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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"cultural dialogue"”.
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A cross-cultural dialogue: Eighteenth-century British representations of China
… the British and European travelers. My cross-cultural and historicist approach points to rival Sino-British perceptions about each other, competing narratives among the European community, and double voices in the primary texts.
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Improvising Goethe’s Faust Part One in two Berlin high school theatre classes for cross-cultural dialogue among Turkish-German students
… based on the text which revealed their cultural identity. Emerging themes of the research show cross-cultural exchanges of students on issues of religion, politics, the role of family, socio-economic status, sexuality and Leitkultur. This is an interdisciplinary study and the findings of …
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Young children’s engagement with art museum objects and spaces: implications for the civic role of museums
… have a role to play in civic life as sites of cultural dialogue and exchange. Our youngest citizens have the right to engage with this discourse (United Nations, 1989a; Anderson, 2012). This study explores the nature of young children’s engagement with an art museum in the context of cultural …
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Československo-polské umělecké kontakty na přelomu 50. a 60. let 20. století - možnosti, setkání a konfrontace
… the thesis shows how art became a space for cultural dialogue and a form of freedom within ideological constraints. Key words Art of the 50s, art of the 60s, informel, Krzywe Kolo gallery, Czechoslovak-Polish relations, František Šmejkal, Arguments exhibition, Konfrontace exhibition
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Moving Towards "Pow Wow-Step"
… and Canadians is fraught with political and cultural divides. While Idle No More garnered some momentum to raise awareness of the need for political change, there has yet to be an approach that has popularly engaged and compelled response from Canadians. This thesis project navigates the …
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Consuming Brazil: Afro Brazilian Religion as a Base for Actor Training
… itself performed (or served as a site for cultural interaction) throughout history. Then, I explore the practice of the religion both apart from and in relation to the theatre and Stanislavski's system. Using the archetypes of Umbanda as a base, I formulate a system of actor training that …
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Death becomes her : the death aesthetic in/as fashion advertising
… contestation, and reformulation in a larger cultural dialogue. This thesis, through the creation of an eclectic methodology which draws on the writings of Mikhail Bakhtin, Elizabeth Grosz and Elisabeth Bronfen, will engage the often slippery and capricious image-scape of the fashion …
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The Cultural Broker: Babette Deutsch and Transatlantic Modernism
… of Babette Deutsch, emphasizing her role as a cultural broker within the modernist tradition. Deutsch’s diverse oeuvre, spanning poetry, fiction, translation, and literary criticism, is re-evaluated through the lens of cultural brokerage, a concept rooted in anthropological discourse. The study …
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Hidden Black and Brown Bridges: The Mutual Influences of Dr. Martin Luther King and Hispanic Theologian Dr. Justo González
… social activism in religious and cross cultural dialogue using the understudied relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Latino theologian Justo González. Dr. González was the translator for King during his visit to Puerto Rico in 1965 with FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation). …
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Cinematic Accounts of a Neoliberal Hong Kong: Post-1997 Urban Cinema and the Human Cost of Neoliberalization
… the question of how urban cinema contributes to cultural dialogue on the human cost of neoliberalization. Specific areas of film research central to this study include the relationship between the city and cinema and the cinematic qualities of experiencing modern life, contemporary Hong Kong …
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Fluidity: “art-oriented meta-ontology” in painting practice
… making, environmental conditions, and cross-cultural dialogue. Situated within contemporary painting discourse, the research brings together studio experimentation, self-reflexive and poetic-critical writing, philosophical inquiry, and comparative case studies to examine how painting …
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Diaspora, dislocation, denizen : a cultural center in Lowell, Massachusetts
… of relearning communication, rethinking a cultural dialogue. It is also an interiorized alone sense of loneliness, and even a longing for a return to a familiar place and time. Being immigrant is a journey, both mental and physical. This thesis concerns itself with the issues of being an …
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Ngā Kaikawekōrero: Producing Māori Television Documentary in Aotearoa New Zealand
… in a way that can advance inter-iwi and cross-cultural dialogue in Aotearoa. However, for decades, the ability for Māori documentary producers to have their stories told on mainstream television has been a very difficult task. This stems from the fact that te Ao Māori presents a different …
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Arabaribiti, for SATB Voices Divisi
… African art music, contributing to the cross-cultural dialogue between African and Western musical practices while advocating for unity and harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.
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Cultural Perspectives on Photography Education: An Inquiry into Pedagogy and Student Experiences in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and University of Wales Trinity Saint David
… examines photography education through a cross-cultural lens, centring on Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) as a primary case study, with comparative reference to the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) in the UK. Drawing on the author’s experiences in China and the UK, it …
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Deialogau Diwylliannol Cymreig a Khasi - Ymchwil Trwy Ymarfer Creadigol
… a case study of the use of PaR to conduct intercultural studies in a post-colonial context.<br/><br/>This research uses Diana Taylor’s concept of the ‘the Archive and the Repertoire’ to suggest that creative practice offers a way to research the oral and embodied traditions of society. The …
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The politics of re-orientation and responsibility: European Union foreign policy and human rights promotion in Asian countries
… a more pronounced human rights dimension to its dialogue with Asia. The evidence indicates that, in respect of its Asian partners, the EU implemented human rights strategies in a number or formats and with varying degrees of success. The study scrutinises, in particular, the Commission's …
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Between Bodies and Engagement: A Reclamation of Listening in First Year Composition
… how listening engages rhetoric to foster cross-cultural dialogue, we have yet to determine how rhetorical listening mediates writing classrooms. In Between Bodies and Engagement: A Reclamation of Listening in First-Year Composition, I respond to this gap by exploring first-year composition (FYC) …
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How Tintin Met Tchang: The Sino-Belgian Catholic Network in the Early Twentieth Century
… create an environment on the ground where mutual dialogue became possible, such as the Catholic project for Chinese students based in Belgium. When the Mukden Incident broke out in 1931, this Catholic network sought to generate support to China in Belgian media, which led to the creation of The …
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Chinese Spirit, Russian Soul, and American Materialism: Images of America in Twentieth-Century Chinese and Russian Travelogues
… travel narratives and the role of the traveler's cultural tradition and ideological beliefs in this process. I explore the images of the United States in some of the most influential twentieth-century Chinese and Russian travelogues. There are deep cultural differences between China and Russia, …
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