Fashion’s potential to influence politics and culture
The Conversation CA–Jan. 22, 2018
There is a cultural explanation for this too. Fashion is an emerging scholarly discipline, which makes it very fashionable right now. Slap the word fashion to the title of an academic article or book and readership is likely to follow. Is political dressing is fashion trend? The #tiedtogether movement used white …
Why the not-for-profit cultural sector needs tailor-made copyright …
The Conversation AU–Feb. 12, 2018
A bill before the Australian Parliament will extend immunities from copyright infringement currently enjoyed by internet service providers (ISPs) to culturalinstitutions, educational institutions, and organisations assisting people with disabilities. These immunities are known as “safe harbours”. They can be a …
Bulgaria is at the Last Places in the European Union in People …
Novinite.com–Feb. 20, 2018
Bulgaria is at one of the last places in the European Union in people working in the field of culture. This shows the data from a Eurostat study. The statistical agency surveyed the period between 2011 and 2016. For these five years, cultural workers have increased by 7%, equivalent to 550,000 new jobs.
Cultural Center Recognizes Black History Month With Exhibit
U.S. News & World Report–Feb. 17, 2018
In this Feb. 2018 photo, Sherry Wesley, executive director of the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center, points to an article about the Harlem Hell Fighters in Glasgow, Ky.. The article is part of an exhibit on display in the Christeen Snavely Art Gallery at the cultural center titled “Black History in the Barrens: …
Filmmaker Sacha Jenkins Talks New Documentary ‘Word Is Bond …
Billboard–17 hours ago
Veteran music journalist and hip-hop curator Sacha Jenkins grew among the cultureand has vibrantly narrated its poetics for three decades. As an author, producer, magazine founder, and filmmaker, his in-depth illustrations of pioneers’ are renowned — and now, his work will be further encapsulated with …
‘Black Panther’ Is a Hopeful Story of Radical Change
TheTyee.ca–2 hours ago
Wakandan cultural life is a prelapsarian vision of Africa, as if colonization, slavery and genocide had never happened. This in itself is a fascinating place to start, but the film goes on to build a world in which tradition is observed, men and women like and respect each other, and gender roles are a non-issue …
Iranian SMEs Open for International Business, But on Their Terms
Bourse & Bazaar–3 hours ago
Another important feature of Iranian culture is the fact that the personal network often merges with the professional network. More than 90 percent of the Iranian managers consider their their colleagues to be “part of their family circle.” These managers rely heavily on both their private and professional …
Are some cultures less trusting than others?
The Conversation UK–Jan. 31, 2018
Andrew M Colman and Eva M Krockow do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Google Arts and Culture presents 3D printed vases at Indian museum
3ders.org (blog)–15 hours ago
Though most people will know it for its painting selfie app, Google Arts and Culture is a pretty amazing online platform, giving people access to some of the world’s greatest pieces of art and finding creative ways to bring historical art into our modern, technological society. Most recently, Google Arts and …
The New Separatism
The American Conservative–6 hours ago
As nation-states in Europe wipe away their borders and dilute the flavors of their national cultures in a European Union slumgullion, their peoples are adopting new identities. Instead of Spaniards, they will be Catalans. Instead of Italians, they will again become Venetians, Lombards, and Sicilians. A story in …
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