Theatre and Community at a Nigerian University
Theatre and culture are societal concepts that often go hand in hand. Playing complementary roles in community building, they act as unifying forces…
The Power of Poetry in South African Culture
What does poetry do? The question is simple but contentious. Some claim that poetry, that art in general, doesn’t do anything, that it doesn’t need to…
How Stories form our View of the World
The importance of a story to a child cannot be overstated. More important, even, is the child’s own story. Children love to hear the story of their birth or adoption.
The Cultural Influences of Political Engagement
In Canada, like in all democracies, the health of our political system is dependent on how engaged citizens are in politics. Yet our participation rates over the last 20 years have been…
A Decade Later: Missing Women and the Media
Eleven years ago, the issue of the missing and murdered Indigenous women was just beginning to sound an alarm in the public sphere. The public’s exposure to it was kindled by a…
Culturally Modified Trees: When the Forest Comes Alive
Sometimes, when your vocation is to walk through the forest and look for signs of the people who lived there, you find those signs watching you…
Connecting Research with People and Place
It’s still fairly recent, and relatively uncommon, for researchers examining culture to do so through the eyes of those they study. However, this is changing; increasingly…
