Den norske folkevisedansen: Den edleste gave, eller „ein akademisk avglans av eit naturfænomen“? / The Norwegian „folkevisedans“. The noblest gift or „an academic reflection of a natural phenomenon“?

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Edit Bugge
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Dance Groups

<p><strong>Úrtak</strong>: Tann norski fólkavísudansurin vaks fram i byrjan av 1900­árunum og var fyrst og fremst en nýtíðar norsk tulking av føroyska dansinum. Tann norski fólkavísudansurin spældi stóran lut i fólkaupplýsingar­ og tjóðbyggingarstarvinum hjá „norskdomsrørsluni“. Í hesi grein verður greitt frá nøkrum eyðkennum í norska fólkavísudansinum, upphavi og søguligu menning hansara. Í norska diskursinum um stílideal í fólkavísudansi spæla møti við og hugmyndir av <em>autentiskum </em>føroyskum dansi stóran lut. Tiknar verða fram tvær vitjanir, sum føroysk dansifeløg gjørdu hjá norskum fólkadansifeløgum í Noregi. Hesar vitjanir hava havt ávirkan á menningina av fólkavísudansi í Noregi, og tær hava fyri ein part eisini ført til split í norskum fólkadansihøpi.</p><p> </p><p><strong>A</strong><strong>bstract</strong>: Norwegian <em>folkevisedans </em>is a dance form that appeared in the early 1900s. It is primarely a modern Norwegian interpretation of the Faroese chain dance. The Norwegain <em>folkevisedans </em>played a central role as a cultural expression to the nation building and cultivation project of <em>The Movement for Norwegianness (norskdomsrørsla)</em>. The article gives a short introduction to Norwegian folkevisedans, its origin and historical development. Encounters with and ideas about <em>authentic </em>Faroese dance has been, and still is, an important topic in the Norwegian discourse on the aestetic and stylistic ideals of <em>folkevisedans</em>, <em>sangdans </em>and <em>stordans</em>. The article discusses two such cultural encounters, in which Faroese dance groups have visited Norway. These encounters have had an impact for the development of the folkevisedans in Norway, and to some extent they have given rise to a dissension between Folkevisedans enthusiasts.</p>

Mission Tracks in the Bush

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 103-124
Author(s):  
Gemma Tulud Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
History Of

Christian missionaries played an important role in the Australian nation building that started in the nineteenth century. This essay explores the multifaceted and complex cultural encounters in the context of two aboriginal missions in Australia in the nineteenth century. More specifically, the essay explores the New Norcia mission in Western Australia in 1846-1900 and the Lutheran mission in South Australia in 1838-1853. The essay begins with an overview of the history of the two missions followed by a discussion of the key faces of the cultural encounters that occurred in the course of the missions. This is followed by theological reflections on the encounters in dialogue with contemporary theology, particularly the works of Robert Schreiter.

scholarly journals State, identity, and the politics of music: Eurovision and nation-building in Azerbaijan

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 833-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad Ismayilov
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
State Identity ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Eurovision Song Contest ◽  
Cultural Domain ◽  
National Identity Formation

Albeit often — and fairly — degraded in the world of high culture as a populist and politicized representation of music, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) — by sheer virtue of the populist and politicized nature of its essence — stands among the most consequential cultural encounters to which post-independence Azerbaijan has been exposed, in that the extent to which Baku's victory in the ESC-2011 — and the further developments this victory has generated — can potentially impact on, and contribute to, the very process of nation-building and national identity formation, with which this post-Soviet Muslim-majority country is currently struggling, is unparalleled by any of the state's earlier encounters of the kind. This paper focuses on, and examines, four intimately related ways in which the ESC and Azerbaijan's successful involvement with the latter worked to interfere with the country's nation-building: as a dubious factor in the evolution of the Western sense of self among Azerbaijanis; as a unifying force within the structure of the country's rapidly maturing civil society; as a medium working to open up a channel through which Western popular cultural elements could interfere with the evolving dynamics of, and work to globalize, indeed de-endogenize, indigenous Azerbaijani culture, on one hand, and unify the discursive realm within which the country's cultural domain is to further evolve, on the other; and, finally, as an important element serving to decouple the evolving processes within the country's cultural domain from the unfolding dynamics of conflict settlement and hence conducive to the diversification of public discourse in Azerbaijan.

Contacts, Collisions and Relationships

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Baeza Ruz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
State Building ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Spanish American ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The World ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Independence Era

This is a study on the relations between Britain and Chile during the Spanish American independence era (1806–1831). These relations were characterised by a dynamic, unpredictable and changing nature, being imperialism only one and not the exclusive way to define them. The book explores how Britons and Chileans perceived each other from the perspective of cultural history, considering the consequences of these ‘cultural encounters’ for the subsequent nation–state building process in Chile. From 1806 to 1831 both British and Chilean ‘state’ and ‘non–state’ actors interacted across several different ‘contact zones’, and thereby configured this relationship in multiple ways. Although the extensive presence of ‘non–state’ actors (missionaries, seamen, educators and merchants) was a manifestation of the ‘expansion’ of British interests to Chile, they were not necessarily an expression of any British imperial policy. There were multiple attitudes, perceptions, representations and discourses by Chileans on the role played by Britain in the world, which changed depending on the circumstances. Likewise, for Britons, Chile was represented in multiple ways, being the image of Chile as a pathway to other markets and destinations the most remarkable. All these had repercussions in the early nation–building process in Chile.

scholarly journals Art across Frontiers: Cross-cultural Encounters in America. Introduction

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-311
Author(s):  
STEPHANIE LEWTHWAITE
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Individual

This short introduction provides a brief overview of the special issue, by addressing the main historiographical and theoretical concerns that unite the individual contributions and by placing the essays in comparative, inter-American and interdisciplinary perspective. What do comparative analyses tell us about patterns of cross-cultural exchange in the visual arts? More specifically, what do these analyses tell us about the role of ethnic agency and audience, and the complex relationship between artistic practice and the “mainstream,” the local and the global?

scholarly journals CHOREOGRAPHIC AMATEURS IN THE STRUCTURE OF NON-FORMAL ART EDUCATION: HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL DISCOURSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 604
Author(s):  
Tetiana Blahova
Keyword(s):  
Art Education ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Pedagogical Discourse ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Dance Groups

Development dynamics of choreographic amateur as a phenomenon of creative activity in the structure of non-formal art education is investigated in the article. The main stages of becoming a choreographic amateur in Ukraine in the context of socio-political and cultural-artistic determinants are characterized. It has been found that during the XX century choreographic activity as a component of non-formal art education had passed a difficult and contradictory path from the experiments of dance studios and the search for “Soviet dance” to the creation of groups, ensembles, creative associations, and later the appearance of amateur dancers of various genres of choreographic performances. Choreographic performance was actively implemented in the permanent and temporary forms of organization that brought together different social groups. The study analyzes the content of choreographic training in the activities of dance groups in different cultural and educational locations at different stages of historical development. The actual perspective of the development of theoretical studies in the field of choreographic education is the understanding of pedagogical resources of amateur choreography, the analysis of its strategies, meaningful content in various forms of organization. 

Social Work: A Very Short Introduction

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Holland ◽  
Jonathan Scourfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Work Relationships ◽  
Social Suffering ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
What Works ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
International Human

Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the state and the poor or marginalized. Social Work: A Very Short Introduction explains what social work is and looks at its rich historical development. Reflecting international human stories of social problems and social work relationships, as well as the philosophies behind the practice and the evidence about what works throughout the world, it looks at the various definitions, history, and debates about purpose and effectiveness, theory, and methods.

Cultural Encounters Offshore

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-109
Author(s):  
Andrés Baeza Ruz
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Contact Zone ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Personal Interactions ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Independence Era

During the wars for independence Britain maintained a policy of neutrality between Spain and its colonies. As a result, relations between Chile and Britain were largely enacted by ‘non–state’ actors. This chapter delves into the role played by one of these ‘non–state’ actors: British seamen who participated in the newly created Chilean navy from 1817 and their interactions with their Chilean counterparts. The analysis of the inter–personal interactions that took place on board reinforces the argument that Chile’s Independence era cannot be considered a prelude to the neo–imperial relations established in late nineteenth century. British seamen were rarely seen – and did not see themselves – as imperial agents. The navy worked as a ‘contact zone’, in which relationships were troubled. In addition, this brought about significant repercussions for the nation–building process in Chile.

Savage Economics: Race, Futurity, and Civilizational Hierarchy in Early Austrian Neoliberalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Cornelissen
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Austrian Economic ◽  
Philosophy Of History ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Racial Hierarchy ◽  
Carl Menger ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
European Thought ◽  
Do So

In this essay, I interrogate the racialized roots of the early neoliberal conception of (Western) civilization. I do so by placing that conception in a broader genealogy of early Austrian economic theory, focusing in particular on the writings of Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Friedrich von Wieser, and Ludwig von Mises. Rather than directly analyzing their understanding of civilization, however, I approach this topic by centering the way they construct the figure of the “savage.” This figure, as historians of racial discourse have shown, has long played an important role in European thought, often serving as the constitutive racial other to the “civilized” European. I proceed by asking what role the figure of the “savage” plays in the writings of the early Austrian economists. In doing so, I argue that while Menger and Böhm-Bawerk utilize deeply racialized tropes about “savage” peoples to establish the limits of their own theory of subjective valuation, Wieser not only adopts these tropes but also folds them into a broader racialized philosophy of history that sees historical development as a function of racial endowment. In the final section, I explore Mises’s writings in more detail, arguing that his understanding of race partially overlaps with Wieser’s but also departs from it in several crucial ways. In particular, Mises sees racial hierarchy as a historical rather than a natural phenomenon, prompting him to articulate a mode of “racial historicism” that sees racial hierarchy as a precarious system that could be overturned. In closing, I argue that Mises’s position on racial hierarchy anticipated several key elements of later neoliberal approaches to the question of race.

scholarly journals CONFLICTIZATION OF UKRAINIAN ETHNOCULTURAL SPACE AS THE OBJECT OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Yuriy Fihurnyi
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Common ◽  
Further Development

The article deals with the essence of Ukrainian ethnic, national and ethnocultural processes and their influence on the development of the Ukrainian ethnocultural space as an object of Ukrainian studies. Ethnic processes have been found to be sequential changes that have occurred and will occur with the Ukrainian people throughout their development and existence as a self-sufficient ethnic community, and are directly related to the ethnogenesis of Ukrainians. It is proved that nation-building processes are complex transformations that occur both in a regular order (evolutionary) and abrupt (revolutionary) and contribute to the formation of a nation, the highest form of political structuring of the ethnic group and its further development and self-organization, which eventually lead to political emergence. nation, and the creation of Ukrainian civil society. It is shown, that the Ukrainian ethno-cultural processes is a process of a long-term historical development, in which Ukrainians created on the territories of their existence an ethno-cultural space based on the common origin and territories of Ukrainians, the existence of traditional Ukrainian culture, the intriduction of the Christian faith. It was pointed out that the Ukrainian ethnocultural space includes a peculiar and unique complex of material and spiritual culture of the Ukrainian people created during a long time, and acquired originality and perfection. Eight “conflicting points” in Ukrainian ethnocultural development have been determined. The synergistic interaction of ethnic, state-forming, nation-forming and ethno-cultural processes contributed to the long-time consistent development of the Ukrainians from a small ethnic community lived in the Middle Dnieper as their core trerritiry to the modern nation whose representatves are living on different continents.

Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 157-164
Author(s):  
Enze Han
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
The Political ◽  
Substantial Influence ◽  
Power Asymmetry ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Asymmetrical Power ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

Chapter 9 concludes with some theoretical reflection on the neighborhood effect of state and nation building. More pertinent to the borderland area examined in this book, it also looks at recent developments in China’s push for more regional economic integration and the implications for both Myanmar and Thailand. By documenting the historical development of variations in these state and nation buildings, and their contemporary manifestations, the book emphasizes how asymmetrical power relations across national borders have deep consequences for how politics along the border are structured and the diverse outcome in state consolidation and national identity construction. Specifically, the book has pointed out the substantial influence the PRC has in the political dynamic of the borderland. With its growing power asymmetry over its southern neighbors, its influence is bound to increase, along with possible resistance against its influence.

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