scholarly journals Priority areas for public administration in the field of culture and leisure

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-D) ◽  
pp. 462-471
Author(s):  
Vladimir Yurievich Morozov ◽  
Lyubov Semyonovna Morozova ◽  
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Vetrova ◽  
Natalia Alekseevna Barmenkova ◽  
Alexey Nikolaevich Boyko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Human Society ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
It Culture ◽  
Houses Of Culture ◽  
Material Values ◽  
Art Schools

Culture is one of the most important spheres of human society, reflecting its level of development. Spiritual and material values that constitute the national wealth of a country are produced, accumulated, and preserved there. The spiritual wealth of culture is not subject to the influence of time and the processes of inflation and is a real means of accumulation. Culture enriches people with knowledge, helps them to evolve, and transmits cultural heritage from generation to generation, accumulated over many years. By understanding culture as a particular sphere of human activity, we have the prospect of purposeful management of it. Culture in this context is understood as a result of accumulated, transmitted, and produced cultural practices of people. Such practices are concentrated in museums, exhibition halls, theatres, houses of culture, art schools, libraries, creative workshops, etc.

Possible Targets and Therapies of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 1900-1907
Author(s):  
Kasturi Sarkar ◽  
Parames C. Sil ◽  
Seyed Fazel Nabavi ◽  
Ioana Berindan-Neagoe ◽  
Cosmin Andrei Cismaru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Viral Replication ◽  
Viral Infection ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Viral Proteins ◽  
Therapeutic Agents ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
Repurposed Drugs

The global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 has become a source of grave medical and socioeconomic concern to human society. Since its first appearance in the Wuhan region of China in December 2019, the most effective measures of managing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been social distancing and lockdown of human activity; the level of which has not been seen in our generations. Effective control of the viral infection and COVID-19 will ultimately depend on the development of either a vaccine or therapeutic agents. This article highlights the progresses made so far in these strategies by assessing key targets associated with the viral replication cycle. The key viral proteins and enzymes that could be targeted by new and repurposed drugs are discussed.

scholarly journals Strengthening Efforts to Protect and Safeguard the Industrial Cultural Heritage in Montilla-Moriles (PDO). Characterisation of Historic Wineries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5791
Author(s):  
Antonia Merino-Aranda ◽  
Isabel Luisa Castillejo-González ◽  
Almudena Velo-Gala ◽  
Francisco de Paula Montes-Tubío ◽  
Francisco-Javier Mesas-Carrascosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Human Society ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Wine Making ◽  
Protected Designation Of Origin ◽  
Development Goals

Industrial heritage is linked to the cultural processes that human society sets through the traces from the past. The conservation and dissemination of this industrial–cultural heritage are crucial for sustainable urban development, and positively influences the transition to resilient and sustainable cities. The wine industry around Montilla has suffered as a result of a sharp reduction of the vineyard area in the last 25 years. Wineries, as one of the historic typologies of wine-making facilities in the Montilla-Moriles Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), as well as their materials and construction techniques, are a reference in the agricultural landscape of Montilla. Many historic wineries are the result of the abandonment and cessation of the wine industry. These buildings are linked to the agrarian activity in this area, mostly wine-making, although in some cases, they coexist with similar production processes, such as milling the fruit of the olive grove. This research characterises and analyses four historic wineries in the Montilla-Moriles PDO, which represent an example of architecture in the wine-making transformation during the 19th–20th centuries. This manuscript contributes to the attainment of some objectives set in one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), protecting and disseminating the industrial cultural heritage in Montilla-Moriles.

scholarly journals Intangible cultural heritage: a benefit to climate-displaced and host communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gül Aktürk ◽  
Martha Lerski
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Resilient Communities

AbstractClimate change is borderless, and its impacts are not shared equally by all communities. It causes an imbalance between people by creating a more desirable living environment for some societies while erasing settlements and shelters of some others. Due to floods, sea level rise, destructive storms, drought, and slow-onset factors such as salinization of water and soil, people lose their lands, homes, and natural resources. Catastrophic events force people to move voluntarily or involuntarily. The relocation of communities is a debatable climate adaptation measure which requires utmost care with human rights, ethics, and psychological well-being of individuals upon the issues of discrimination, conflict, and security. As the number of climate-displaced populations grows, the generations-deep connection to their rituals, customs, and ancestral ties with the land, cultural practices, and intangible cultural heritage become endangered. However, intangible heritage is often overlooked in the context of climate displacement. This paper presents reflections based on observations regarding the intangible heritage of voluntarily displaced communities. It begins by examining intangible heritage under the threat of climate displacement, with place-based examples. It then reveals intangible heritage as a catalyst to building resilient communities by advocating for the cultural values of indigenous and all people in climate action planning. It concludes the discussion by presenting the implications of climate displacement in existing intangible heritage initiatives. This article seeks to contribute to the emerging policies of preserving intangible heritage in the context of climate displacement.

scholarly journals Cultural rights and “Masterpieces” of Local and Translocal Actors

Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 297-324
Author(s):  
Hélène Giguère
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Social Divisions

This paper deals with European experiences of inscription of traditional cultural practices on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). It will first establish the institutional context of the UNESCO’s listing within the framework of reflections on cultural rights. Then, the author briefly presents four European masterpieces in the Mediterranean area. A comparative analysis follows which specifically focuses on the multiplication of practitioners and on translocality; on the overlapping between institutions and artisans; on the use of intangible cultural heritage as a driver for local development via cultural tourism; and on the multimedia “museification” of the intangible. The comparative study of the listing of these intangible cultural heritage traditions also questions the value of customary law versus freedom of expression and creation. It reveals the tensions between the “purity” and “impurity” of cultural practices and social agents, as well as exclusions related to ethnicity, sex or territory. These tensions create new social divisions and remodel the link people have with cultural practices. An examination of gender sheds light on the marginality of women in public space.

scholarly journals Arkistot ja kulttuuriperintö

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Archival Studies ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Politics Of Memory ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Archival Institution

Archives and the Cultural Heritage The edited volume Archives and the Cultural Heritage focuses on archives as institutions and to their tense relationship with archives as material. These dynamics are discussed in respect of the past, the present, and the future. The focus lies in the mechanisms the Finnish archive institutions have utilised when taking part in forming the cultural heritage and in debating the importance of the private archives in society. Within social sciences and history from the early 1990s onwards, the effects of globalisation have been seen as a new focal point for research. Momentarily, the archives saw the same paradigm shift as the focus of the archival studies proceeded from state to society. This brought forth the notion that the values of society are reflected in the acquisition of archival material. This archival turn draws attention to the archives as entities formed by cultural practices. The volume discusses cultural heritage within Finnish archives with diverse perspectives and from various time periods. The key concepts are cultural heritage and archives – both as institution and as material. Articles review the formation of archival collections spanning from the 19th to the 21st century and highlight that the archives have never been neutral or objective actors; rather, they have always been an active process of remembering and forgetting, a matter of inclusion and exclusion. The focus is on private archives and on the choices that guided the creation of the archives and the cultural perceptions and power structures associated with them. Although private archives have considerable social and research value, and although their material complements the picture of society provided by documentary data produced by public administrations, they have only risen to the theoretical discussions in the 21st century. The authors consider what has happened before the material ends up in the archive, what happens in the archive and what can be deduced from this. It shows how archival solutions manifest themselves, how they have influenced research and how they still affect it. One of the key questions is whose past has been preserved and whose is deemed worthy of preservation. Under what conditions have the permanently preserved documents been selected and how can they be accessed? In addition, the volume pays attention to whose documents have been ignored or forgotten, as well as to the networks and power of the individuals within the archival institution and to the politics of memory. The Archives and the Cultural Heritage is an opening to a discussion on the mechanisms, practices and goals of Finnish archival activities. It challenges archival organisations to reflect on their own operating models and to make visible their own conscious or unconscious choices. It raises awareness of the formation of the Finnish documentary cultural heritage, produces new information about private archives and participates in the scientific debate on the changing significance of archives in society. The volume is related to the Academy of Finland research project “Making and Interpreting National Pasts – Role of Finnish Archives as Networks of Power and Sites of Memory” (no 25257, 2011–2014/2019), University of Turku. Project partners Finnish Literature Society (SKS) and Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS).

scholarly journals Heritales 2017 - Beyond the academia. Re-thinking Heritage trough cinema and others art forms

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Zozaya-Montes ◽  
Nicola Schiavottiello
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Positive Feedbacks ◽  
The Public ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Future Events ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

The UNESCO World Heritage city of Évora (Portugal) hosted the second Heritales – International Heritage Film Festival in September 2017. In this edition the festival focused on current and past sustainable communities, selecting works that explored and problematized the relationship and coexistence of modernity and sustainability when applied to human groups and societies. The films presented the everyday life, knowledge, crafts and know-how of ordinary people highlighting the changes and challenges that the expansion of consumer-based economies, globalization and world politics have brought. As organizers, by focusing on sustainability in heritage context, we wanted to go beyond current preservation strategies of the tangible and intangible heritage, to promote a reflection on the “culture of sustainability” itself, looking at how sustainable ways-of-existence have characterized various communities and cultural practices worldwide. Since its first edition, the festival has been a space for the promotion of a critical understanding of cultural heritage, aimed to the broader public. By using emblematic historical places as stage, Heritales has challenged the mainstream cultural heritage scientific communication. Its proposal is to approach heritage’s issues through multiple types of media and artistic work such as films and documentaries but also cultural heritage’s games, exhibitions, theatre and performance, with talks and several communication strategies to facilitate the encounter between the authors and the public. Although the festival has received many positive feedbacks and the support of various entities such as the UNESCO Chair of the University of Évora (Portugal) and the FCT (Science and Technology Foundation, Portugal) it is still at its early stage of action. In this paper we would like to present the results of our experiment and analyse its concept and results, so that more collaborative and sustainable methodologies can also become a part of our plan of actionfor the organization of future events.

scholarly journals SOCIAL INCLUSION AS A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT GOAL: THE DETERMINACY FOR PROPER ASSESSMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Iryna Radionova
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Integral Index ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
System Improvement

Introduction. The article substantiates the necessity to clarify the content of the phenomenon and the concept of social inclusion for national public administration system improvement. To this end, it analyzes social sphere management practices and some national social policy models of governments of different countries. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze the ideas and practices of social inclusion management for their implementation in the Ukrainian economy and society Method (methodology). The methodological basis of this study is formed by the works of scientists who have created the theory of social inclusion and also formed by the econometrics toolkit. Results. The considered article makes a generalization regarding the existence of three areas of inclusion implementation, namely: in the distribution of income, property and national wealth, in labor and entrepreneurial activity, in participation in public administration and direct democracy. It has defined a series of indicators by which inclusion can be assessed in each of the identified areas. The article has constructed the integral index of social inclusion and explains the possibilities of its practical use in public administration. It identifies the problems that arise when trying to calculate such an integral index of inclusion and outlines the possible ways of solving them. It presents the results of a comparative analysis of the relationship between the level of differentiation of citizens’ incomes and the level of GDP per capita in Ukraine and Lithuania.

PRINCIPLES OF DIGITALIZATION FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Lopatina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Digital Development ◽  
Applied Informatics ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
Coordination Principle ◽  
Organizational Principles ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

The paper sets a scientific problem of updating the theoretical foundations for digitalization of the cultural heritage preservation. It carries out an analysis of modern risks that determine the need to modernize approaches to the preservation of cultural heritage and presents the levels, approaches, and tools for preserving cultural heritage in the context of digital transformation of cultural development and cultural practices. The tasks and key areas of applied informatics in culture related to the digitalization of cultural heritage preservation are specified. Principles of digitalization for the cultural heritage preservation are presented in four groups: technological principles, organizational principles, specialized principles of sectoral digitalization, principles of the digitalization projects effectiveness. The group of technological principles includes the compliance with standards, scalability of the applied methods and solutions, and the dialectics principle of universal and professionally oriented IT solutions. The group of organizational principles includes the unity principle for the digital space of culture, the coordination principle for the digitalization of cultural heritage preservation, and the principle of strategic unity. Specialized principles of sectoral digitalization are highlighted due to the nature of economic and digital development in the cultural sphere. The effectiveness principles for the digitalization projects determine the feasibility of investing to digitalization for the cultural heritage preservation. Digitalization of cultural heritage is a combination of new IT solutions, new design of the cultural information space, new relationships in the professional and social environment, and new economic models.

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