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...Modernist architecture, but also on the more informal architectural phenomena—marketplaces, slums, and so on—that spring up without the support or consent of the government. Directly following achievements of national independence in the late 1950s and 1960s, Modernist architecture became a powerful public symbol of progress and optimism. Although Modernism was meant as a break from colonial architecture, it implicitly bought into European aesthetic values and alienated the public for which the buildings and monuments were built, something apparent in the lack of public engagement that Adjaye’s photographs depict.After a brief written...
...Pickles. The Prince, one of the SDF's cartoon mascots, is a cutesy manga character with saucer eyes and an oversized helmet who is supposed to soften the image of the Japanese military. Although the Prince seems unfit for service in a war zone, he's probably a perfect symbol for the SDF, which by law cannot use force beyond the minimum needed to defend itself and the nation. Japanese soldiers can find themselves in awkward situations because of these restrictions. While on duty policing Iraq as part of coalition forces, the SDF at times had to be guarded...
...world in which international travel and trade erode national boundaries, the new general education curriculum should reflect the University’s commitment to teaching its undergraduates about the factors that continue to make the United States unique. But while the institutionalization of this requirement is valuable as a symbol of Harvard’s belief in the enduring value of American studies, I worry that for practical purposes, it will not likely achieve much else...
...this collaboration is a symbol of an even larger phenomenon. For decades, if not centuries, democratization has been a pillar of the Western ideal of progress. Whereas political democratization took world wars and falling empires to evolve, media democratization is quickly becoming a tangible reality through publicly accessible content over the Internet. Web 2.0 is ever furthering its reach...
...course, Wen would never go to Yasukuni, because China sees the shrine as a symbol of unrepentant Japanese imperialism. Beijing has made Yasukuni a litmus test - it was only when new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became purposefully vague on visiting the shrine that icy Sino-Japanese relations began to thaw. Yushukan perpetuates the lie that the war was unavoidable, and that the 5,843 mostly young men who lost their lives as kamikazes died for a transcendent cause, died to save Japan. The museum is a celebration of wasted lives...