1) Where comedy‚ tragedy‚ history‚ or romance‚ they all have a lasting impact on how you feel a) Theatre should have a lasting impact (2) What are the nineteenth-century cultural contexts that led up to modernity? a) The advent of modernity i) Explosive scientific‚ technological‚ and organizational “growth” 1) Train travel a) Increase circulation of things‚ people‚ ideas‚ concepts 2) Telegraph a) Royal family 3)
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East Asian Business- Lecture 1 Explaining Asia’s double digit growth- Is there and “Asian model” which has helped countries such as the four tigers (South Korea‚ Taiwan‚ Singapore and Hong Kong” as well as NIC’s (Malaysia‚ Indonesia and Thailand + PRC double digit growth from 1978. Cultural explanations; legacy of Confucianism: Confucianism‚ the teachings of Confucius during 500 BC‚ has played an important role in forming Chinese character‚ behavior and way of living. (Eliot 2001; Guo 1995) Its
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technique (developed in the American auto industry)‚ the skyscraper‚ and styles of American mass consumption and advertisement seemed the epitome of modernity to Weimar artists. They adapted some American forms but often used them critically and creatively. In addition to the importance of American patterns‚ one can discern a strong influence of Russian modernism on Weimar culture. The posters‚ graphics‚ and architecture of the young Soviet Union to many Weimar artists seemed to represent the manifestations
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language is impersonal and detached. This can lead to confusion or miss iteration of information. This would indicate societies can modernize without a high level of literacy. Writing creates detachment by making it possible to view a word as a thing Modernism and postmodernism focus too heavily on reading and writing‚ prompting artists to focus heavily on concepts and labels to describe aesthetic experience. Dissanayke argues that you cannot describe or purposely elicit another’s aesthetic understanding
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Telecommunications is crucial for growth and modernity. It is one of the fastest sectors and has immense potential for future growth. As a prime support service needed for rapid growth and modernism of all sectors of the economy‚ it needs to be promoted and developed as a basic infrastructural input. At the time of Independence there were only 321 telephone exchanges‚ 82‚000 working connections‚ 338 long-distance public call offices and 3‚324 telegraph offices. Now‚ India operates one of the largest
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child and sold to slave traders going to the West Indies‚ where after that he spent most of his life on ships serving the captains of slave ships and other navy vessels‚ presenting a more accurate insight into the importance of the slave trade to modernity. He was fortunate to save enough money to buy his freedom in 1766‚also providing the idea of a lack of sailors if the risk was too high‚ as many seamen and sailors would die at sea due to the poor living conditions‚ allowing black men to earn some
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production line‚ leaving it simply a historical phenomenon. I however will concentrate on the former‚ the Young Poland art movement‚ that was centered in Kraków and took place in the years 1891-1918 and is widely accepted as the Polish version of modernism. (1) I shall start with a bit of cultural and historical context. The last decades of the XIX century and the first 15 years of the XXth‚ were said to be the worst time for post-partition Poland‚ but also a period full of hope and a slow gathering
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In what way is cultural and national identity a major concern in this extract? How does Stoker’s text display the notion of the ‘abhuman’ in relation to this major concern? The extract makes constant references to cultural and national identity through the style of the text‚ the imagery of the clothing and appearances of people. There is also indication to context through the beliefs of people in the places that Jonathan visits and their rejection towards him. Bram Stoker uses this cultural
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“Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World ” Escobar‚ A. (1995). Encountering development : the making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton‚ N.J.‚ Princeton University Press. Goal: “That the essential trait of the Third World was its poverty and that the solution was economic growth and development became self-evident‚ necessary‚ and universal truths. This chapter analyzes the multiple processes that made possible this particular historical event.” (24) Method:
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Morisot painted what she experienced on a daily basis. Her paintings reflect the 19th-century cultural restrictions of her class and gender. She avoided urban and street scenes as well as the nude figure and‚ like her fellow female Impressionist Mary Cassatt‚ focused on domestic life and portraits in which she could use family and personal friends as models. Paintings like The Cradle‚ in which she depicted current trends for nursery furniture‚ reflect her sensitivity to fashion and advertising‚ both
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