Word: culturese
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He disagrees with the argument that museums are “identity-forming institutions” and that the most “authentic voices” to understand a work of art come from the artist’s culture. Citing Edward Said, he called this an unfortunate consequence...
On another level, we envision Ghungroo to be a celebration of the rich and dynamic cultures alive throughout South Asia and the Diaspora. Through stage design, dance, music and poetry, Ghungroo has sought to celebrate the arts of South Asia (as interpreted by the Harvard students who perform them) as...
Many cultures make singular contributions to humanity, and in the case of the Limbu people of eastern Nepal, it is the drink known as tongba. Outsiders rarely get to savor this heady millet brew, which would have remained virtually unknown outside this remote area if it wasn't for the...
Photographer Marie Stauder spent three years documenting daily life around Earth's middle, producing a "living map of the Equator." Paul Theroux introduces this stunning visual record of equatorial cultures in the Americas, Africa and the Pacific. Click on time.com/equator
“Our responsibility therefore is to educate students for a world that in many ways is ‘globalizing,’ but which is a world of still different, and changing, cultures and civilization,” Kirby wrote. “Should we not expect...