Tag Archives: Culture

19Sep/22

It’s Official OC Fashion Week® the luxury market of California announces its’ launch of “Fashion Travel Week” for July 2023 presented by Celebrity Cruises

September 19, 2022FashionArticles, Australia, Culture, Fashion, Greece, Kathryn Marino, Runway, U.S. Virgin Islands, Walkingadmin

As a tribute to its one-world symposium President and Owner of OC Fashion Week® in Orange County, California, Kathryn Marino announced an Official red-ribbon cutting ceremony for Opening Day as the Official launch of Fashion Travel Week® (FTW): The Art of Travel & Style presented by Celebrity Cruises. The project originated in 2010 as a travel incentive and support for fashion designers who love to travel abroad. In 2017, OC Fashion Week® was recognized as an international conduit in fashion industries abroad hosting exclusive runway, networking and access tours for designers and beauty purveyors groups to visit industry and fashion partners in Hong Kong, Greece, Virgin Islands and Australia. Continue reading

12Sep/22

UGG UNVEILS ‘FEELS LIKE UGG’ CAMPAIGN FOR AUTUMN/WINTER 2022

September 12, 2022FashionClothing, Culture, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, EMU Australia, Fashion, Footwear, Lifestyle brand, Trademarks, UGGadmin

Southern California-based global lifestyle brand UGG® (a division of Deckers Brands [NYSE: DECK]) introduces Feels Like UGG – the brand’s new Autumn/Winter 2022 global campaign that explores the unparalleled tactile and emotional experiences associated with wearing UGG®. Known for unapologetic individualism, bold style and luxurious materials, UGG® empowers bold self-expression through provocative fashion, extreme comfort, and the ability to make you feel good on the inside and out. Continue reading

12Sep/22

British-Ghanaian gaming collective offers safe haven for players of diversity

September 12, 2022GamesAccra, Adam, Alan, Annabel Ashalley-Anthony, Ashalley-Anthony, Culture, Cultures, Electronic Arts, Gamer, Gaming, Ghana, Henry-Andoh, Human behavior, Nerd culture, Newzoo, Stereotypes, Ubisoft, United Kingdom, Video game cultureadmin

ACCRA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A keypad-locked door in Ghana’s capital Accra hid a neon-lit hall of flickering processors, clicking keyboards and excited voices. The young crowd erupted as brother beat sister in a tight-fought but good-spirited round of Mortal Kombat.

British-Ghanaian gamer Annabel Ashalley-Anthony smiled at her brother Adam, after the tournament match at a gaming hub organized by Melanin Gamers, a collective she hopes will change the video game landscape.

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08Sep/22

Digital nomads have rejected the office and now want to replace the nation state. But there is a darker side to this quest for global freedom

September 8, 2022Human InterestAgnes Nyamwange, Alex Garland, Andrew Keen, Anthropology, Augusta, Australia, Balaji Srinivasan, Bangkok, Barbados, Barbara Jovanovic, Ben, Blue, Brazil, Chiang Mai, China, Coinbase, Creative Commons, Cultural anthropology, Culture, Dave Cook, Digital nomad, dropshipping, eBay, El Salvador, Estonia, Eventbrite, Fabian Dittrich, Feli Hargarten, Geoarbitrage, Hamburg, Humans, Internet culture, John Perry Barlow, Karoli Hindricks, Ko Pha Ngan, Larry, Lauren Razavi, Lena Leonhardt, Levels, London, Lyft, Manila, Marcus Meurer, Montenegro, Natalie Sissons, New York, Nomad, PAYPAL, Pete, Philippines, Pieter Levels, Portugal, Russia, Shopify, SHUTTERSTOCK, SNAPCHAT, Stasi, Sydney, Ted, Thailand, Theresa May, Thom, Tim Ferriss, Tony Simonovsky, Tsugio Makimoto, Uber, United Kingdom, United States, Yassin, Zenaadmin

Dave Cook, UCL

A ‘network state’ is ideologically aligned but geographically decentralised. The people are spread around the world in clusters of varying size, but their hearts are in one place.

In June 2022 Balaji Srinivasan, former chief technology officer of the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, published an ebook entitled The Network State: How To Start a New Country. It is the latest in a flurry of utopian visions by self-styled digital visionaries, crypto believers and web 3.0 evangelists who are lining up to declare the death of the traditional concept of countries and nationhood.

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01Sep/22

South African tech entrepreneurs tackle digital divide in townships

September 1, 2022EconomyArticles, Brian Makwaiba, Culture, Digital divide, Digital media, Global inequality, Humans, Johan Steyn, JOHANNESBURG, Kathryn Malherbe, Moss Marakalala, Pretoria, Rural economics, Social inequality, South Africa, Taryn Rae, Technology development, Thomson Reuters, Townshipadmin

Tech education taken to South Africa’s townships
WiFi access and apps could boost informal economy
But technology alone is not the answer, experts warn

By Kim Harrisberg

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Moss Marakalala was 11 when he first used a laptop at an after-school programme in Johannesburg, sparking an interest in technology that inspired him to provide young people like himself from South African townships with digital education. Continue reading →

11Aug/22

Issey Miyake – a conceptual fashion designer for the many

August 11, 2022FashionClothing, Creative Commons, Culture, Fashion, Fashion design, Franck, Grace Jones, Hibakusha, Hiroshima, Humans, Issey Miyake, Japan, London, Madeleine Vionnet, Milan, Miyake, New York, Noorin Khamisani, Osaka, Paris, Pleat, Rei Kawakubo, Seibu, Tokyo, Women's oversized fashion in the United States since the 1920s, Yohji Yamamotoadmin

Noorin Khamisani, University of Portsmouth

Designer Issey Miyake has died aged 84, leaving an indelible mark on the fashion world. He was celebrated for clothing that responded to the body in movement and which was conceptual in design but also completely appropriate for the everyday. His garments were often based on simple geometric shapes made in finely pleated fabrics that resulted in new and unexpected silhouettes.

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05Aug/22

AXS LAW wins multimillion-dollar trademark infringement trial for the creator and owner of the BAOLI brand of restaurants and “My Boyfriend is Out of Town” theme party

August 5, 2022LegalChristophe Caucino, Collins, LLC, Culture, DJing, Market economics), Mathieu Massa, Miami, Nightclub, Peace United Ltd., Restaurants, Social groups, Trademark, Underground cultureadmin

On Friday, July 29, 2022, a federal jury in Miami returned a verdict of more than $8.5 million in favor of Peace United Ltd. and against 1906 Collins, LLC and Mathieu Massa, resulting in the return of the trademarks for the “Baoli” brand of restaurants and nightclubs and the “My Boyfriend Is Out of Town” theme party to their creator and rightful owner, Mr. Christophe Caucino. Continue read

22Jul/22

Life-size World of Barbie Interactive Attraction Opens at Square One

July 22, 2022FamilyBarbie, Canada, Culture, Decades, Mississauga, Series, Toysadmin

World of Barbie is making its global debut in Canada by opening its doors in a stand-alone space at Square One in Mississauga on Friday July 22nd, 2022. Inspired by her iconic lifestyle, the 30,000-square-foot interactive attraction features life-size installations that are sure to capture imaginations and hearts across many generations. Continue reading

20Jul/22

Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents

July 20, 2022CelebrityAudiology, Audism, British Sign Language, Communication disorders, Creative Commons, Culture, Deaf culture, Deaf education, Deafness, Disability culture, Education for the deaf, Hearing, Identity politics, Italy, Kate Rowley, Language, Language deprivation in children with hearing loss, London, Love Island, Newcastle, Sign language, Tasha Ghouri, United Kingdom, Walesadmin

Kate Rowley, UCL

I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that there was a deaf contestant appearing on the show. I don’t usually watch Love Island, but as a deaf person I was intrigued to find out more about how this contestant, Tasha Ghouri, would handle being the only deaf person on the show.

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13Jul/22

Startups eye metaverse, NFTs, to solve Africa’s economic woes

July 13, 2022InnovationAfrican culture, Afropolitan, Articles, Cultural globalization, Culture, Digital technology, Emole, Human activities, Information and communications technology, Internet, JOHANNESBURG, Kim Harrisberg, Metaverse, South Africa, Thami Nkosi, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Virtual economy, Virtual realityche

Startups target unemployment and governance issues
Founders launch virtual African nation, marketplace
Critics fear replication of continent’s inequalities

By Kim Harrisberg

JOHANNESBURG, July 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It might sound like science fiction, but a Nigerian-born tech entrepreneur thinks he has found a way for Africans to escape problems like inequality and bad governance – a virtual nation born online.
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