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...have changed and become more varied and complex with globalization, according to Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) Professor Giuliana Bruno, who teaches VES 285x, “Visual Fabrics: Film, Fashion and Material Culture.” One type of appropriation is a sustained dialogue—or positive tension??between different cultures and experiences that creates something new and vibrant. For Bruno, this cultural synthesis is significant because it shows a society’s and an industry’s willingness to come to terms and engage in dialogue with changing times...
...Ewing, a freshman at the Art Institute of Boston, which merged with Lesley a decade ago. “The neighbors are really cranky, they call with complaints every night.”And given Lesley’s most forward-looking expansion plans, interactions—and potentially tension??between university affiliates and residents might only increase.Lesley plans to build a new art facility in Porter Square, and also hopes to take over several buildings that currently belong to the Episcopal Divinity School, located just west of Harvard in the Brattle Square neighborhood.City Councillor Sam Seidel, while...
...Ultimately, the level of categorization needed in practical situations will determine the degree to which we break down or lump together these many different peoples. The sensitivity we must acquire is merely a recognition of this tension??that it is a fine line to tread on the spectrum between accuracy and practicality, and that at any point in the continuum we risk both imprecision and overgeneralization...
...brochure photo came into focus: A set of black students leering in suspicion, frustration, and anger at a white student who was apparently oblivious to his grave error. Recognizing the rapidly changing climate of the room, our professor explained that a certain degree of “tension?? was to be expected in a class that dealt with a racial subject...
...actors’ adroit work is bolstered by a well-calculated set design: no prop, from TVs to teacups, is without purpose. The repetitive techno-remix score follows the same path, deliberately building tension??at least, when Madonna isn’t singing. However, the costumes are the production’s piece de resistance; to imagine the maids without them is to imagine Roxanne without her red dress...