own goals, and not on behalf of their governments’ political or ideological aims (which were focused explicitly on reducing Cold War tensions, and implicitly on cultural competition). A significant portion of …
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An Exploration of What Happens When Second and Third Graders in Two Countries Interact Through a Technology Enhanced Multicultural Collaboration
… Jordan - collaborated on a technology enhanced cultural exchange. Key aspects of this project included dialogic collaboration based upon Short's (2003) model of cultural self-reflection and cross-cultural exchange. In addition, literature and language arts engagements were used as tools for …
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Parallel Processes: Embassy for the European Community
… embassy programme which extends the notion of cultural exchange, through diplomacy, into the public realm. It integrates a tectonic strategy which provides necessary protection for building inhabitants, while maintaining a sense of openess. In addition, this project conceives of a system within …
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God king or king of God? : the royal ideology presented through the Deuteronomistic history.
… of the ancient Near East show many signs of cultural exchange and influence. One shared aspect could be royal ideologies. There are common attributes, such as the importance of order and the intertwining of politics and religion. This research involves comparing the reigns of the Mesopotamian …
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Managing Boundaries, Healing the Homeland: Ecological Restoration and the Revitalization of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, 1933 – 2000
… control over knowledge production and eco-cultural resources on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in the second half of the twentieth century. As a corollary, I argue that the shift in knowledge production practices from a paternalistic foundation to a community-based approach resulted in …
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Faculty Development and Campus Internationalization: A Case Study
… of the impact of bourgeoning educational exchanges between American and Chinese universities. The findings of this qualitative case study demonstrate a mixture of personal and professional motivations to participate in the Chinese Cultural Exchange Program between 2004 and 2008. Faculty …
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CONTRACONDUCTA EN VERSO: AMOR Y SEXUALIDAD INTERCONFESIONAL COMO HERRAMIENTA DE PODER EN AL-ÁNDALUS
… that ultimately reinforce the notion of cultural exchange of the Tres culturas.
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Fearless and Fit: American Women of the Cold War
… Cold War femininity. Some women participated in cultural exchange competitions and Olympic Games. The press focused on the unfeminine characteristics of Soviet women athletes, but found that Cold War victory required more than femininity. The United States needed improved athletic performances …
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Home Is Where the Hot Tamale Is: Rediscovering the Delta
… in a long-form magazine piece. It analyzes the cultural exchange that brought the hot tamale to the region in the early 20th century, its racial representation in the Delta, and its future as chefs across the nation seek to interpret the regional cuisine. Further, this thesis analyzes the hot …
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Satisfied to Walk in the Ways of Their Fathers: Dakotas and Protestant Missionaries, 1835-1862
"This study examines the cultural exchange and interaction of the Dakotas of southern Minnesota and the Protestant missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) during the first half of the nineteenth century. I center my discussion around the question of …
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Producing and Using Codices in Tenth Century Dunhuang
… various research topics regarding the social and cultural history of local society, including medieval Buddhism, education and cultural exchange on the Silk Road.
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Virginia Hip Hop and Place
… popular among all races. In this age of mass cultural exchange, hip hop culture itself endures glocalization, that is it serves the global market, but becomes customized to suit the local culture. Where hip hop was orginally confined to specfic boroughs In New York, hip hop artists are now …
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