Mexico’s government and soccer fans have clashed over a proposed soccer stadium that could be used to host Mexico’s top domestic team and rival clubs from across the world.A court in Mexico City on Thursday denied the construction permit for a planned stadium that will house the national team, the Mexico City Football Federation (FCF), […]
On the eve of the World Cup, a growing number of journalists and activists are taking a page out of the international media’s playbook by discussing the most important stories of the year and the cultural and social fallout that might follow.“It’s about taking care of ourselves, taking care and not being a burden on […]
Politifact, the political fact-checking site, has ranked the 25 most significant differences in American culture between the two major political parties.The site’s methodology is to “combine the best scientific and academic data available from both political parties and assign a score based on how closely they resemble reality.”In the case of the GOP, that would […]
As much as we’d love to claim that American culture is being diluted, or that the cultural landscape is being re-imagined to make it conform to the new political and economic reality, our cultural institutions are more than just a few cultural icons that we can point to on the street.The United States is home […]
The Guatemalan soccer team is in the midst of a huge national cultural transformation.As the nation’s national team prepares for its first World Cup qualifiers, the country is celebrating its past, present and future.It’s also in the throes of a major cultural shift: its embrace of foreign-born players.As a growing number of players are born […]
In the past few years, counter culture has gained a new name: the cultural transmission.Counter culture is a term that combines the words “counter” and “culture”, with the idea of a subculture that shares a common goal of disseminating cultural messages.The word comes from the ancient Greek word “coptis”, meaning “to spread”.Counter culture today has […]
In the first part of this series we explained the role of the cultural skills in a country’s economic development.The second part explores the roles and importance of the skills of cultural competence, a key factor in a nation’s economic success.Today we’ll look at how to get those skills and what you need to do […]
When you use the word culture, does it imply that the way you think, feel or dress is the way that is accepted in society or are you merely asserting what you think?A recent study by the Harvard-Harris poll found that when asked to define culture, the majority of Americans say they define it by […]
A political group in Kerala has announced it will no longer celebrate Republic Day.Kerala’s main civic body has called off the celebration of Republic Day this year because of what it called a lack of participation from the state’s largest political party.The All Kerala Democratic Organisation (AKDO) has said the event will be postponed to […]
In this video, photographer and blogger Nick Stenner explores how to use culture to bring about a new kind of cultural experience.Nick is a graduate of the School of Communication at the University of Waterloo, and currently works as a freelance digital photographer.Follow Nick on Twitter: @nickstenner.
