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Posts Tagged ‘culture’

April 30th, 2012 - 11:35 pm § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities

Religion World

  Today’s infographic from visual.ly uses a web to describe and categorize a variety of religions in the world. Religion is one of the most universal things, although it varies widely. Everyone believes in something, even in the belief of nothing, and it shows a lot about what a culture f[...]

January 24th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities

Computer Model Replays Europe's Cultural History

  One of the largest deciding factors of a civilization is culture (depending on how one looks at things). Culture influences everything; politics, movement, economics. Google defines culture as “the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.[...]

January 8th, 2012 - 1:21 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

The State of Muslim America

America can be considered an enigma. Even today, most television shows that portray Americans portray a white, Christian family. But, America is also considered a melting pot of cultures. To be a well rounded American, and a well rounded person, able to work with and learn from anyone, one must be a[...]

September 2nd, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Humanities, Miscellaneous

Dirty and Otherwise

OK, for the fun of it, what words are used most often in the titles of the top ten highest grossing films per year in the U.S. from 1921 to 2010.  It’s a burning questions that is almost certainly trending in the socialverse!  Well, here’s the answer (to the right). From Very Small Arr[...]