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Social - needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities.

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” 

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

This is a banksy piece that addresses the social problems we face. especially in the westernised parts of the world.

This powerful piece of photography adresses social controversy.  

Cultural - The sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.

"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people." - Gandhi 

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey

This is a mural piece created by street artist Neuzz aka Miguel Mejía.

Photograph by Jimmy Nelson "Before they pass"

History- A continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account.

"The more you know about the past, the better you are prepared for the future" - Theodore Roosevelt 

"Those who dont know history are destined to repeat it" - Edmund Burke 

"Creation of Adam" Sistene chapeal by Michaelangelo

The man that refused to give the nazi salute, 1936

Political - The activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power.

 Activities aimed at improving someone's status or increasing power within an organization.

 “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

― Groucho Marx

 “Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
― Robert Orben

This is a political piece by Banksy

Tiananmen square massacre protest

Technological -  Relating to or involving technology, especially scientific technology.

Affected by or resulting from scientific and industrial progress.

"It has become appalingly obvious that our technology has exceded our humanity" - Albert Einstein 

'lets go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday" - Steve Jobs 

 

Technological prison by Sarah Chen 

 

 

Tesla experiment 1899