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Geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha) take part in a rehearsal for the annual "Miyako Odori" — which means "capital city dance". — AFP

Travel Writing—The Observer’s Journey

By Micaela Edelson In the era of globalization, travel is more accessible than ever and with it has come a boom in travel influencers and bloggers eager to highlight the next best...

From culture to capital... a3-part model for Oman

The Sultanate of Oman does not suffer from a lack of heritage or cultural assets. It suffers, at times, from lack of structured conversion. If we want our cultural and heritage ass...

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A child participates in the "Piu Sik" parade on the island of Cheung Chau during its annual Bun festival in Hong Kong. — AFP

National identity in an age of globalisation, cultural openness

National identity is defined as the overarching framework within which the features of a society are formed, not merely as a collection of fixed elements, but as an integrated syst...

A Must-Read Book By One of Our Sharpest Contemporary Voices

Cultural commentary can make for absorbing and infinitely entertaining reading, especially when it's being written by this must-read critic.

Growing Up Between Systems

Moving through cultures, marriages, and workplaces teaches us to identify unseen rules in order to thrive.

The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland

"Attention is an intentional, unapologetic discriminator. It asks what is relevant right now, and gears us up to notice only that."

Koyo Kouoh’s Venice Biennale Looks to Ancient Wisdom to Mend a Fractured Present

Again and again, the works return to what is ancient, universal and enduring: symbols, cosmologies and archetypes that precede cultural, national and even linguistic divisions.

Poem: Field Notes – Terminal G

I am an anthropologist of the almost—  My field site: a crowded terminal that never arrives.  My subjects: the businessman mid-stride, mouth moving faster than feet,  children chas...

The Carnegie International Tests What “We” Still Means in a Fractured World

Following the suggested exhibition path is disorienting—the survey is deeply integrated into the collection, yet lacks a clear logic, turning the journey into a kind of scavenger h...

The Aesthete from Archer

The ironies that affix themselves to the life and literature of Larry McMurtry are best exemplified by the title of his autobiographical meditation on storytelling, Walter Benjamin...

Who Is Afraid Of The Public Reader?

I have always found it curious that in a culture where nearly every aspect of life is unapologetically performed, monetised, exhibited, and algorithmically amplified, the sight of...

A Festival, A City, A Continuum

Culture in southwest Nigeria is shifting from memory and ceremony into something more active, organised, shared, and inc

Cultural exchange story

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The Politics Of Looking: How Cultural Imagery Reinforces Domestic Roles  

Berger proposed that the reason women are still depicted this way is that the painter assumes that the ‘ideal’ spectator is male, and the woman in the painting is ‘designed to flat...

Culture Watch: What to See and Where to Go in April

Culture Watch: What to See and Where to Go in April

Learn the lingo: Note Taker

Note Taker || What is it? What is it? A dedicated attendee in a qualitative research session whose role is to record what the participant(s) is expressing or doing. Note takers...

Culture Watch: What to See and Where to Go in May

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Dancers perform during Khmer New Year celebrations at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh. — AFP

Global Events Are Redesigning National Identity in Real Time

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup and LA28 Olympics approach amid political polarization and cultural fragmentation, Chris Braden, who has led strategic design initiatives for global spor...

LACMA’s Bold New Wing Can’t Quite Escape Its Own Contradictions

The new David Geffen Galleries has been broadly welcomed as a striking addition to Los Angeles's cultural landscape, but the museum's egalitarian gesture toward non-Western art rem...