Problems and Current Activities of Korean Cultural Centers Abroad and Directions for Improvement: Focused on Korean Cultural Center Tokyo

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 149-173
Author(s):  
Yeongseok Yi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Center ◽  
Cultural Centers

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions of Ethnic and Multicultural Centers

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Kenneth A Reid ◽  
Stanley S Ebede
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Method Approach

Cultural centers are historically known for successfully serving the greater responsibility of supporting minority students and sharing their culture, traditions, and values with the larger campus community. Despite their previous successes, recent research suggests that culture centers are now losing their effectiveness and are no longer resonating with students. Furthermore, there has not been any research to examine the state of general ethnic and multi- cultural centers since their evolution in the late ‘90s. Nor, has anyone published research that analyzes students’ perceptions towards helping identify recommendations for cultural center success. This preliminary research study examines students’ perceptions of ethnic and multicultural centers at predominantly white institutions. This study will specifically evaluate students’ beliefs on the purpose, impact, and future of cultural centers at predominantly white institutions with a minority population of seventeen percent or less. Using a mixed method approach, student responses were analyzed and also resulted in themes that coincide with the initial purpose of cultural centers back in the late 1960s. This research study suggests that students do understand the purpose of cultural centers and there is a need to investigate the disconnection between students’ perceptions of cultural center and the actual implications of these same centers. 

scholarly journals A Pathway Home: Connecting Museum Collections with Native Communities

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Chavez Lamar
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Well Being ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Tribal Museums ◽  
Regular Practice

In 2016, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and the Poeh Cultural Center, owned and operated by the Pueblo of Pojoaque in New Mexico, begin work on a loan of 100 ceramics in NMAI’s collections to the Poeh Cultural Center. Making loans to other institutions is regular practice for NMAI. In making loans to tribal museums and cultural centers, a loan can take on cultural and spiritual significance, which was the case for the Poeh Cultural Center and the community members it supports and represents. This article addresses the importance of connecting Native peoples with museum collections, which has the potential to contribute to community well-being, by featuring the partnership between NMAI and the Poeh Cultural Center.

“Our Shtetl, Tel Aviv, Must and Will Become the Metropolis of Yiddish”: Tel Aviv—a Center of Yiddish Culture?

AJS Review ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-132
Author(s):  
Gali Drucker Bar-Am
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Before And After

The remnant of the eastern European Jews that arrived in Israel after the Holocaust established a vibrant center of Yiddish culture in Tel Aviv. This paper tells its story. It spotlights the uniqueness of the Tel Aviv center in comparison with similar cultural centers established by eastern European Jews in other cities around the world, both before and after the Holocaust. It portrays the Jewish cultural activists and leaders that composed the Tel Aviv Yiddish center, the special conditions that awaited them in Israel, the institutions that they established, and their aftermath. Finally, it considers the Tel Aviv Yiddish cultural center as a test case for examining the social role of the Jewish cultural center after the Holocaust.

scholarly journals CONDITIONS FOR PROMOTION OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY AT ETHNO-CULTURAL CENTER

2020 ◽  
pp. 189-199
Author(s):  
Светлана Георгиевна Соколова
Keyword(s):  
Rural Population ◽  
Folk Art ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Artistic Creativity ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Leisure Services ◽  
Definition Of

В статье обоснована актуальность исследования, выявлены противоречия, обозначена проблема исследования. Дано определение понятий «художественное творчество» и «народное художественное творчество». Сделана попытка классифицировать и систематизировать формы и виды народного художественного творчества. Выявлены особенности художественного творчества чувашского народа, проявляющиеся в различных формах и жанрах народного творчества. Определена правовая основа регулирования художественного творчества населения. Обозначены критериальные признаки, определяющие его виды, а также проблемы, которые необходимо разрешить для организации художественного творчества сельского населения. Выявлены условия активизации художественного творчества в этнокультурном центре: строить работу на базе существующих нормативно-правовых документов; систематически изучать социокультурные проблемы, вопросы востребованности культурно-досуговых услуг населением, состояния деятельности этнокультурных центров по организации художественного творчества населения села, деревни. Описаны методы организации художественного творчества населения как условия его активизации. The article substantiates the relevance of the study, reveals the contradictions, identifies the research problem, gives the definition of the concepts of artistic creativity and folk art. It also makes an attempt classify and systematize the forms and types of folk art, reveals the features of artistic creativity of the Chuvash people which is manifested in various forms and genres of folk art. The paper identifies the legal basis for regulation of artistic creativity of the population and the criteria that determine the types of artistic creativity, as well as the problems that must be resolved to organize artistic creativity of rural population. The author identified the conditions for the promotion of artistic creativity at the ethno-cultural center. They are to work on the basis of existing regulatory documents, to systematically study socio-cultural issues, the demand for cultural and leisure services, the activity of ethno-cultural centers on the organization of artistic creativity of rural population. The author also determined the methods of organization of artistic creativity of rural population as the conditions for the promotion of artistic creativity.

scholarly journals DATA DESIGN IDEA IN CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR SPACES

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 212-223
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ma'yod RADI ◽  
Rajaa Saadi LAFTA
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Design System ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Interior Spaces ◽  
Wide Availability ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Previous Design ◽  
Design Idea ◽  
Design Ideas

Design ideas are characterized by being able to develop and strive to find the best and most beautiful in terms of functionality and its integration and in terms of compatibility and harmony with what the performance use requires in terms of effectiveness reflected on the user, and here the sources of the idea are identical with what corresponds to the materials and materials being means that achieve comfort and good feeling, with Taking into consideration the technical fields and the wide availability of possibilities to achieve the accomplishments of the idea, regardless of the complexity and simplification required in any of the joints of the creative process in the internal spaces. On this basis, the question came to the research problem, which is: What is the importance of the design idea data and how to obtain innovative and unconventional design solutions in contemporary interior spaces. The current research aims to reveal the data of the design idea in the contemporary interior spaces of cultural centers. The theoretical framework included the meaning of the idea, its concept, and its most important data. We have adopted the descriptive approach in the research, reaching the analysis that includes studying the data of the design idea in the contemporary interior spaces of the international cultural centers of architectural designs, Zaha Hadid. The researcher, Dongdaemun Bla, Cultural Center in South Korea has been approved by the research community, represented by three international cultural centers. The most important conclusions are: 1- Creativity is a mental process, the foundations for the process of realizing gaps and missing elements and creating ideas, through which the interior designer goes through with the aim of producing new ideas in the design of contemporary interior spaces. 2- The design idea went in directions completely different from the traditional aspects based on the level of activation of aesthetic reflections, through its reliance on hybrid design relationships with an exotic and inspirational characteristic that diverges from the previous design system.

Local policy measures and sustainability of local cultural actors during Covid-19: Case of Kino Usmev

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbora Andor ◽  
Miriam Šebová ◽  
Zuzana Révészová
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Times

Literature suggest that local cultural centers have a potential to contribute to local sustainable development, spillovers to other sectors, urban regeneration and promote practices of care and solidarity. This being especially relevant in the times of crisis and post pandemic reorganization of cultural and creative ecosystems. This paper analyzes how the pandemic affects sustainability of local cultural center Kino Usmev, community non-governmental organization in the second biggest city of Slovakia, European Capital of Culture in 2013 and how local and national policies and COVID-19 related measures affect its future sustainability. Paper uses policy documents, government and municipal websites, but the core of the analysis is a case study based on three semi structured interviews with management of Kino Usmev, focused on four pillars of sustainability – economic, environmental, social and governance - complemented by policy related questions. The results indicate that policies of austerity and resilience are mostly applied by both national and local governments, with insufficient coordination, chaotic measures and lack of strategic planning. This creates vulnerability for local cultural centers, threatens their existence and prevents them to fully develop their potential as important actors of urban ecosystems with further socio-economic spillovers to other sectors.

The Cultural Center Planning and Design of Shenyang

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 443-446
Author(s):  
Yuan Yi Wei ◽  
Yu Chen Guo
Keyword(s):  
Main Idea ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Project Analysis ◽  
The City

Cultural center of a city is mainly composed of large or important cultural facilities and institutions, whose development has a close connection with the construction and future of the city. In this paper, by analyzing the influence that the cultural center has on the development of the city and researching design practice of domestic and foreign cultural centers. Attempting from programming point of view, we can demonstrate an excellent main idea and method of cultural center planning and design which is praised by urban residents, meanwhile clear an urban planner’s design content in cultural center planning and design. Through the planning and design of Shenyang cultural center project analysis, we can provide some reference and experience to the planning and design alike of cultural center.

scholarly journals O estímulo à leitura e a ressignificação do ato de narrar histórias na Casa Anísio Teixeira / The Stimulus to Reading and Reaffirming the Act of Telling Stories in the Casa Anísio Teixeira

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Denise Marques Carneiro Neves
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Formation ◽  
Main Factor

Resumo: Este artigo objetiva descrever como a Casa Anísio Teixeira, instituição localizada em Caetité-Bahia, busca ressignificar os atos de narrar e ouvir histórias. Por meio do Núcleo de Artes Cênicas e do Núcleo de Contação de Histórias, a Casa desenvolve ações de estímulo à leitura, demonstrando a importância da produção, circulação e recepção de saberes culturais. Como metodologia, adotou-se a análise documental, que permite a percepção do alcance social, a descrição de estratégias de adaptação das ações realizadas pelos contadores de histórias, em meio a dificuldades de manutenção de centros culturais. Reconstitui-se, então, o histórico de formação desses Núcleos e apresentam-se suas principais ações, o que implica refletir sobre a importância da experiência para tornar a contação de histórias mais presente nas relações humanas. O artigo aponta a imediaticidade e a efemeridade das vivências como possíveis causas para o declínio do ato de narrar, ao tempo em que se considera a tradição oral como principal fator para retomada e ressignificação do uso de narrativas. Conclui-se que as técnicas teatrais funcionam como boa estratégia para desenvolver a contação de histórias na atualidade em instituições diversas, contribuindo para ampliar a percepção do alcance e importância de práticas culturais de leitura.Palavras-chave: contação de histórias; leitura; centro cultural; Casa Anísio Teixeira.Abstract: This article aims to describe how Casa Anísio Teixeira, an institution located in Caetité-Bahia, seeks to re-signify the acts of narrating and hearing stories. Through the Center for Performing Arts and the Nucleus of Storytelling, the House develops actions to stimulate reading, demonstrating the importance of the production, circulation and reception of cultural knowledge. As a methodology, documentary analysis was adopted, which allows the perception of social outreach, the description of strategies to adapt the actions carried out by storytellers, in the midst of difficulties in maintaining cultural centers. We reconstruct the history of formation of these nuclei and present their main actions, which implies reflecting on the importance of the experience to make the storytelling more present in human relations. The article points out the immediacy and the ephemerality of the experiences as possible causes for the decline of the act of narrating, at the time when oral tradition is considered as the main factor for resumption and re - signification of the use of narratives. It is concluded that the theater techniques work as a good strategy to develop storytelling at present in diverse institutions, contributing to broaden the perception of the reach and importance of cultural reading practices.Keywords: storytelling; reading; cultural center; Casa Anísio Teixeira.

The Cultural Center

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenny Cupers
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Postwar Europe ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Cold War

The Cultural Center: Architecture as Cultural Policy in Postwar Europe examines how culture became an explicit domain of state policy in postwar Europe and why the modern architecture of cultural centers and culture halls became central to such policy. Kenny Cupers uses a variety of archival and primary sources to analyze maisons de la culture in France and Kulturpaläste or Kulturhäuser in the German Democratic Republic during the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing on the roles of bureaucrats, policy makers, and designers, he reveals how architecture articulated cultural politics in which participation was harnessed to bolster the intervention of the state in everyday life—whether through unqualified support, as in France, or through often-oppressive regulation, as in the GDR. This premise is what shaped the design approaches of programmatic integration, polyvalence, and communication for new cultural institutions across the Cold War divide.

People, Place, and Connections: Black Cultural Center Staff as Facilitators of Social Capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-59
Author(s):  
Liane I. Hypolite
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Center Staff ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Campus Services ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Black Cultural Centers

Black cultural centers (BCCs) have served students on college campuses across the country for over 50 years, but empirical research about the benefits they offer Black students, beyond examples referenced in the conceptual and historical literature, remains limited. As the relevance of BCCs has come into question given financial constraints, more diverse student bodies, and a shift to discontinuing race-specific cultural centers in favor of multicultural centers, rigorous studies about their contributions are needed. Through an ethnographic approach, this investigation explores how a BCC site and its staff act as institutional, cultural, and entrepreneurial agents by facilitating the development of social capital among Black undergraduate students. They do this by (a) serving as conduits for campus services that struggle to reach Black undergraduate students, (b) strategically coordinating resources and relationships among Black organizations to meet the needs of the Black community, and (c) collaborating with peer cultural/identity centers to streamline efforts.

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