The interest here is how traditional knowledge, or cumulated knowledge, practices and beliefs (Berkes et al. 2000), interfaces with the trend of individuals and communities who increasingly embrace influences from development, globalization and modernity (Sillitoe et al. 2002).
He embraced influences and reinvented music," says Dunsmore.
He has since embraced influences from Hawaii, the Caribbean, Africa, and many other places, but his heart lies with the unheralded musicians of the Deep South.
"Chinese culture needs to go global, but the first step is to tune up its mind and embrace the influence of other cultures," Liu wrote.
In the twin roles of Turiddu and Canio, tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones sings with hot-blooded intensity, astutely varying his tone: fuller and more expansive to embrace the influence of Wagner on Mascagni; more tightly focused as Leoncavallo's bitterly jealous clown.
How much will it resist outside influences and how much will it embrace those influences?
By embracing the influence of the Winter X Games, the Olympic organisers have given themselves a genuine shot in the arm.
The schools and large student population have helped define Ithaca, which has embraced the influence of its colleges to create a liberal, cultural and gastronomic oasis in a region not known for being particularly progressive.
Love also embraced the influence of experimental artists and punk rock groups, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Big Black, Diamanda Galás, The Germs, and The Stooges.
That may not be exactly what Ms. Fricker, the critic, meant when she suggested that strong theater can transcend national cultures even as it embraces local influences.
