Archives, Museums and Copyright Law: Reconciling the Traditional with Contemporary Practices

By preserving and providing accessibility to cultural heritage, archives and museums have a crucial role in civil society. "Culture" is not a static concept; ideally, the practices of contemporary archives and museums should adapt to meet the changed expectations and cultural values of society. However, the limited permitted exceptions for archives in the Copyright Act 1994 are an obstacle to archives and museums attaining this goal. For example, the provisions are drafted from a traditional, analogue perspective, albeit with more recent minor changes in an attempt to acknowledge digital technologies. Furthermore, the permitted exceptions are confined to not-for-profit and state archives– a somewhat contentious limit in the 21st century when the Internet promises the means for cultural democracy. Museums are not mentioned at all. In addition, there is no legislative process permitting uses of orphan copyright works. This article explains how the permitted exceptions for archives could be amended in the upcoming review of the Copyright Act to better acknowledge and support cultural heritage institutions. It examines recent amendments in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK) and suggests that while some of these amendments would be useful for New Zealand to emulate, additional changes should also be considered.

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Challenges at the Europeana Space project

Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage: Selected Readings from the 2015 SOIMA Conference ◽

10.18146/soima2015.1.02 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Charlotte Waelde ◽

Sarah Whatley

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Future Generations ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Space Project ◽

Funded Project ◽

Legal Frameworks

Digital technologies enable us to visualize dance in new ways and to capture recordings of dance which may be preserved and handed down to future generations. In this way, dance starts to become part of our intangible cultural heritage. But capturing dance also raises questions of authorship and ownership of copyright in both the dance and the recording of the dance. Challenges arising at the intersections between the legal frameworks of intangible cultural heritage and copyright have surfaced in an EU-funded project, Europeana Space. This contribution describes the E-Space project and the place of dance within it, and it introduces work being done at the Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University on dance and examines the intersections between copyright law and the international legal frameworks applicable to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.

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Service learning in an Indigenous not-for-profit organization

Education + Training ◽

10.1108/et-04-2014-0041 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 57 (7) ◽

pp. 774-790 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Suzanne Young ◽

Tina Karme

Keyword(s):

Service Learning ◽

Cultural Values ◽

International Student ◽

Single Case ◽

Open Communication ◽

Content Type ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Service Learning Pedagogy

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of how service learning pedagogy assists in student and organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use case study reflection and ethnography approaches. Findings – The key to the success of the internship was time spent on relationship building between the parties, clear documentation of roles and responsibilities, the selection and matching process and open communication between all parties. Using Mezirow’s (1991) transformational learning approach, and Kolb’s (1984) learning framework, it demonstrates an example of perspective transformation where the “unfamiliar” helps participants to question the “familiar”; through embedding learning in relation to culture, values, ownership and identity. Service learning relies on collaborative pedagogy where reflection and relationships with community and educators provide a platform to test students’ values and moral reasoning and build community cultural understanding. Research limitations/implications – The paper includes a single case study and autoethnographic research methodology only. Practical implications – Community-learning activities supplement the course content and embeds learning, broadening the students’ experiences, providing them with an understanding of context, and dealing with complexity to question their own cultural values. In practical terms it provides students with different career opportunities such as in the not-for-profit sector or in advocacy work. Service learning pedagogy enhances graduate capabilities, across many areas including problem solving, values development and community engagement and thinking of the other. Originality/value – The paper reports on and analyses the learning of a service learning internship between a business school and an Indigenous organization. The paper uses a reflection methodology and is written by the University internship co-ordinator (teacher) and an international student intern, whilst drawing on reflections of the Indigenous leader of the not-for-profit organization.

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Curating Kandyan traditional clothing in the UNESCO world cultural heritage in digital paradigm

Bolgoda Plains ◽

10.31705/bprm.2021.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 01 (01) ◽

pp. 36-39

Author(s):

Virajini Karunaratne ◽

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Gayathri Ranathunga ◽

Sulari De Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Oral Histories ◽

World Cultural Heritage

Historical notions of cultural values in the heritage sector have been identified by holders of curatorial expertise based at institutions with large collections of artifacts. However, the rise of new digital technologies has facilitated not only active two-way engagement with heritage, but also a broadening of what we mean by heritage and how it can be accessed, through the co-production of exhibitions, oral histories, and other forms of display and archive based on personal remembrance, recollection and interactivity.

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Colour effects education through technology: colour-in project

10.32920/ryerson.14654811.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Richard Adams

Keyword(s):

Learning Experience ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Educational Process ◽

Professional Practices ◽

Digital Tool ◽

Theoretical Rationale ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Psychological Impacts ◽

Psychological Influence

This paper represents the research and analysis of the psychological impacts of colour, as well as discusses the importance of the awareness of such effects. The theoretical rationale provides context and details plan for a proposed digital tool – a not-for-profit educational mobile iOS application Colour-In – that detects and measures colours from a supplied image, analyzes, and provides information about the psychological influence and significance of those colours. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to the education of colour effects and improve the learning experience by integrating digital technologies into the educational process in various academic and professional practices.

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Colour effects education through technology: colour-in project

10.32920/ryerson.14654811 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Richard Adams

Keyword(s):

Learning Experience ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Educational Process ◽

Professional Practices ◽

Digital Tool ◽

Theoretical Rationale ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Psychological Impacts ◽

Psychological Influence

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Digital Transformations and Musical Education on the Traditions of Folk Instrumental Culture

Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Representation, Digitalization ◽

10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2019_2_005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 46-54

Author(s):

Dmitrii Rytov ◽

Keyword(s):

Distance Education ◽

Music Education ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Folk Art ◽

Educational Process ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Social Self ◽

Musical Education

The paper presents the peculiarities of introduction of digital technologies in musical education on traditions of folk instrumental culture, the potentials of building an educational process on the basis of centuries-old traditions of the Russian people, its richest cultural heritage, in particular, folk art culture. Functions of folk art culture are shown and analyzed. The core viewpoint of the paper is showing the importance of knowledge and respect for own culture as a guarantor of self-preservation of the ethnic group, strengthening of social self-awareness, formation of tolerant relationships and relationships with other ethnic groups. The importance of folk instruments in children's musical education is considered. The possibilities of solving the problem of archiving of cultural heritage products and providing them with full access are explored. Modern opportunities of distance education and use of digital technology resources in music education are demonstrated. Keywords: folk art culture, cultural heritage, traditions of folk instrumental culture, translation of cultural values, digital technologies, information environment, distance education

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A study of Aotearoa New Zealand enterprises: how different are Indigenous enterprises?

Journal of Management & Organization ◽

10.1017/jmo.2021.6 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Jarrod Haar ◽

William John Martin ◽

Katharina Ruckstuhl ◽

Diane Ruwhiu ◽

Urs Daellenbach ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Specific Factor ◽

Relational Capital ◽

Organisational Performance ◽

Indigenous Literature ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Entrepreneurial Culture

Abstract Indigenous literature suggests Māori businesses are distinct within Aotearoa New Zealand, due to facing unique challenges and having different operating preferences. It could also be argued that Māori and non-Māori enterprises in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors are identical as a function of operating in similar markets. However, there is a paucity of empirical evidence, and the present article rectifies this with a study of 230 Aotearoa enterprises, including 24 Māori. We test differences and find Māori enterprises report higher cultural capital, which relates to employees' knowledge and skills towards working with and respecting cultural values. However, we find no differences across human capital, relational capital, entrepreneurial culture, and organisational performance. The findings suggest that apart from a culturally specific factor, Māori and non-Māori enterprises appear to be similarly enabled, which provides a useful benchmark for understanding Māori business. We discuss the implications for research.

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Fitting Social Enterprise for Sustainable Development in Vietnam

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131910630 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (19) ◽

pp. 10630

Author(s):

Minh Hieu Thi Nguyen ◽

Darrin James Hodgetts ◽

Stuart Colin Carr

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Emerging Economies ◽

Social Enterprise ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Social Entrepreneurs ◽

For Profit ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Organisational Structures ◽

Societal Problems

Drawing on aspects of both commercial and not-for-profit organisational structures, social enterprises strive to become financially sustainable in order to support efforts to address various societal problems, including poverty and socio-economic exclusions. This study documents the experiences of 20 social entrepreneurs regarding the fit between their leadership practices, social enterprises and the Vietnamese societal ecosystem. Results from semi-structured go-along interviews foreground the importance of fit between the societal eco-system, key cultural values and relational practices, entrepreneur leadership and the structure and functioning of social enterprises in achieving their pro-social missions. This article contributes to emerging literature on the sustainability of social enterprises in emerging economies and is currently being drawn upon in the development of policy responses in Vietnam.

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