Community history is often organized around famous leaders, major buildings, and dramatic events, while everyday experience receives less attention.
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The Asians and Whitewashing in the US Media
The Asians and Whitewashing in the US Media Shin Hee Eun Following the rapid progress of globalization, American producers and directors of Hollywood are now able to easily access new topics and ideas that can be applied to the big screen. We can easily find that foreign cultural aspects, such…
Why Artists Use Repetition So Often
Repeating a shape, image, word, gesture, or object can turn something ordinary into a pattern with new visual and emotional force.
Why Small Countries Can Have Outsized Cultural Influence
Population and territory do not determine how far a country’s music, literature, design, food, or ideas can travel.
Gender Reveals Parties
Some might argue that a gender-reveal party is one of the most anticipated moments in the yearlong process of pregnancy. Gender-reveal parties are events where parents and guests altogether learn a baby’s gender. Although this tradition has become something very natural in our lives, there are concerns that a gender-reveal…
Why Neighborhood Cleanup Days Need Better Follow-Through
A community cleanup can collect bags of litter in a few hours, but the same problem may return quickly if nobody examines why waste accumulates there.