Cultural Event The cultural event that I attended was the lecture with the Picking Cotton authors Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton. The event was located in Memorial Coliseum where Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton talked about there story. I chose to attend this activity not only for my cultural event‚ but also because I thought it would be interesting and helpful. I actually enjoyed reading the book and I wanted to hear more about their story and experiences. I was really interested in seeing
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Humanities The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition‚ using methods that are largely analytic‚ critical‚ or speculative‚ as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. The humanities‚ such as classical and modern languages‚ literature‚ history‚ and philosophy‚ have the overall goal of the exploration and explanation of human experience. Some would include the fine arts (music‚ art‚ dance‚ and drama) in the humanities‚ but
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HUMANITIES: What is it? •The term Humanities comes from the Latin word‚ “humanitas” •It generally refers to art‚ literature‚ music‚ architecture‚ dance and the theatre—in which human subjectivity is emphasized and individual expressiveness is dramatized. HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMANITIES •The fields of knowledge and study falling under humanities are dedicated to the pursuit of discovering and understanding the nature of man. •The humanities deal with man as a being of purpose‚ of values‚ loves
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made you who you are today”. I have felt that these statements have always been supportive and positive in my life. After studying determinism‚ these statements seem to epitomize the theory of cause and effects. Determinism is the doctrine that all events‚ including human choice and decisions‚ are necessarily determined by motives‚ which are regarded as external forces acting on the will. The opposing theory is libertarianism and is an older encouragement than its rival. Libertarians view that at least
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aspirations It is used to dramatize individual expressions www.psu.ph Why do we need to study humanities? The humanities serve to provide the student with certain skills and values through the arts. Students learn to appreciate the importance of value that no other subject can describe those values which are directly an exact. www.psu.ph Aim of Humanities During Medieval Age The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the religious philosopher. During Renaissance Period To
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New Era University College of Art and Science SYLLABUS in HUMANITIES 1 (Adapted) Syllabus/Course OUTLINE Credits: 3 units Description The Course introduces the creative expressions in their various forms and functions. The categories of these artistic expressions are analysed. Whether these be in fine and the folk arts‚ or a space‚ temporal‚ and combined arts‚ or as specialist and communal art‚ these creations and their process‚ appreciation‚ and function foster a deeper understanding
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Maryann Rayyan April 1‚ 2013 Prof. Stanislaw Humanities 121 What caused the collapse of the Maya Civilization? While reading Three articles concerning the collapse of the maya civilization‚ I read about debates why the civilization fell apart. Ancient Mayan empire was approximately A.D 250 to A.D 900. The mayan Civilization once extended through out the area of Texas‚ southern Mexico‚ and Northern Central America‚ This includes the countries of Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador‚ and Honduras
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Have cultural events become so commercialised that their true meaning and origins are lost‚ or should they be seen to be an emerging part of a culture that can initiate and foster modern cultural shifts? AGAINST Yes cultural events has become to commercialised – The guardian (2012) states that events has become to commercialised‚ take the Olympics for example‚ Fatima white bread argues that years ago people would compete in the Olympic games to embarrass the ‘spirit’ of the games‚ to do what they
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La Raza Student Cultural Organization played a vital role on the University of Minnesota campus from 1972-2010. The student-led group of Chicano and Latino students from colleges in the Twin Cities promotes greater historical‚ political‚ and cultural awareness concerning the Latino community through cultural and educational programs and events. Each year nearly all student groups submit a request to receive student service fees to fund their various events and activities. These formal requests are
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From my own views humanities is the study of humans from different time frames and the cultures and how it changed up until today’s time frame. The development of humanities was established from the modern times when things were done by hand for example farming‚ when you want fresh food farmers would plant the seed and attend to the farm as needed as far as today’s world artificial food is made and many of it is not health nor does it taste the same. In today’s modern world machines do all the work
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