by divinw | Aug 18, 2021
Joanna Pecore Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University, Towson, Maryland Discovery Questions What can art objects from distant times and places express about the identity of the people and the cultures depicted in them? How would students represent group...
by divinw | Aug 18, 2021
THE SEASONAL ROUND For New Year, we would cook cabbage. Some people would cook black-eyed peas. That way, you would always have money for the year. And we had to have our egg nog. That was one tradition waiting for the New Year to come in. And when the New Year would...
by divinw | Aug 18, 2021
Discovery Questions What can contemporary and historical articles of dress and adornment reveal about the maker’s or wearer’s identity? What influences did the makers draw on for design inspiration? What do the designs reference? How can these objects...
by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
An engaging profile of Acadiana and Lafayette High School students who prepared the “Guide to Acadian Stores and Meat Markets That Sell Boudin.” The guide, a French and English tourism brochure, explores the boudin, a Cajun sausage made and sold in small family-owned...
by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
Threshold traditions offer a concrete form for exploring how rites of passage help practitioners make a transition between two states, such as secular to sacred, outside to inside, child to adult, and so on.
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