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But the attitude of the public and the efforts of the government are slowly changing Japan. Partly, that is because of the concept of mottainai, which literally means "what a waste" and is manifest in an almost reflexive desire to conserve and reuse. Centuries before there was an environmental movement...
"Mottainai is not an economical concept," says Hiroyuki Torigoe, a sociology professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. "It's a mentality." When Japan was a developing country enamored of American consumption and consumerism, Japanese people thought mottainai was outmoded, says Yukiko Kada, a former professor of environmental sociology who today...
Showgirls of all kinds--from Tina Turner to Nicole Kidman--are still an inspiration for Louboutin, 44, whose instantly recognizable red-soled stilettos have become de rigueur on the red carpet and among Hollywood's A-list crowd. "He is the foremost shoe designer in the world," says Valerie Steele...
As an undergraduate, Ceridwen Dovey ’03 never took a creative writing course and eschewed the Harvard literary scene. Instead, she ca me to fiction with the unique perspective of the anthropologist. Now a second-year Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at NYU, she’s having her...
Jazz has long served as a site of cultural integration, and monday’s Ethio-Jazz concert in Sanders Theater was no different, using jazz fusion as a lens to examine the changing nature of the Ethiopian American identity in a rapidly globalizing world. This performance by the Either/Orchestra...