cultural practitioner

noun

One who demonstrates and interprets cultural practices to people from other cultures, often as a means of cultural preservation.

Meanings

nouncultural practitioner (plural cultural practitioners)

plural cultural practitioners

  1. One who demonstrates and interprets cultural practices to people from other cultures, often as a means of cultural preservation.

    As a cultural practitioner he locates himself in the interstices of culture and politics,or in other words, art and activism.

    2008, Parul Dave Mukherji, Eyes Re-cast: An Exhibition by Savi Savarkar, page 97
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    Only if the route is fast and unobstructed will the cultural practitioner be able to avoid time-wasting procedures and get on with the work of connecting with the audience.

    2000, Simon Mundy, Cultural Policy: A Short Guide, page 32

    Yale Richmond, another cultural practitioner, has written about his experience of cultural diplomacy in the USSR in Cultural Exchanges and the Cold War: Raising the Iron Curtain (2003).

    2011, Richard T. Arndt, The First Resort of Kings

    Authentic daily on-site activities, activities, including lei making and hula dancing, are lead by a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner.

    2013, Fodor's Hawaii 2014
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