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Youth and the Future of Culture
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Like the familiar keyboard command that resets a frozen screen, “Ctrl + Alt + HERITAGE” speaks to a generation seizing control of their cultural narratives.
The New Sounds Lab was conceptualized and adapted by the staff and students of Rebel Song Academy.
Across the Festival, cultural pride echoed through performances, each group bringing its own language, history, and movement to life.
For many young people who aren’t interested in college, or who want to supplement their higher education, traditional building trades can be appealing.
The Olathe Leadership Lowrider Bike Club is an after-school program that prepares students for life after high school.
His latest film project shares his and other disabled individuals’ stories to increase inclusion as well as give insight into the varied ways people interact with the world.
The day after the Festival, Indigenous participant groups visited the Cultural Resources Center and National Anthropological Archives.
Behind every acanthus leaf and column capital, there is the hand of a craftsperson whose name might be long forgotten but whose work is revered still centuries later.
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