Category: multilingual
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Unlocking the Code of A Culture Through Textiles
From Chan Chan to Lake Titicaca in Peru to the mega-industrialized cities of Canton, there is a history of meaning woven into the very fabrics that under closer scrutiny reveals much about the culture.
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Ten Documentaries About Men That Will Change Your Life
Crumb – Dir: Terry Zwigoff This is the film that first made me hyper-conscious of self-imposed, voluntary corporate branding as illustrator Robert Crumb observes that “these days” everyone is walking around wearing t-shirts and clothing advertising one company or another. But the effects of this film cast a far wider net than mere corporate aversion.…
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Culture is not a commodity, it is a necessity
“Culture is not a commodity, it is a necessity.” Unless someone can correct me on the source of this quote, I am going to attribute it to the last person I know who uttered it – Midi Onodera the lesbian Japanese-Canadian director of the film “Skin Deep” in which I played a transsexual woman over…