Functional complementarity as basis for inter-metropolitan collaboration and networking A case study on cultural activities in Berlin and Warsaw

2008 ◽  
pp. 117-130
Author(s):  
Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Functional Complementarity

scholarly journals Turkic poetic heritage as symbol and spectacle of identity: observations on Turkmenistan's Year of Magtymguly celebrations

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-336
Author(s):  
Paul Michael Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Public Culture ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Cultural Sector

This paper presents one case study of state-sponsored cultural activities that occurred throughout 2014, Turkmenistan's Year of Magtymguly, the 290th anniversary of this Turkmen poet's birth. Such activities constitute examples of public culture; they can organize representations of a society's past and present to reaffirm for participants the values and power structure of their society and revalidate its philosophical underpinnings. After examining this Turkic poet's iconicity, this paper compiles 2014's celebratory events from disparate sources, complementing broader general literature on Central Asia's spectacles of public culture and their role in nation-building and identity-formation. Rather than merely resulting from any top-down decision specifying required activities nationwide, the year's events involved numerous synergies as artists, museum and theater administrators, composers, and other cultural-sector workers benefited by responding to the potential of aligning their work with a theme as broad, as widely appreciated, and as eligible for various forms of support as this one. In addition, Turkmenistan's strong central leadership benefited from this widely shared and highly visible celebration, especially emphasizing one element within Magtymguly's eighteenth-century vision, an end to his people's tribal conflicts within a unified Turkmenistan under one leader.

scholarly journals BAHASA MEMPENGARUHI BUDAYA ATAU BUDAYA MEMPENGARUHI BAHASA? (STUDI KASUS: STRATEGI KESANTUNAN DALAM KEGIATAN TAWAR-MENAWAR MAHAR DI SIDAMANIK) Does Language Influence Culture Influence Language? (Case Study: Politness Strategy in Mahar Bargaining in Sidamanik)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lastri Wahyuni Manurung
Keyword(s):  
Language And Culture ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Culture Influence ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Toba Batak ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Language Influence

AbstrakPada dasarnya bahasa dan budaya saling berhubungan dan terikat satu sama lain. Bahasa juga mampu mencerminkan budaya seseorang Salah satu contoh kegiatan kebudayaan adalah prosesi yang terdapat pada pernikahan adat Batak Toba, yaitu marhata sinamot (tawar-menawar mahar). Penelitian tentang strategi kesantunan dalam kegiatan marhata sinamot ini termasuk dalam jenis penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data diperoleh percakapan yang disampaikan ketika para juru bicara sedang berdiskusi atau bernegosiasi tentang jumlah mahar. Lokasi penelitian adalah di Sidamanik. Total jumlah juru bicara yang ikut serta dalam penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 30 orang, yang diperoleh dari 5 rekaman kegiatan marhata sinamot. Hampir semua juru bicara bekerja sebagai petani, beberapa diantara mereka adalah pensiunan perkebunan, dan pedagang. Mereka berusia antara 45-70 tahun. Kondisi sosiokultural seorang penutur berpengaruh terhadap tuturan yang dihasilkannya. Prinsip kebudayaan masyarakat Batak Toba tentang somba marhula-hula, manat mardongan tubu serta elek marboru dalam tatanan dalihan na tolu, juga berpengaruh terhadap bahasa dan strategi kesantunan yang digunakan oleh penutur. Hasil temuan ini sekaligus dapat menjadi jawaban logis bahwa budaya lah yang mempengaruhi bahasa.Kata Kunci: Bahasa, Batak Toba, Budaya, Dalihan Na Tolu, Strategi Kesantunan. AbstractBasically, language and culture are interconnected and bound to one another. Language is also able to reflect one’s culture. One example of cultural activities is the procession found in the traditional Batak Toba wedding, namely marhata sinamot (the dowry bargaining). This research on politeness strategies in marhat a sinamot activities was a qualitative descriptive research. The data has been obtained through conversations delivered when the spokesmen discussing or negotiating the amount of the dowry. The research site is in Sidamanik Sub-District. The total number of spokespersons who have participated in this study is 30, and this has been obtained from 5 recordings of the marhata sinamot activities. Almost all of the spokesmen are farmers, some of them are retiredmen and traders. Their ages are between 45-70. The findings show that the politeness strategies used by the speakers in marhata sinamot are positive politeness strategies, which are exaggerating (interest, sympathy, etc with the hearer), seeking for agreement, giving hearer sympathy, using in-group identity markers, and asserting speaker’s knowledge of and concerning for hearer’s wants. Negative politeness strategies are also used, namely: asking for empathy, minimizing the imposition, apologizing, and giving deference. The sociocultural condition of a speaker affects the speech they produce. The cultural principles of the Toba Batak community regarding ‘somba marhula-hula, manat mardongan tubu and elek marboru’ in a principle of daliha na tolu have also influenced the language and politeness strategies used by speakers. These findings can be a logical answer that culture influences language.Keywords: Language, Toba Batak, culture, dalihan na tolu, politeness strategies.

scholarly journals The role of satisfaction in cultural activities’ word-of-mouth. A case study in the Picasso Museum of Málaga (Spain)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Jesús Carrasco-Santos ◽  
◽  
Antonio Padilla-Meléndez ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Cultural Activities

scholarly journals Characteristic of multi-ethnic settlement in Indonesia, a case study: Kampung 3-4 Ulu Laut settlement on Musi Riverbank in Palembang City

2020 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 03002
Author(s):  
Endy Agustian ◽  
Rini Rachmawati ◽  
Raden Rijanta ◽  
Agus Joko Pitoyo
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Natural Context ◽  
Context Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

The plurality found at Kampung 3-4 Ulu Laut settlement on Musi Riverbank in Palembang city is one example of a case that can represent multi-ethnic settlement in Indonesia. The settlement consists of various kinds of ethnic, including native Palembang ethnic, Palembang Cirebon ethnic, Palembang Chinese ethnic, and migrant ethnics from areas outside of Palembang city. The existence of various multi-ethnic groups has influenced several physical sites of settlement, economic activities, social-cultural activities, and the basic values of life in settlement. This research aims to explore the empirical evidence at Kampung 3-4 Ulu Laut, so the characteristics of the settlement can be identified. The research method used is a case study research method that focuses on individual representation of a group, organization, situation, event or phenomenon in a natural context. Data is collected through a variety of data collection techniques, including documents, archival records, in-depth interviews, direct observation, and physical devices. The results showed that there were cultural variations between ethnic groups, both from the physical side of settlement, economic activities, social-cultural activities, and the basic values of life, which indirectly became a characteristic for settlement of Kampung 3-4 Ulu Laut on Musi Riverbank in Palembang city.

scholarly journals (Re)konstruowanie narracji – działanie w przestrzeni publicznej – edukacja

Politeja ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2(65)) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Marta Kubiszyn
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
World War ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Aesthetic

(Re-)constructing Narrative – Acting in Public Space – Education. Post‑memory of the Holocaust of Lublin Jews: A Case Study Although originally the term ‘post-memory’ referred to the experiences and memories of the survivors that influenced the biographies of their children, in the following years its meaning was extended and the concept started to be used to describe the processes of transmitting the memory of any traumatic experience within any group, not necessarily bound by blood. In the case of Lublin, where one third of the pre-war community consisted of Jews, most of whom were murdered during World War II, the position of non-Jewish vicarious witnesses seems to be particularly important. This article discusses some aspects of the Holocaust post-memory discourse referring to the cultural activities of the ‘Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre’ Centre. Research questions will concern the artistic language and means of expression of these projects as well as the aesthetic codes that are being used by vicarious witnesses.

scholarly journals We Are Still the Aniishnaabe Nation: Embracing Culture and Identity in Batchewana First Nation

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle Broad ◽  
Stephanie Boyer ◽  
Cynthia Chataway
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Research Process ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Collective Trauma ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Cultural Renewal ◽  
Participation Communautaire

Abstract: This case study was conducted by researchers engaged in “Understanding the Strengths of Indigenous Communities,” a research project involving five participating First Nations (see http://www.usic.ca). This particular study describes the centrality of cultural activities and beliefs in strengthening the community of the Batchewana First Nation. Deploying an innovative form of methodology, which stresses community participation in the development of the research process for the purposes of decolonization, the article explores how this community approaches culture from a holistic worldview. The findings suggest that cultural renewal is self-reinforcing and cumulative, and plays a key role in overcoming collective trauma, but that these benefits can be jeopardized through a lack of resources. Résumé : Cette étude, intitulée “Understanding the Strengths of Indigenous Communities,” a été menée par des recherchistes associés à un projet regroupant cinq nations autochtones. Elle décrit le rôle primordial des activités culturelles et des croyances dans le mécanisme de consolidation de la communauté Batchewana First Nation. Utilisant une méthodologie innovatrice qui attire l’attention sur la participation communautaire dans l’élaboration d’un processus de recherche ayant comme but la décolonisation, ce communiqué explore les points de vue holistiques utilisés par cette communauté. Les résultats suggèrent que le renouveau culturel est autodéterminant et cumulatif et qu’il joue un rôle clé dans la confrontation du traumatisme collectif, mais que ces bienfaits peuvent êtres mis en danger par un manque de ressources.

scholarly journals ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF URBAN AREA: CASE STUDY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhwan Ali Wazani ◽  
Diana Mohamad ◽  
Mastura Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
George Town

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) confront several challenges that hinder them from fully exercising their rights and participating in social, professional, and cultural activities when it comes to accessing built environment. This paper is to investigate the accessibility challenges that PwD face in George Town, Penang. The questionnaire survey techniques employed was to obtain data from a group of PwD. The questionnaire was conducted on wheelchair users, the walking impaired, the visually impaired, and the hearing impaired in George Town areas. Most PwD three key challenges, such as narrow sidewalks, uneven sidewalk surfaces, barriers on sidewalks and dangerous drop curbs. Accessibility facilities in George Town still need to be improved to make it easier for PwD to get around. The findings and recommendations in this study would assist in improving current access to a built environment so that PwD may visit the George Town areas easily and safely.

Cultural and Conceptual Contributions of Beiruti Merchants to the Nahḍa

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fruma Zachs
Keyword(s):  
Economic Interests ◽  
Strong Link ◽  
Cultural Activities

Abstract The contention of this article is that some cultural emphases shift in response to changing socio-economic realities, in order to serve specific socio-economic interests. This paper examines, through the prism of the cultural activities and ideologies of some Beiruti merchants, their contribution to the process of the Arabic nahḍa, enlarging on their conceptual endowment to the process of modernization. The paper sheds new light on several aspects of the merchants’ cultural contribution by emphasizing the strong link they forged between culture and economy, focusing on the merchants’ activities and writings, especially those of Salīm Bustrus, here presented as a case study.

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