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A "Lingua Franca" is supposed to be a medium of communication between people of different languages. People disagree which language is to be the global lingua franca. English is common, yet Chinese is more widespread and yet others favour French. Some languages, like Esperanto, were created to bridge language barriers. But it's not the language...
For people from different communities to be aware of our culture we have to present it to them. This means we need to be aware of our own culture before we can expect others to understand and accept it. Here a group of students from Hong Kong set up a booth presenting the Cantonese language at a Multicultural Conference.
Photos taken by young journalists during the "Independence '05" Protests, at Martyrs' Square, Downtown Beirut, Lebanon - Spring 2005.
The submissions are part of TIG's "Language as Violence, Violence as Language" Contest.
We are capable of so much. I often think of how grateful I am for my hands and all that they have allowed me to create - whether it be through artwork, typing, writing, building, exploring, holding other hands etc. They are also such a great way to communicate with others through a wave or a 'good job' kind of symbol/language.
The painting is an expression of the liberation movement. The pattern is inspired from the “santal” tribal art. Santal are the indigenous people of India. Hul is a Santal tribe term. It means a movement for liberation.
Santal Hul [1855] was one of the fiercest battles in the history of Indian freedom struggles causing greatest number of loss...
To be different is to be evil, odd, the enemy...
I might be speaking another language,having another culture, religion, or belonging to another ethnic group but does that make me ugly, evil?
And unfortunately, some streams of ideas are promoting such a culture of violence and intolerance - like Huntington and Fukoyama, who believe that wars,...