The Swan Brand: Reframing the Legacy of Anna Pavlova

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Market Forces ◽  
Ego Strength ◽  
Dance History ◽  
Popular Imagination ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Figure ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Importance ◽  
The Way

How does legendary status evolve in the world of ballet? Are the most brilliant dance figures simply bound to be recognized by the public and discerning critics alike? Or does historical importance depend on specific strategies? Or on the serendipity of circumstance? Joan Acocella notes that genius owes much to “ego strength” as well as luck (2007, xii). Perhaps the element of fame is always interlocked with market forces, even in the dance world, where artists are affected by what is written about them, whether it appears in influential places, and how much can be gained by selling an image. But how does history arrive at the consideration of a dance legend's substance and contributions? Being respected in the long run might inevitably depend on a combination of circumstances, including whether the popular imagination or the attention of academics can be captured. In the case of Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, a legend has grown around a particular set of glorifying associations. My question here is whether or not these associations, while celebrating Pavlova as a dance “star,” have also limited consideration of her as a significant figure in dance history. Often categorized as “old-fashioned” and “conservative,” Pavlova was in fact an innovator, I suggest, in terms of the way she combined ballet and dance influences from around the world, as well as her role in revivals of neglected dance forms, and, lastly, in her rhetorical framing of ballet as a serious endeavor and an empowering pursuit for women.

scholarly journals The Material Value of Flags: Politics and Space in Northern Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-91
Author(s):  
Dominic Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Political Identities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civic Spaces ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Way

This article examines the way in which the availability of cheaply produced polyester flags has changed the symbolic landscape in the public places of Northern Ireland. The “tradition” of flying flags to express identity is common throughout the world and an important feature of an annual marking of residential and civic spaces in Northern Ireland. Such displays have been a consistent part of the reproduction of political identities through commemoration and the marking of territory. However, the availability of cheaply produced textiles has led to a change in the way the displays take place, the development of a range of new designs and helped sustain the control of areas by particular paramilitary groups. It highlights how the “symbolic capital” of the national flags can be used by different social groups having implication on the status and value of the symbol.

Street Literature

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-224
Author(s):  
Adam Fox
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Public Places ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Street Literature ◽  
Cheap Print ◽  
The Way

Chapter 5 explores the way in which cheap print was sold on the streets in early modern Scotland, and particularly in Edinburgh. It examines the world of outdoor commerce in general, before detailing the ways in which broadsides, pamphlets, and newspapers were vended in public places. It focuses on the ‘paper criers’ and ‘running stationers’ who plied their trade in the markets and thoroughfares. The coffeehouses of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other burghs are identified and described, and the ways in which print circulated in them are recovered. The chapter illustrates the public and communal nature of much cheap print and suggests that this characteristic helps to explain why so little of it has survived.

LABOR SQUADS OF STUDENTS AS A FORM OF REALIZATION OF YOUTH POLICY DURING THE WORLD WAR I

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147
Author(s):  
Букалова ◽  
Svetlana Bukalova
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
The State ◽  
Royal Family ◽  
World War ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
The Way

The article is devoted to the analysis of the experience of the organization and activity of labour squads during the World War I. It can help to work out in details of state youth policy in the different historical stages of its development. The mission of those squads was to help the farmsteads, which stayed without workers because of their mobilization to the war. using the archive sources from the Orel province and data from other regions the author comes to theconclusion that labour squads were a form of mobilization of labor resources by the state. At the same time it was the way of socialization of youth and a form of state youth policy. Describing the system of labour squads management, the article says about participation of members of the royal family, provincial authorities, local self-governance, charity organizations and the public in it.

Ethics and aesthetics: the social theory of barbershop harmony

Popular Music ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Garnett
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relative Paucity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Until recently, the world of the British barbershop singer was a self-enclosed community whose existence went largely unrecognised both by musicians involved in other genres and by the public at large. In the last few years this has started to change, chiefly due to the participation of barbershop choruses in the televised competition ‘Sainsbury's Choir of the Year’. Encouraged by the success of Shannon Express in 1994, many other choruses entered the 1996 competition, four of them reaching the televised semi-finals, and two the finals. During this increased exposure, it became apparent that television commentators had little idea of what to make of barbershoppers, indeed regarded them as a peculiar, and perhaps rather trivial, breed of performer. This bafflement is not surprising given the genre's relative paucity of exposure either in the mass media or in the musical and musicological press; the plentiful articles written by barbershoppers about their activity and its meanings are almost exclusively addressed to each other, to sustain the community rather than integrate it into wider musical life. The purpose of this paper, however, is not to follow the theme of these intra-community articles in arguing that barbershop harmony should actually be regarded as a serious and worthy art, or to explain to a bewildered world what this genre is actually about; rather, it aims to explore the way that barbershop singers theorise themselves and their activity to provide a case study in the relationship between social and musical values. That is, I am not writing as an apologist for a hitherto distinctly insular practice, but exploiting that very insularity as a means to pursue a potentially very broad question within a self-limited field of enquiry.

scholarly journals Crowdsourcing Antiquities Crime Fighting

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Yates
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
General Public ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Cultural Objects ◽  
Illicit Trade ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Importance ◽  
Science Methodology ◽  
The Way

In early 2017, Sarah Parcak used her $1 million TED Prize to build the GlobalXplorer° platform (https://www.globalxplorer.org) “to identify and quantify looting and encroachment to sites of archaeological and historical importance,” using a crowdsourced “citizen science” methodology popularized by the Zooniverse web portal. GlobalXplorer° invited the public to search satellite imagery from Peru for evidence of looting within 100 m × 100 m squares, training them along the way and gamifying participation. In this review, I test the platform and consider the applicability of GlobalXplorer° as a vector for changing the way that the general public perceives the global illicit trade in cultural objects.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF THE GOVERNMENT DEBT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Taras MARSHALOK ◽  
Ivanna MOROZ
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Eu

Introduction. An increase in public debt may have a negative, neutral or positive impact on the country's economic development. A big loan does not mean big growth; it all depends on how the public money is spent. The same amount of money spent by governments from dif­ferent countries has a different meaning for domestic development and the dynamics of public debt. The reasons are differences in the size of GDP, the structure of government borrowings, the shadow economy. Purpose. The objective of this paper is to deepen the theoretical backgrounds and applied aspects of influence of the public debt on the economic development of the country. Methods. In the research process, a set of research methods and approaches were used: systemic, structural-functional, comparisons and others. Results. The problem of a high level of public debt is acute in many countries throughout the world, including Ukraine. Nobody can say for sure whether a high public debt holds back the country's economic development. Theoretically, economically weaker countries, having regard to the financial constraints and economic needs, should have a higher level of public debt in relation to GDP than countries with high levels of development. However, comparing the data on the ratio of public debt and GDP in the EU, it can be noted the following: the higher indicators in the more developed countries of the EU. The latter, in fact, are the largest lenders of the world economy and at the same time have the largest volumes of the public debt both in absolute terms and in relation to GDP. As a result of the unsatisfactory financial state of the public sector, household saving goes to the repayment of the higher-level commitments, and not for the financing of the development of companies. This is especially problematic if we look at the situation of future generations – they will have less capital at their disposal. Public debt is a reduction in future revenues; hence, it is an intergenerational problem. Conclusions. It is possible to make proposals that will have a significant impact on the growth of the economy and the reduction of the public debt: – internal borrowing but not the external loans are economically justified. In this case, the debts do not increase the money base and the turnover of funds is carried out within the state; – entrepreneurship requires the systematic and consistent support that will stimulate the economic development, which needs stable business conditions in the long run.

scholarly journals KEEPING ON THE PATH IN FIVE POEMS BY ALICE WALKER

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ririn Rosada ◽  
Kurnia Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Black Woman ◽  
Alice Walker ◽  
Bell Hooks ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Area ◽  
The Way

This article is about the analysis of five poems by Alice Walker entitled Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit(BATPIS), If I was President(IIP), To Change The World Enough(TCTHE), Working Class Hero(WCH), You Want To Grow Old Like The Carter(YWTGOLTC)focuses on how the black woman who is represented by the speaker maintains her movement for a better life. The problem of this analysis is how far these poems exposes about the efforts of the speaker to get the position in the public area. The purpose of the analysis is to find out the way of the speaker to survive and achieve her goal. This analysis is involved the elements of poetry such as irony, imagery, tone and the speaker to reveal the issue of keeping on the path in these poems. This analysis is related to the concept of feminism by Bell Hooks. The result of this analysis shows that the speaker is able to keeping on the path for a better life .

A A New Era of Social Enterprise? A Global Viewpoint

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Jamie Hasall ◽  
Roopinder Oberoi ◽  
Michael Snowden
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The State ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Public ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

The outbreak of Coronavirus across the world has fundamentally changed the way society functions. The pandemic has shifted the way a capitalist economy works for the state. Drastic measures have had to be put in place; for example, many countries have put extra investment into the health sector and generated support for people who cannot work due to the lockdown rules that have been implemented. More than ever before, the state is playing a vital role. Therefore, various institutions, from charities and non-government organisations, to the public/private sectors, are the driving forces in tackling this pandemic. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the ways forward and the ways in which social enterprise will be imperative in this global pandemic.

Sekolah Alam Mekar Bakti Dalam Pembuatan Video Promosi Penunjang Informasi

CICES ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-158
Author(s):  
Endang Sunandar ◽  
Miswanto Miswanto
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Promotional Video ◽  
The Way

Information technology holds an important role in the world of education. Like Natural Blooming Tangerang Schools Act currently does not yet have the promotion. So the need for a promotional video, school of natural-shaped blooms in other schools of different service because of the way the lessons are in the wild. The results of this promotional video in order to be known by the public at large, so that the results of this promotional video can be developed in the community. The promotional video is very important if in create and disseminate in through social media.

Liberal Laws V. the Law of Large Numbers, or How Demographic Rhetoric Arouses Anxiety (in Germany)

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Law Of Large Numbers ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Welfare Society ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way

This paper presents the metaphysics of liberal rights reasoning on the one hand and that of demographic reasoning on the other, as exemplifying two worldviews that both compete and complement each other in the contemporary German public debate on demographic decline.First, this essay outlines the way in which liberal theorists of various outlooks, perfectionist and neutralist alike, assume that a wide range of rights serves not only the interests of those individuals who possess them, but that it constitutes the foundations of a just and stable political order in general and therefore is to the advantage of everyone.Second, the essay explains how demographic reasoning questions the assumption of harmony shared by the liberal approaches.Third, it provides an impression of the way in which demographic arguments have been deployed in the public sphere in Germany in the last few years. These arguments associate the autonomy of women with the demise of Germany. They claim that by encouraging women to pursue self-realization as self-interested individuals, the modern secular ethos of Germany as a democratic welfare society may be self-destructive in the long run, since it leads to sub-replacement fertility.Finally, the essay stresses that liberal and demographic perspectives share a “blindness” of historical events. In response, the conclusion brings history back in, by historicizing both demographic reasoning and demographic developments in Germany, with the aim of defusing some of the anxieties that may have been aroused by the current debate.

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