Putting the City on the World Art Map: Star Curators and Nation Branding

National Narrative ◽

The World ◽

World Class ◽

Strategic Position ◽

Cultural Networks ◽

Abstract Over the last two decades, we have seen a worldwide expansion of the concept and practice of cultural diplomacy, along with the emergence of a multipolar world. This raises the question of the way in which the notion is mobilized and understood beyond Europe and North America. This paper is based on comparative research carried out in Qatar and Singapore. Both countries have developed ambitious cultural diplomacy strategies, based on the establishment of world-class cultural and educational institutions, and on their integration into regional and global cultural networks. But many have highlighted contradictions between these ambitious strategies and the restrictions and pressures that both countries place on their civil societies. This paper discusses how curators, who have become key global gatekeepers, negotiate their role in their country’s global cultural strategy and position themselves with regard to the official national narrative. With their multiple belonging, they shape narratives that make regional and local scenes and can put cities on the world art map. This symbolic power puts them in a strategic position to shape the nation-branding discourse.

Preschool education from the perspective of the axiological approach

Perspectives of science and education ◽

10.32744/pse.2021.3.15 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 (3) ◽

pp. 219-230

Author(s):

Nina S. Ezhkova ◽

Keyword(s):

Preschool Education ◽

Educational Material ◽

Value Orientations ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Research Material ◽

The World ◽

High Level ◽

Emotional Value ◽

The issue and purpose. The research material tackles an issue due to the need to disclose the content and technologies of design and organization of value-oriented education of preschoolers, the development of children's preparedness to show an emotional-value attitude to the world around them. Research methods. To obtain data on the levels of acquisition by the children of senior preschool age of value-oriented educational material, the author used the modified methods “Value orientations” by M. Rokeach, “Dva doma” (Two Houses) by B.S. and N.V. Volkovs, as well as the author's methods "Ob"yasni, chto eto takoye?" (Explain what this is), "Chto dlya tebya vazhneye?" (What is more important to you?). The study involved 110 children of senior preschool age (6-7 years old) of municipal budgetary preschool educational institutions of the city of Tula (Tula region, Russian Federation). Results. The passive (average) level was predominant – 51% of children. 14% of children had an indifferent (low) level, and 35% of children had a sufficient (high) level. In connection with the results obtained, the article offers guidelines for introducing preschoolers to the values in the process of using various types of art. Conclusion. The emotional-figurative nature of introducing preschoolers to values is the leading conceptual position in the context of the axiological approach. This is the peculiarity of the comprehension of value-oriented content by preschool children.

Interacciones en el aula de inglés en instituciones educativas oficiales de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Interactions in the English classroom in official educational institutions Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Hexágono Pedagógico ◽

10.22519/2145888x.474 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Osiris Chajin

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Action Research ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Student Attitudes ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The World ◽

Cartagena De Indias ◽

English Classroom ◽

Las interacciones permiten acceso al conocimiento del mundo del otro y de sí mismo. De allí, la importancia de reconocerlas y estudiarlas en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Este artículo presenta los resultados parciales de un ejercicio de investigación acción, que se viene realizando desde 2012 en la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias, para explorar las interacciones entre escolares y docentes en el aula de inglés de instituciones educativa públicas de la ciudad. Se presentan resultados parciales correspondientes a observaciones e intervenciones realizadas en una institución educativa a un docente y 32 estudiantes de octavo grado. Como resultado principal se reporta que el manejo adecuado de las interacciones, más allá del paradigma experto paciente, marca una mejora en las actitudes del estudiante hacia el aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera.Abstract.Interactions allow access to the others’ world of knowledge and the world of oneself. Hence the importance of recognizing and studying those interactions in the processes of teaching and learning. This paper presents the partial results of an action research exercise, which has been conducted since 2012 in the city of Cartagena de Indias, aimed at exploring the interactions between students and teachers in the English classroom at public schools in the city. Partial results from observations and interventions – applied in a school where 32 eight graders and a teacher participated - are presented in this paper. As a main result it is found that the proper management of interactions, beyond the expert patient paradigm, marks an improvement in student attitudes towards the learning of a foreign language.

Higgs’ ‘God particle’ in neo-comparative research on mythology

Świat i Słowo ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.5486 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 375-388

Author(s):

Marek Piechota

Keyword(s):

Middle Ages ◽

Comparative Research ◽

Romantic Literature ◽

The World ◽

The City ◽

Remote Part

The book Prehistoria – średniowiecze – romantyzm. W kręgu indoeuropejskich tematów mitologicznych: od Dumézila do Słowackiego [Prehistory – Middle Ages – Romanticism. Indo-European Mythological Themes from Dumézil to Słowacki] by Dariusz Seweryn proves that the methodology suggested by the author can be applied to the Romantic literature. It reveals both the strategies that Romantic authors are fully aware of as well as those which remain unrealised, but refer to the mythological context that goes back in time to the Indo-European ‘prehistory’ (this is Higgs’ ‘God particle’). Seweryn also proves that the antic phrase Omnes viae Romam ducunt has above anything else a propaganda, Latino-centric significance. At least some roads lead from India via Iran (also) to Rome, but Romans did not realize that their customs and literature were influenced by a tradition that originated in a remote part of the world and was significantly older than ‘the City’ itself. Seweryn’s book is certainly one of the best I have studied and reviewed in the last ten years!

El paisaje sonoro como herramienta de sensibilización en el aula ante la contaminación acústica en las ciudades / The Sound Landscape: Sensitize in the Classroom to Fight Noise Pollution in the Cities

Revista Internacional de Aprendizaje en la Educación Superior ◽

10.37467/gka-revedusup.v5.115 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 49-58

Author(s):

Sheila Xoloxochitl Gutierrez Zenteno

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovation ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Noise Pollution ◽

Basic Tool ◽

Music Educator ◽

Production Methods ◽

The World ◽

ABSTRACTNoise pollution is one of the consequences of the industrial revolution. Following a change in production methods, the number of inhabitants in cities increased, which resulted that, then mostly naturally with anthropogenic biases soundscape was changing by introducing new sounds, all of mechanical, from technological innovation generated by man kind. Today, noise pollution, flooding the city, forced educational institutions to think of a sound re-education. The soundscape, proposed by musician and music educator Raymond Murray Schafer concept becomes a basic tool in this process of teaching and learning and auditory re-cognition of the world around us.RESUMENLa contaminación acústica es una de las secuelas de la revolución industrial. Al modificarse los modos de producción, el número de habitantes en las ciudades aumentó, lo que trajo como consecuencia que el paisaje sonoro, en ese entonces mayormente natural con sesgos antropogénicos, se fuese modificando debido a la introducción de nuevos sonidos, todos ellos, de tipo mecánico, provenientes de la innovación tecnológica generada por el hombre. Hoy, la contaminación auditiva que inunda la urbe, obliga a las instituciones educativas a pensar en una reeducación sonora. El paisaje sonoro, concepto propuesto por el músico y pedagogo musical Raymond Murray Schaffer, se convierte en una herramienta básica en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje y reconocimiento auditivo del mundo que nos rodea.

Symphonies, Status and Soft Power: The Symphony Orchestra of India

ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL ◽

10.30819/aemr.7-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 19-36

Author(s):

Hannah Marsden

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Soft Power ◽

Cultural Diplomacy ◽

Symphony Orchestra ◽

National Development ◽

Nation Building ◽

Class Status ◽

Cultural Networks ◽

The Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) is India's only professional symphony orchestra. In this paper, I explore the roles and meanings of the SOI. First, I situate it locally within its home city of Mumbai, positioning it within discourses of social class, status, and globally-minded aspiration. I argue that local values and ideologies surrounding professional musicianship compromise attempts to embed orchestral musicking in the city. I then move on to place the SOI within discourses of nation building, questioning the role of the orchestra as a marker of national development. I suggest that Mumbai's transnational middle class and elite communities, as well as the SOI's multinational corporate donors, consider investment in an orchestra a part of India's wider political and economic development. I point to tensions that are created as India's local and national government resist the notion of the orchestra as a marker of modernity and instead champion Indian arts and cultures as foundational to India's nationhood. Finally, I explore the SOI's transnational networks, looking at its role within cultural diplomacy and soft power. I show that, whilst the SOI has made significant steps in 'reaching out' and finding a place within transnational cultural networks, its efforts are hampered by its failure to 'stand out'; to forge its own national identity as an Indian symphony orchestra.

Art-Dominanta International Folk Instruments Performers Competition as a factor in maintaining the spiritual security of the Ukrainian society and promoting the traditions of folk instrumental art of Ukraine in the world

The Culturology Ideas ◽

10.37627/2311-9489-19-2021-1.174-187 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 174-187

Author(s):

Yana Danyliuk

Keyword(s):

Research Area ◽

Educational Process ◽

Musical Culture ◽

Significant Stimulus ◽

The World ◽

Fertile Ground ◽

Important Research Area ◽

The City ◽

Ukrainian Society

The issue of preserving national culture in such traditional forms of musical art development as contests of folk instruments performers is an important research area considering the existing exacerbation of socio-economic and spiritual crisis of Ukrainian society against the background of the world processes of globalization and digitalization of cultural and educational space. Therefore, the study aims to comprehensively explore the experience of conducting the Art-Dominanta International Folk Instruments Performers Competition as an important promotion factor of folk instrumental art among young people, to highlight its importance for maintaining the spiritual security of society at the regional and country levels, to consider the contest as a significant stimulus for promoting the Ukrainian culture in the world. The author has proved that the musical performing contests are a significant factor in the development of folk instrumental art as a part of the national musical culture. It has been established that conducting the contest is an important cultural resource for strengthening the image of Kharkiv as a center for the development of folk and instrumental art, a source of cultural and creative growth for the city and its citizens. Many years of experience in conducting the contest creates fertile ground for the integration of its best achievements into the educational process of numerous regional educational institutions raising the cultural level of the city.

Features of the mentality of generations X, Y, Z

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202021020007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 210 ◽

pp. 20007

Author(s):

Vlada Pishchik

Keyword(s):

Comparative Research ◽

Psychological Approach ◽

Way Of Life ◽

Working Adults ◽

Life Styles ◽

The World ◽

Generational Identity ◽

Information Generation ◽

New Generation ◽

The article presents a comparative study of the mentality of generations X, Y, Z. The following approaches to the study of mentality are considered: historical, psychogenetic, psycho-physiological, socio-cultural, informational. The socio-psychological approach is recognized as the most significant in comparative research of generations. Generations are carriers of a unique mentality. We have identified four types of mentality: traditional, transitional, innovative, and post-innovative. The structure of the mentality includes: archetypes, image of the world, way of life, styles of thinking, relationships, and interaction of generations. We assume that statistical differences will be found in the components of the mentality of generations. the study involved: 150 schoolchildren from the city of Azov; 210 students and young workers; and 245 working adults from the city of Rostov-on-Don. We used techniques: technique of generational identity; the technique determined the type of mentality. The results showed that mature people identified with the transition generation, students with the information generation, and schoolchildren with the new generation. In the mentality of the transitional generation, archetypes, relationships are traditional; the image of the world, the style of thinking and interaction are in innovation. In the mentality of the information generation, archetypes, image of the world, lifestyle and interaction are in the innovation zone; style of thinking and attitudes in the post-innovation zone. In the mentality of the new generation, the image of the world, lifestyle, style of thinking, interaction are in the innovation zone; archetypes in the transition zone, and relationships in the tradition.

MODEL PROFESIONALISME GURU PADA MASA KHALIFAH HARUN AL-RASYID

Andragogi : Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Agama Islam ◽

10.33474/ja.v1i1.2856 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 70

Author(s):

Muhammad Ilham Akbar

Keyword(s):

Golden Age ◽

Education Curriculum ◽

Education Teacher ◽

Educational Methods ◽

The World ◽

Science And Education ◽

Islamic Civilization ◽

The City ◽

Muslim Scholars

Starting from the city of Baghdad the golden age of Islamic civilization was achieved by the Abbasid dynasty which was headed by the Caliph Harun al-Rasyid. The city of a thousand nights was made a source of motivation throughout the world for a transformation of civilization. The various fields were repaired by Harun al-Rasyid starting from administration, governance, and Social-ekonomi. But he was more in science and education. It proved to be the leadership of Harun al-Rasyid giving birth to scholars, and Muslim scholars and development on a number of educational institutions. Harun al-Rasyid as the Caliph intervened in scholarly development affairs, ranging from education curriculum, educational methods, the character of an educator who must conform to the established criteria and welfare of an educator Note. Until an educator at the time of caliphate Aaron Al-Rasheed obtained a glorious place. Writing This article uses the 'library' approach with historical-descriptive methods. Keywords: Islamic civilization, Harun al-Rasyid, Education, Teacher Position

The World Class City, the homeless and soup kitchens in Kuala Lumpur

Current Sociology ◽

10.1177/0011392117697464 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 571-586 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Seng-Guan Yeoh

Keyword(s):

Capital City ◽

City Centre ◽

Kuala Lumpur ◽

Henri Lefebvre ◽

The World ◽

World Class ◽

Spatio Temporal ◽

Since the early 1990s, Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, has been entangled in the modality of World Class City building. Following key insights by critical scholars like Henri Lefebvre and Doreen Massey, in this article the author shows how spatio-temporal processes have historically produced variegated and contested relational spaces in the city centre. In particular, through the case-study of the recent spatial cleansing of the homeless and soup kitchens in downtown Kuala Lumpur, the author argues for not only critically appreciating the durability and mutability of hegemonic relational spaces but also their potential for irruption because of the ethical dynamic of ‘thrown-togetherness’ that these spaces churn up.

Hygienic assessment of learning environment conditions (by the example of higher educational institutions of the city of Ufa)

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.33029/0016-9900-2020-99-4-405-411 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 99 (4) ◽

pp. 405-411

Author(s):

Elena Ju. Gorbatkova

Keyword(s):

Ionizing Radiation ◽

Higher Educational Institutions ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽

Average Relative Humidity ◽

Higher Educational ◽

The Republic ◽

And Performance ◽

Introduction. The important factors affecting health and performance of young people are the conditions of education, in particular, a comfortable microclimate in the classrooms of higher educational institutions. Materials and methods. In view of the urgency of this problem, an analysis was made of the microclimate parameters of educational organizations of different profiles (Ufa city, the Republic of Bashkortostan). 294 classrooms were studied in 22 buildings of 4 leading universities in Ufa. A total of 3,822 measurements were taken to determine the parameters of the microclimate. The analysis of ionizing radiation in the aerial environment of classrooms. There was performed determination of radon and its affiliated products content. In order to assess the conditions and lifestyle of students of 4 higher educational institutions of the city of Ufa, we conducted an anonymous survey of 1,820 students of I and IV years of education. Results. The average temperature in the classrooms of all universities studied was 23.9±0.09 C. The average relative humidity in all classrooms was 34.2 ± 0.42%. Analysis of ionizing radiation (radon and its daughter products decay) in the aerial environment of the classrooms and sports halls located in the basement determined that the average annual equivalent equilibrium volumetric activity of the radon daughter products (EROA ± Δ222Rn) ranged from 28 ± 14 to 69 ± 34.5 meter, which meets the requirements established by SanPiN. Conclusion. The hygienic assessment of the microclimate parameters of educational institutions of various profile revealed a number of deviations from the regulated norms. The results indicate the need to control the parameters of the microclimate, both from the administration of universities, and from the professors. According to the results of the study, recommendations were prepared for the management of higher educational institutions in Ufa.