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This conference examines the history and critical reception of modern African art in art history and cultural studies. Major international scholars explore the central question — when was (or is) modern African art? Presented by the Mbanefo Foundation and UC Santa Barbara. Series: Voices [7/2008] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 13538]

College course lecture on British Cultural Studies.

A sneak peak at the cultural phenomenon that has sprung up due to the game World of Warcraft

The UK Government is planning to give every child in England the chance to take part in at least five hours of cultural activity- including visits to art centres and theatres- every week.

www.egs.edu Lev Manovich, Russian-American artist and theorist, lectures on the different methods of visualization, and exploratory analysis. In this lecture, Lev Manovich, discusses the field of cultural analytics, which takes cultural data sets, and through a given method of visualization and automatic image analysis, provides a new type of interface for media exploration. Manovich argues that, these new, digital modes of cultural analytics allow us to deal with the exponential growth of culture and its products. Moreover, it allows us both to re-categorize and mine phenomena of all kinds, and to give sets of data visual representations which reveal large-scale patterns for massive amounts of data, both today and in the past. In this lecture Manovich discusses Mark Rothco, Piet Modriane, Bruno Latour, Time Magazine covers, Dziga Vertov’s The Eleventh Year (1928), video games, the difference between statistical society and data mining, the question of reduction, pattern recognition, and the shift from objects to patterns in cultural studies. At the end of the lecture, Manovich answers students’ questions. Public lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2010 Lev Manovich. Biography Paragraphs: Lev Manovich (b. 1960) is a Russian-American artist and theorist. He studied computer science and architecture in Moscow, after which he earned an MA in experimental psychology …

‘Roots Wasulung’ Cultural Study Tours to The Gambia, West Africa If you wish to really immerse yourself in your study of West African Music please consider a study tour to The Gambia West Africa with Master Drummer and one of Gambia’s Cultural Embassadores. visit King’s Website for more information: www.kingmarong.com All people are welcome from anywhere in the world, School groups, University cultural study groups, music schools and all ages are welcome to the smiling coast of West Africa, Gambia! ABARAKA (With Thanks) Edited: Dominique Rada

Find out more about HKSEC at www.sechallenge.hk HKSEC Grand Final Presentation – Inter Cultural Education