scholarly journals Review of the book “O scurta istorie a bibliotecilor bizantine” [A brief history of Byzantine libraries], Author - Silviu-Constantin Nedelcu, Lumen Publishing House, Iasi, 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1Sup1) ◽  
pp. 404-408
Author(s):  
Iuliu-Marius Morariu
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Short History ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
History Of

Author of more than 80 studies and articles of theology and bibliotheconomy and of the book: Cenzurarea presei ortodoxe în comunism ( The Censorship of the Orthodox press during the communist period) (Nedelcu 2019), but alsoPhD in philology and member of important associations and cultural institutions, Silviu-Constantin Nedelcu is already a name known in the Romanian cultural space. His recent book, entitled: O scurtă istorie a bibliotecilor byzantine (A short history of the Byzantine Libraries) (Nedelcu 2020), published by the acclaimed Lumen Publishing House from Iassy, comes to offer a new testimony of the quality of his investigations.

On Institutional Democratization and Reflexive Resistance: A Conversation with Andrea Fraser

October ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 81-99
Author(s):  
John Hulsey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Power ◽  
American Art ◽  
The United States ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
History Of ◽  
Right Wing Populism

Abstract In this conversation, Andrea Fraser discusses her recent book, 2016 in Money, Museums, and Politics, which considers the imbricated relationships between plutocracy, political power, and cultural institutions in the United States. She discusses the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump and the rise of right-wing populism; the history of private philanthropy and museum patronage; recent activist campaigns demanding the resignation of museum trustees, such as Warren B. Kanders at the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the concept of “reflexive resistance.”

scholarly journals A Short History of Clinical Holistic Medicine

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1622-1630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Isack Kandel ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Psychodynamic Therapy ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Short History ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Year

Clinical holistic medicine has its roots in the medicine and tradition of Hippocrates. Modern epidemiological research in quality of life, the emerging science of complementary and alternative medicine, the tradition of psychodynamic therapy, and the tradition of bodywork are merging into a new scientific way of treating patients. This approach seems able to help every second patient with physical, mental, existential or sexual health problem in 20 sessions over one year. The paper discusses the development of holistic medicine into scientific holistic medicine with discussion of future research efforts.

scholarly journals The history of the development of Russian cultural volunteering: historical and contemporary practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.13) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Gorlovа N I ◽  
Troska Z A ◽  
Karpenko Ye. Z ◽  
Krutitskaya Ye. V. ◽  
Min'kova N O ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Volunteer Management ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Sphere

The article presents a modern methodology for organizing the practical work of volunteers in the cultural sphere using the example of Russian cultural institutions. The used methodology allows to gain knowledge and practical experience of interaction with the target audience of cultural events, to explain the main features and principles of the volunteer movement in the sphere of culture; to use successful practices of organizing the volunteers' work in cultural institutions. Using surveys, interviews and personal conversations with active participants of the research and ongoing progress of developing cultural volunteering in Russia, it allowed to supplement the material received from various sources, which significantly increased the scientific quality of author's research. In addition, the article provides an analysis of research in personal characteristics of volunteers, a system of motivation and incentives and also identifies key areas of activity. Such approach in volunteer management is complex and universal, and therefore can be used with volunteers by various cultural institutions. The practical significance of the research is that its conclusions and recommendations can be successfully used in the recruiting, professional selection and support in training, retraining and analysis of volunteer activities in the field of culture.  

scholarly journals Dreams and constraints of an African publisher: Walter Bgoya, Tanzania Publishing House and Mkuki na Nyota, 1972–2020

Africa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-601
Author(s):  
Maria Suriano
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Postcolonial Africa ◽  
Structural Adjustment Programmes

AbstractThis article explores the history of two Tanzanian publishing houses and the remarkable life and career of Walter Bgoya, former general manager of Tanzania Publishing House (1972–90) and managing director of Mkuki na Nyota, which he founded in 1991. Using the lens of microhistory, and drawing from extensive interviews with Bgoya and conversations with two colleagues and three authors, the article first chronicles his early life and ideological formation and what influenced his career in book publishing. It then examines the key achievements and challenges faced by these publishing houses in different times of austerity (e.g. Structural Adjustment Programmes, foreign investment with conditionalities, declining state support and high printing costs), along with the complex ways in which Bgoya has navigated the shifting, often uncertain, political, financial and legislative landscapes, while retaining his intellectual freedom and core Pan-Africanist beliefs. Constraints have not hampered Bgoya's pursuit of ambitious projects or his commitment to publishing relevant and progressive books, either written by African authors or on African matters. I suggest that reducing the scale and identifying how specific conditions of austerity have affected the choices made by a publisher over time can yield insights into the ways in which cultural institutions have contributed to knowledge production and dissemination in postcolonial Africa.

scholarly journals SOVIET HOUSES OF SCIENTISTS: PRACTICES OF CAPTURING THE SOVIET CULTURAL SPACE BY THE UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENTSIA OF THE 1920s–1930s

2021 ◽  
pp. 158-164
Author(s):  
Olga A. Habibrahmanova
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The University

The article considers the history of the first years in organizing and functioning of cultural institutions – Houses of Scientists – as a specific form of institutionalization of Soviet cultural traditions. The Houses of scientists from the moment of their creation were designed to cultivate the Soviet way of life. Attention is focused on creating new forms of leisure activities on weekdays and holidays. The activity of the Houses of Scientists was strictly regulated. The work of special cultural commissions, organization and holding Soviet holidays within the walls of the Houses of Scientists were supposed to contribute to the erasure of old traditions and the formation of new/Soviet ones. On the basis of archival sources and memoir literature, an attempt is made to study the reflection of the intelligentsia on the actions of the authorities. The specific position of the intelligentsia on the emergence of new cultural traditions is traced. A diverse palette of moods of the university intelligentsia is shown, which is based not only on the attitude to the new government, but on socio-psychological motivation as well. Various social practices of scientists and the degree of their influence on the formation and activity of newly created cultural institutions are considered. Using the example of the work carried out in the Houses of Scientists, the process and specifics of the “transition” of the universities intelligentsia to the Soviet norms and traditions are considered. The emphasis is placed on the peculiarities of functioning of the Houses of Scientists as a new cultural space in which the “Soviet” and pre-revolutionary traditions of the life and activities of the university intelligentsia collided and intertwined in a bizarre way. The place of the Houses of Scientists in the first post-revolutionary decades (1920s–1930s) was determined, which, as a result of the scientists’ activities, became centers not only and not so much ideological, but rather cultural and educational activities. The paper traces the direct connection between the policy of the Soviet government in the field of higher education and the transformation of the socio-cultural space of the university intelligentsia as a whole. The paper emphasizes a special influence of the socio-professional and cultural space on the formation of intelligentsia’s ideological positions in the 1920s–1930s. Ultimately, fundamental questions are raised about the place and the role of the university intelligentsia in the early Soviet period.

scholarly journals ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY OF ZHYTOMYR TRANSFIGURATION CATHEDRAL

2019 ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
A. G. Tumanik
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Artistic Quality ◽  
Professional Context

This article in the historical and professional context reconstructs the process of creating, characterizes the architectural and artistic quality of the Orthodox Cathedral in the name of the Transfiguration of Christ in Zhytomyr, created in the second half of the 19th century and is currently one of the category of the rarest monuments of the historic Russian temple architecture, but exists outside the bounds of the cultural space of modern Russia.

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