... ;High Culture Goes Hands-On", author Judith Dobrzynski explores the role museums should, or should not, represent in contemporary society. The article argues against the changing meaning of cultural institutions from a passive to a more active participation. She mentions examples of contemporary art pieces in museums as a reflection of the modern audience. Nowadays experience is as an integral role for museum goers ... through a collaborative effort. One example of this piece of work that is mentioned is the Rain Room by MoMA PS1, amongst the many interactive (and trendy) art pieces of t...

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... articles in PDF or WORD format were carefully chosen, basing on website's reliability as well as the high number of citations. The rest came from books written by worldwide famous authors in my research field such as Nelson Brooks, Claire Kramsch... It is absolutely certain that the choice of all the above writings was motivated by the need to control as ... of films, novels, especially newspapers and magazines, are reasonably assumed to be insightful means for teaching culture. It is now that they reflect people's way of life in terms of contemporary issues and authenticity. What is mo...

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... their information from Brahman priests; and therefore received a biased view of life in India. Even in the Dharmashastras (Law Books), a literary source, there are biased views due to the Brahman authors. They helped portray a rigid caste system that was followed strictly by all Indians; however, the caste system was, in actuality, quite flexible and there were variations within it. (Thapar, p 18 ... . That is why we must bring in texts of all types, both literary and historical, in order to get a more accurate portrayal of the history of South Asia. "Evidence from contemporary inscripti...

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... shared a territory of factual relevance: i.e. facts were facts and sometimes took the shape of extreme circumstances verging on wonders. It does look like a paradox, but in the early history of contemporary Bulgarian literature fiction seems to have been the functional link between the religious tract and the secular nonfiction. The latter appeared firstly through periodicals, but in the 1850s the book ... , say, of education or morality. The patriarchal quality of the Bulgarian ethnic society ran in a somewhat parallel manner to the Victorian middle-class patriarchalism. Small wonder, t...

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