The techniques in making kapa a traditional fiber art of Hawaii result in bold and colorful linear and geometric patterns. Made from the fibers of native plants, kapa (or bark cloth) was used ...

You probably already know that as an educator, you will be constantly challenged to examine your own cultural beliefs, values and biases. While you are in the process of doing this, you are also in ...

The High Performance Computing Program established jointly by the DOE and the National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced the first recipients of grants of supercomputing time meant to ...

There’s a reason why the premise of American Gods is so alluring: the US is home to a wild and glorious mishmash of gods, folktales, and cultural heritage. One by one, groups from around the world ...

Are acoustic features of music and spoken language shared across cultures? Researchers recorded themselves performing traditional music and speaking in their native language. In all 50+ languages, the ...

Since antiquity, people have speculated about why it is that people in different parts of the world have different customs, rules, habits, and psychological tendencies. Indeed, if you’ve traveled ...