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Culture & Identity
Ways of living, language, cultural and national identity, Brazilian and Latin American identity, and cultural exchange.
Concepts
- Physical Book CulturePhysical book culture is the enduring appreciation, curation, and sensory devotion surrounding traditional printed codices, encompassing paper textures, binding crafts…
- Physical Media PreservationPhysical media preservation is the cultural practice of collecting, maintaining, and archiving tangible recorded artifacts such as vinyl records, optical discs, and…
- Raimundo Irineu SerraRaimundo Irineu Serra, known as Mestre Irineu, was the Brazilian religious leader who founded the Santo Daime, a religion born in Acre that uses ayahuasca as its…
- Religious SyncretismReligious syncretism is the blending of disparate religious traditions, theological symbols, and cultural practices into a cohesive new spiritual framework. It…
- Rise AgainstRise Against is a punk rock band from Chicago known for their socially and politically charged lyrics. In Creative.11, the interviewee names their album Appeal to Reason…
- Romantic LoveRomantic love is a cultural and emotional ideal characterized by intense personal passion, deep mutual attachment, and transcendent significance attributed to an intimate…
- Santo DaimeSanto Daime is a Brazilian syncretic religion founded in the 1930s in the state of Acre by Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra. It integrates Amazonian plant medicine with folk…
- Sebastião Mota de MeloSebastião Mota de Melo, known as Padrinho Sebastião, was a Brazilian religious leader of the Santo Daime. Research.2, an edition about ayahuasca published only in…
- Slow LivingSlow living is a cultural lifestyle philosophy that advocates for intentional, decelerated rhythms of daily existence in contrast to relentless modern acceleration. It…
- Social IdentitySocial identity is a person sense of who they are based on their group memberships, affiliations, and cultural allegiances. Formulated in social psychology, it explains…
- Straight EdgeStraight edge is a subculture and philosophical movement rooted in hardcore punk that advocates personal sobriety and self-discipline. It commits its adherents to…
- The SopranosThe Sopranos is an HBO series that premiered on January 10, 1999. Issue.16 is dedicated to praising James Gandolfini, and The Sopranos is the work through which the…
- Trickster SynthesisThe trickster synthesis is a cultural phenomenon where diverse mythic archetypes merge into a cunning, resourceful figure that navigates social boundaries with humor and…
- Trilingual IdentityTrilingual identity is the cognitive and cultural condition of navigating daily thought, emotional nuance, and communication across three distinct spoken languages…
- TristanTristan is the knight of the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde. Issue.13 of the Agency editorial retells the legend: the son of Blancheflor, orphaned at birth and…
- Tupi LanguageThe Tupi language, specifically Old Tupi, is an indigenous South American tongue belonging to the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family that was widely spoken along the…
- Ubuntu PhilosophyUbuntu is an African humanist philosophy emphasizing the communal interconnectedness of human existence through the shared bond of community. It asserts that individual…
- Vegan TattooingVegan tattooing is the practice of body modification utilizing entirely animal-free inks, balms, transfer stencils, and biodegradable disposables. It seeks to minimize…
- VegetalismoVegetalismo is an Amazonian healing tradition practiced primarily by mestizo healers who derive their knowledge, diagnostic skills, and power songs directly from master…
- Worldview PluralismWorldview pluralism is the philosophical stance recognizing that multiple distinct, coherent systems of meaning and belief can simultaneously interpret the same physical…
- Zygmunt BaumanZygmunt Bauman was a Polish sociologist and philosopher, known for the idea of liquid modernity. In the Agency editorial, Issue.6 presents him as the thinker who…
Terms
- Taboonoun
- A social, cultural, or religious prohibition restricting a particular practice, discussion, or association under moral penalty.
- Vintageadjective
- Denoting something from the past of high quality, classic appeal, and recognized historical value. It describes analog goods, timeless aesthetic objects, and period recordings.
