Global mindset is not just about environment, economics, or politics. Dealing with human beings means that there are many intangible factors that shaped who they are. These factors include their culture and heritage. This section leads us to explore culture and heritage through different modes of expression. How can we decipher cultures through everyday objects, places and human behaviour seen through time and space? What are the issues and challenges in culture and heritage sustainability in community, national and global contexts? An understanding in each other’s culture and heritage draws people closer, and finds us allies in the workplace.
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Key Terms: Entablature: The lintel (crossbeam) held up by the pillars on a classical temple. Capital: The wide, decorative bit at the top of a column, just below the entablature. |
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Baroque Architecture and Expression/Music: G.F. Haendel This video explores Baroque architecture and public sculpture. |
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100 Great Paintings of All Time Check out the 100 most famous paintings of all time. |
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How Religions Spread Around the World Animation showing how Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam spread around the world. |
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A comparison of the two economic systems: capitalism and socialism. Contains a quick overview of the two systems, their goals, main ideas which major countries utilize each system today. |
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South Korea exports many things we love like mobile phones and cars; however, more recently the world is switching on to their pop music & TV shows...But why are we so obsessed? |
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From push carts to modern hawker centres, Singapore's hawker culture has evolved through the years. How did early immigrants create food that's uniquely Singaporean? Why is Hokkien mee Hokkien, and how did Indian rojak come about? |
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Watch 100 of the Most Beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Sites to discover in just 10 minutes. |
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Coloring the Streets of Singapore Singapore is known for being clean, green and orderly, but that doesn’t stop Zul Othman from painting the town. In fact, the street artist known as “Zero” thinks the city’s disposition makes his work even more interesting. |
Here are some articles which may make you more alert of the global issues in the region.
Authentic fakes: Religion and American popular culture by
Authentic Fakes explores the religious dimensions of American popular culture in unexpected places: baseball, the Human Genome Project, Coca-Cola, rock 'n' roll, the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan, the charisma of Jim Jones, Tupperware, and the free market, to name a few. Chidester travels through the cultural landscape and discovers the role that fakery--in the guise of frauds, charlatans, inventions, and simulations--plays in creating religious experience. His book is at once an incisive analysis of the relationship between religion and popular culture and a celebration of the myriad ways in which invention can stimulate the religious imagination. Moving beyond American borders, Chidester considers the religion of McDonald's and Disney, the discourse of W.E.B. Du Bois and the American movement in Southern Africa, the messianic promise of Nelson Mandela's 1990 tour to America, and more. He also looks at the creative possibilities of the Internet in such phenomena as Discordianism, the Holy Order of the Cheeseburger, and a range of similar inventions. Arguing throughout that religious fakes can do authentic religious work, and that American popular culture is the space of that creative labor, Chidester looks toward a future "pregnant with the possibilities of new kinds of authenticity."
Expressions of culture, identity and meaning in tourism by
This book arose out of a major international conference, Tourism 2000: time for celebration, organised by the Centre for Travel and Tourism, University of Northumbria and the Centre for Tourism, Sheffield Hallam University.
Young children's play and creativity by
This book draws on the voices of practitioners, academics and researchers to examine young children's play, creativity and the participatory nature of their learning. Bringing together a wide range of perspectives from the UK and internationally, it focuses on the level of engagement and exploration involved in children's play and how it can be facilitated in different contexts and cultures. This new reader aims to challenge thinking, promote reflection and stimulate further discussion by bringing together research and practice on play and creativity. Divided into two parts, Part I is written by researchers and academics and explores key themes such as creative meaning making, listening to children's voices, risk and spaces, children's rights, play and technology. Part II is authored by Early Childhood professionals and reveals how practitioners have responded to the issues surrounding play and creativity. Each chapter is contextualised by an introduction to highlight the key points and a list of follow-up questions is also included to encourage reflection and debate. Drawing on the wide-ranging writing of academics, practitioners and researchers, this book is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and all those who are interested in the essence of play and creativity, what it means for children, and the far-reaching benefits for their well-being, learning and development.