scholarly journals Insights and Inspiration from Explorative Research into the Impacts of a Community Arts Project

2021 ◽  
pp. 205-227
Author(s):  
Gwenda Van der Vaart
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Community Arts ◽  
Knowledge Community ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Theatre Company ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

AbstractIn today’s society, the resilience of communities is in the spotlight. How can communities shape and respond to the challenges they face in order to achieve a better future? For researchers focusing on this question, researching artistic practices can provide valuable insights and inspiration. From a resilience perspective that seeks to incorporate people’s everyday lifeworld and local knowledge, community arts in particular hold much potential, being an art form that actively engages people in the creative process. Evidencing the impact of community arts projects has become more important over the years. However, as this chapter discusses, there are several tensions and concerns around evaluating the impact of the arts. The chapter takes as its empirical focus one such project in particular: the multi-year theatre-trilogy Grutte Pier, which took place in the Dutch village Kimswerd between 2014 and 2018. In this village, the site-specific theatre company PeerGrouP worked together with the inhabitants to create a trilogy around the village’s historical figure Grutte Pier. The chapter reflects on an explorative research project into the impact of this community arts project on the village. Hereby, it contributes to the understanding of how meaningful change can be achieved in communities, preparing them for a more sustainable future. The reflections on the explorative research support the need to adopt a critical perspective with regard to assessing the value of artistic practices. The experiences in Kimswerd show that community arts projects can be an evocative way of engaging a community and can result in a variety of effects. The chapter discusses both personal effects, relating to personal growth, people’s social life and feelings of pride, as well as effects at the village level, such as the creation and strengthening of bonds between the inhabitants. Effects are expected to go a long way and be a great boost for a community’s organizational capacity and future activities. In light of these findings, it appears to be a successful formula to have artists coming to a community as ‘outsiders’, actively engaging inhabitants in a large community arts project that is both locally grounded and offers the inhabitants various ways of participating themselves.

scholarly journals FORMS OF SYNTHESIS OF ARTS OF CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (164) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Wu Changzhi
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Chinese Art ◽  
Exterior Space ◽  
Chinese Architecture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Full Analysis ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the synthesis of arts on the example of Chinese architecture. General historical questions of the development of Chinese culture and various arts during historical evolution are raising. Philosophical and religious positions of culture are distinguishing, which are identifying with the development of art. The question arises of the lack of a full analysis of ancient Chinese art for all types of artistic creativity that were developing during cultural development and formation: architecture, painting, calligraphy, music, sculpture, dance, and so on. A number of scholars who have developed methods of approaches to the systematization and study of the synthesis of the arts of ancient Chinese culture throughout its development are presenting. A number of techniques in painting and calligraphy that have a direct impact on the formation of the Chinese architectural environment are analyzing. These methodical conclusions can be useful in planning the activities of various organizational departments of architectural education and science. Problem statement: it became necessary to analyze and describe the methods and principles of organizing forms of art synthesis in Chinese architecture. Objective of the article: analyze the impact of forms of art synthesis in Chinese architecture. There is describing that the most important art form in China is painting. It is thanks to its compositional, color and harmonic laws that the general cultural world of ancient China is building. Color relationships, combinations with nature - all this through painting builds the canonical laws of architecture, music, dance, calligraphy, etc., taking into account national authenticity. It becomes the central core of the synthesis of Chinese art, generating its various forms for individual regions. In architecture, the action of forms of synthesis of Chinese arts is embodying through the organization of plasticity of the building, interior and exterior space, the ratio of small and large forms, and the location of accents. Experienced predecessors should be a role model for modern architects and artists. The combination of long-standing traditions of "synthesis of arts" with modern production technologies, as well as creative ideas of architects and artists of the XXI century can give new vectors of development of Chinese architecture and art science.

scholarly journals SEMIOTIKA KOMUNIKASI DALAM TRADISI PENABENG DI DESA PAKRAMAN BATUYANG KECAMATAN SUKAWATI KABUPATEN GIANYAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
I Wayan Dede Hermawan ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Ratna Pramesti Dasih ◽  
I Made Budiasa
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Intrapersonal Communication ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

<p><em> The ceremony of Penabeng Desa at Sasih Kaenem which is held every year exactly falls on Tilem sasih Kaenem day. The ceremony of Penabeng Desa at Sasih Kaenem is done by making a barrier fence in every border of Desa Pakraman Batuyang, aiming to maintain the natural balance of both the great bhuana and bhuana alit. The problems discussed in this research are (1) How is the existence of Penabeng Tradition? (2) How is communication semiotics in Penabeng Tradition? (3) How is the impact of communication semiotics in Penabeng Tradition in Pakraman Village Batuyang District Sukawati Gianyar?.</em></p><p><em>This research found among others: The existence of Penabeng tradition in Pakraman Batuyang Village, held every morning every year precisely Tilem Sasih kaenem, all the people of Desa Pakraman Batuyang make a guardrail fence in every border of Pakraman Village Batuyang. The means used include pandandui, sungga, centipedes, and turushidup. Semiotics Communication in the tradition of Penabeng in the village of Pakraman Batuyang there are some namely, the process of intrapersonal communication, the process of interpersonal communication and non-verbal communication on the procession of the tradition of Penabengdi Desa Pakraman Batuyang. Impact contained from Communication Semiotics in Penabeng tradition in Pakraman Village Batuyang namely:</em><em> </em><em>Religious Impact affects people's beliefs and culprits, Social impacts affect society's social life and Conservation Impact Culture affect the existence and development of community life.</em><strong></strong></p>

Anglican Spirituality

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Loades
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Historical Origins

By virtue of its historical origins as well as its commitment to fundamental doctrines such as the Trinity, and the transformation of perspective as a result of ecumenism and the continuation of the Anglican Communion worldwide, Anglicans draw on an extraordinary range of resources both old and new. Reflection on scripture, saints both pre- and post-Reformation, and the willingness of present-day Christians to lay bare their own engagement with God result in a rich and demanding range of possibilities. The impact of liturgical reforms and revisions post Vatican II have resulting in the reordering of places and spaces for worship, increased sensitivity to ‘sacramentalism’ very broadly construed, attention to the arts in all their complexity, and in some cases in serious re-engagement with political and social life.

Women’s Peasant Protest in Siberia in the First Half of 1930: The Phenomenon of a Radical Response to the Policy of Violent Etatization

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 457-475
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Ignatyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Peasant Society ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Peasant Protest ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

The paper deals with the problem of the phenomenon of women’s protest during the process of “total collectivization” of the agricultural sector. The author investigates the phenomenon as social action within the framework of the structural-functional approach (M. Weber, R. Merton), which allows to eliminate ideological cliches and analyze women’s protest not as an affective social action (“Bab’i bunt” - women’s revolt), but as a complex social action in which the role of goal setting can be dominant. This approach makes it possible to establish the main characteristics of women's protest, its effect, and impact on the culture of peasant protest. It provides an opportunity to consider the processes of interaction between “authority – society” in the extraordinary conditions of “the Great socialist transformation”. Main sources are archival documents of the OGPU authorized representative in the Siberian region (krai); minor sources include archival documents of local party committees and Soviet organisations and also regional press. The author analyzes protest actions recorded by the OGPU officers with the participation of women in the first half of the 1930s, identifying the main characteristics of women’s protest, its forms, causes and motives, as well as the impact on peasant society and state policy. The author also reveals that this social action in the absence of a legal opportunity to influence the agrarian/peasant policy of the party was quite an adequate means to achieve certain goals of the protesters. “Bab’i bunt” was a marker of the extreme social life of early Soviet society during the “Great Break”, which demonstrated the radicalization of relations between the peasant society and authorities during a violent etatization of the village. The conclusion is that the women’s protest, as part of the general peasant protest at the first stage of “complete collectivization”, forced the authorities to adjust their policies and even seek some compromises.

The Mind, the Brain, and the Moving Body

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-212
Author(s):  
Bettina Bläsing ◽  
Beatriz Calvo-Merino
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Aesthetic Perception ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Form ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Arts Community

Dance has become a topic of increasing interest for empirical research in cognitive neuroscience and psychology. The study reviewed in this chapter aimed to reach a multifaceted community of scholars and practitioners interested in the blending between neuroscience and dance as an art form. It includes a revision on dancers’ physical expertise and skilled motor execution, studies on dancers’ timing and online synchronization abilities, and learning and memory processes, as well as a consideration of expert dancers as skilled dance observers. Following the authors’ comment on the article, they acknowledge major developments since its publication, in particular regarding recent lines of research on emotional components of dance, creativity, aesthetic perception, improvisation, entrainment, empathy, and well-being. Finally, the authors emphasize the impact of empirical research in dance beyond cognitive neuroscience and psychology and consider the potential of multidisciplinary expert teams that include the performing arts community to contribute to discourses in the arts and the sciences.

scholarly journals PEMBUATAN MINUMAL HERBAL “TEH SECANG” UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KESEHATAN DAN PEREKONOMIAN MASYARAKAT DESA TANJUNG TAMBAKREJO BOJONEGORO

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Ari Abi Aufa
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Covid 19 has changed various orders in social life. Human beings, who are actually social creatures, are prevented from interacting each other, which results in obstructing efforts to fulfill the basic needs of human life. People must adjust the way they interact with each other to avoid the possibility of contracting Covid 19. But on the other hand, people still have to work to make ends meet for themselves and their families. The community of Tanjung Tambakrejo Bojonegoro village cannot be separated from the impact of Covid 19. This social service uses the ABCD method, which is service that focuses on the use of assets owned by the village to improve their lives. The existing assets in these areas are sometimes neglected and not fully utilized by the local community due to their ignorance. Therefore, this method is taken to reintroduce existing assets in the community so that they can be used to improve their lives. Based on the survey conducted, it was found that various vegetable assets have not been maximally utilized, one of which is Caesalpinnia sappan L. Through various research conducted, it turns out that Caesalpinnia sappan L can be used as a warm drink that is both delicious and healthy. Based on this, the people of Tanjung village were then taught how to make herbal drink made from Caesalpinnia sappan L, and how to sel it online to improve their health and also their economy.    

Private Life under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949–1999. By Yunxiang Yan. [Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. xvi+289 pp. Hard cover $55.00, ISBN 0-8047-3309-0; paperback $19.95, ISBN 0-8047-4456-4.]

2004 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 227-228
Author(s):  
Frank N. Pieke
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Reform Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Independent Families ◽  
Reading Assignment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

When Yunxiang Yan's first book, The Flow of Gifts, was published in 1996 it was immediately clear that a new leading scholar of contemporary Chinese society had entered the scene. Yan's second book Private Life under Socialism richly delivers on the promise of his first. This new book is, in fact, very much a companion volume to The Flow of Gifts. Together, they constitute a uniquely rich ethnography of the intimate details of social life as lived and experienced in the village where Yan himself spent 15 years of his life before becoming an anthropologist. Both books draw on the same strengths of the author. The first and most obvious is his unprecedented access to and intimate understanding of his former village of residence. However, what makes for truly great ethnography here is Yan's almost uncanny ability to present often quite complex and challenging arguments in a deceptively simple and understated fashion, making the book both a major contribution to scholarship and an ideal reading assignment for students.The subject matter of the book is adequately covered by the title Private Life under Socialism. Broadly speaking, the book asks how the ways Chinese villagers perceive sexuality and romance, find their partners, marry, exercise rights over family property, establish independent families and care for the aged have changed during the reform period. In this context, other crucial issues in contemporary China are discussed: the increased wealth and consumerism, the emergence of a youth culture and employment opportunities outside the village, changes in gender roles, and the impact of government policies on private life, all of which already are the subject of a rich literature. It is a therefore a testimony to Yan's skills as an anthropologist and a writer that he manages to shed fresh light on all of these topics in almost every paragraph of this book.

scholarly journals Perubahan Tari Rentak Kudo Dalam Kehidupan Sosial Masyarakat

Diakronika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Sintia Farsalena
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ritual Dance ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

This research has a purpose to identify: the impact of changing kudo ritual dance traditions in the social life of people in the village of debai jambi province. This type of research is qualitative descriptive. Sources ie primary data submitted by informants, data sources taken in the form of written notes coming from informants who were interviewed, documentation and literature study. The research findings reveal that the change of kudo rentak tradition in the social life of society in Debai village of Jambi Province has social and moral impact such as the behavior of less polite when dancing, drinking behavior, fights between youth when danced by kudo rentak dance, disturbance of society with Loud music. The social control of the village and community governments is so weak that they are unable to minimize the impact of the tradition.

Pengembangan Pengelolaan Dana Desa Terhadap Kesejahtraan Masyarakat Desa Di Kabupaten Konawe Selatan Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-125
Author(s):  
Hasjad Hasjad
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Development of village fund management is very much needed by the community so that it can be enjoyed by all levels of society in the villages. The seriousness of the government in developing villages is evidenced by the start of allocation of the Village Fund budget for 2015. The allocation of the Village Fund is mandated by Law (Law) Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages and Government Regulation (PP) Number 6 of 2014 concerning Village Funds Sourced from STATE BUDGET. The regulation explained that the administration of the village government adheres to the principle of decentralization and the task of assistance. The principle of decentralization raises village internal funding (Desa APBD), while the principle of co-administration provides an opportunity for Villages to obtain funding sources from the government above it (APBN, Provincial APBD, Regency / City APBD). This study aims to observe what the development of village funds looks like, how they are implemented and the impact of the use of village funds in supporting development activities and community empowerment. The research method used is a qualitative research method that relies on observing places, actors and activities in Konawe Selatan Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, which was chosen as a case study. Initial observations show that the Village Fund does not have significant results in improving the welfare of the community. These indications are evident in the welfare of the community which has not improved with the existence of the village fund. Therefore it is necessary to develop a good management of village funds to improve the welfare of rural communities, especially in Konawe Selatan District. The output to be achieved is the scientific publication with ISSN Online and the level of technological Readiness that will be achieved 1-3.

How Art Works

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Winner
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Objective Truth ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Art Works ◽  
Truth Value

This book is an examination of what psychologists have discovered about how art works—what it does to us, how we experience art, how we react to it emotionally, how we judge it, and what we learn from it. The questions investigate include the following: What makes us call something art? Do we experience “real” emotions from the arts? Do aesthetic judgments have any objective truth value? Does learning to play music raise a child’s IQ? Is modern art something my kid could do? Is achieving greatness in an art form just a matter of hard work? Philosophers have grappled with these questions for centuries, and laypeople have often puzzled about them too and offered their own views. But now psychologists have begun to explore these questions empirically, and have made many fascinating discoveries using the methods of social science (interviews, experimentation, data collection, statistical analysis).

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