In America‚ Jean Baudrillard explores the American society and its transgression away from genuineness‚ to form a fake and superficial society with no meaningful interactions. Baudrillard recalls his interpretation of the smiles he sees around him and how it reflects the romanticized Reagan reign: “they certainly do smile at you here‚ though neither from courtesy‚ nor from an effort to charm. This smile signifies only the need to smile. It is a bit like the Cheshire Cat’s grin: it continues to float
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his essay‚ Royalty‚ Heroism‚ and the Streets: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat‚ Robert Farris Thompson recounts the story of the first time he was able to watch Basquiat at work. It was in February 1985. Just before Basquiat began painting‚ he did something rather interesting‚ as Farris Thompson notes "Basquiat activated an LP of free‚ Afro-Cuban‚ and other kinds of jazz. Then he resumed work on an unfinished collage. Hard bop sounded. Jean-Michel pasted on letters and crocodiles. He did this with
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Piaget was a Swiss developmental psychologist and a philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children and his theory of cognitive development. He was born on August 9‚ 1896 in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland. He was the eldest son of Arthur Piaget who was a Swiss professor of medieval literature and Rebecca Jackson‚ an intelligent and energetic woman‚ who was French. He attended the University of Neuchâtel where he received a degree in zoology in 1918. He then studied
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Karen Roxas In Jean Anyon’s The Social Class and Hidden Curriculum of Work‚ Anyon depict that the different hidden curriculums in school education predetermine‚ for the most part‚ the social status of many of their students. The schools’ outside environment‚ economic standing‚ and student’s social background are some of the factors that predetermine the future of the students in a certain school. For example‚ working class schools‚ which are usually located in poor neighborhoods‚ are usually
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End of Project Report under the project ‘Support to Country Effort for SME Cluster Development’ of UNIDO (US/IND/01/193) during 2002-05 JEANS CLUSTER OF BELLARY By: UNIDO Cluster Development Programme November 25‚ 2005 1. Executive Summary Bellary‚ the second important garment cluster in Karnataka is known for its specialization in manufacturing jeans for men‚ although it manufactures formal wear made from cotton‚ gabardines‚ chinos‚ cavalry twill and half pants for boys. The value of the
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Financial Analysis Retailers estimated that Pepe Company would increase its sales by about 10% by using a flexible ordering system. Now the current sales are £ 200‚000‚000. Hence 10% of £ 200‚000‚000 is £ 20‚000‚000. Thus a flexible system would lead an increase in sales of £ 20‚000‚000. Profit before taxes (PBT) at the rate of 32% would lead to an increase in in PBT of £ 6‚400‚000 (32% of £ 20‚000‚000). Alternative 1: Decrease in lead time would lead to an increase in costs by 30%.Currently
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Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean Paul Sartre Existentialism and Human Emotions J.-P. Sartre I SHOULD LIKE on this occasion to defend existentialism against some charges which have been brought against it. First‚ it has been charged with inviting people to remain in a kind of desperate quietism because‚ since no solutions are possible‚ we should have to consider action in this world as quite impossible. We should then end up in a philosophy of contemplation; and since contemplation
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“Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?” By Jean-François Lyotard‚ trans. Régis Durand. NOTE: Written in 1982‚ as postscript to The Postmodern Condition (1979) A Demand This is a “period of slackening” in the “color of the times”. “From every direction we are being urged to put an end to experimentation‚ in the arts and elsewhere”. Bauhaus (1919-1933 Germany: Walter Gropius founded this movement of artists‚ writers‚ architects. Shut down by Hitler for being very radical‚ left-wing)
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cause low self-esteem and things like obesity and anorexia. Men also compare everyday women to these models‚ and expect to fall in love with a “perfect” women. Thankfully not everyone supports these types of ads‚ including myself. In the documentary Jean Kilbourne points out many things advertisements do‚ we as the public accept these messages simply because we have become use to seeing it and it seems like the norm. Kilbourne mentions how people believe they aren’t being influenced by these ads but
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LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTIST Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960 in Brooklyn‚ New York. His father‚ Gerard Basquiat was born in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti and his mother‚ Matilde Andradas was born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. At an early age‚ Basquiat displayed an aptitude for art and was encouraged by his mother to draw‚ paint‚ and to participate in other art-related activities. In 1977‚ when he was 17‚ Basquiat and his friend Al Diaz started spray-painting graffiti art on slum
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