scholarly journals On the threshold of the Tunis School

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 82-107
Author(s):  
Alain Messaoudi ◽  
Simon Strachan (Translator)
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The Press ◽  
Artistic Life

On the occasion of the inauguration of the first gallery founded by artists in Tunis, the painters Moses Levy, Pierre Boucherle, Antonio Corpora and Jules Lellouche published in 1936 a manifesto affirming their autonomy, beyond mercantile logics and national assignments. However, a national reading of their works prevailed in the press, at that time. This article proposes to put this founding event of the « École de Tunis » into context, by reinscribing it in a century-old history. This past is marked by the presence of French and Italian artists between 1840 and 1880, by the failure of a policy of asserting a French artistic model with an aborted project for a French museum around 1890, and by the affirmation of an artistic life characterised since the 1910s by its pluralism and even its eclecticism. This article thus intends to contribute, through the example of pictorial production, to the historicisation of discourses on the plurality or cultural identity of Tunisia, which are still today objects of debate. 

scholarly journals Au seuil de l’École de Tunis.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 82-107
Author(s):  
Alain Messaoudi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The Press ◽  
Artistic Life

On the occasion of the inauguration of the first gallery founded by artists in Tunis, the painters Moses Levy, Pierre Boucherle, Antonio Corpora and Jules Lellouche published in 1936 a manifesto affirming their autonomy, beyond mercantile logics and national assignments. However, a national reading of their works prevailed in the press, at that time. This article proposes to put this founding event of the « École de Tunis » into context, by reinscribing it in a century-old history. This past is marked by the presence of French and Italian artists between 1840 and 1880, by the failure of a policy of asserting a French artistic model with an aborted project for a French museum around 1890, and by the affirmation of an artistic life characterised since the 1910s by its pluralism and even its eclecticism. This article thus intends to contribute, through the example of pictorial production, to the historicisation of discourses on the plurality or cultural identity of Tunisia, which are still today objects of debate. 

scholarly journals Paco Cepero, una guitarra jerezana

2019 ◽  
pp. 83-135
Author(s):  
David González Fabregat
Keyword(s):  
The Press ◽  
Artistic Life ◽  
A Chain

Con este trabajo ofrecemos una aproximación a la vida y obra del guitarrista jerezano Paco Cepero. Se repasan los eslabones de una cadena de maestros que conducen hasta su figura y que lo sitúan dentro de la escuela jerezana de toque. Asimismo, partiendo de otros trabajos biográficos, de datos recogidos en prensa y en testimonios personales, recorremos su vida artística. Analizamos también la obra discográfica de este prolífico artista, tanto en su faceta como compositor, como en la de acompañante y solista. El trabajo se completa con una interesante entrevista mantenida con el maestro Cepero en fechas recientes. This work is an approach to the life and works of the Spanish guitarist Paco Cepero from Jerez de la Frontera. The links of a chain of flamenco guitar masters that lead to their figure are reviewed, placing him in the Jerez school of flamenco guitar playing. Thus, using as a baseline some existing biographical texts, information gathered from the press and personal testimonies, we traced through his artistic life. We also analyze the discography of this prolific artist, as a composer, accompanist and soloist. This work is completed with an interesting interview with Paco Cepero in recent dates.

The Importance of Imports

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Artistic Life ◽  
Obaku Zen

This chapter explores the cultural identity of Ōbaku Zen, which played a crucial role in the sixteenth century as a vehicle for importing Chinese culture. This was manifested in Manpukuji’s initial trove of material culture associated with the temple’s founder, Ingen Ryūki (Ch. Yinyuan Longqi, 1592–1684). It also touches upon the reception and legacy of Ingen’s material objects to demonstrate how naturalized into Japanese life Ōbaku’s presence became. This greatly affected other sectarian traditions and even diverse aspects of Japanese intellectual and artistic life and popular culture outside the religious sphere from the Tokugawa era up to the present.

scholarly journals The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the Luso-African identity

Politeja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (5 (68)) ◽  
pp. 193-215
Author(s):  
Joanna Mormul
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Official Language ◽  
African Continent ◽  
African Identity ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
The Press ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Subject

The article aims at searching for the correlation between the Luso-African identity, understood as a form of cultural identity based on the concept of Lusophony, and The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), an international organisation that brings together countries whose official language is Portuguese. The CPLP is considered as an institutional emanation of the idea of Lusophony. However, for almost 25 years since its creation it still receives a lot of criticism. Despite the multiplicity of initiatives that it proposed, for a long time it seemed that the CPLP did not really move beyond the concept phase. Furthermore, until recently the organisation has focused mainly on cultural and political cooperation, leaving behind its enormous economic possibilities and provoking questions about an untapped potential of the CPLP. The paper attempts to reflect on the hypothesis that the limited capacities of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries regarding the African continent are, at least partially, related to the problem with Luso-African identity. The considerations presented in the article are based on the critical reading of the literature of the subject, qualitative analysis of the already existing data (official documents and the press, available statistics), as well as the author’s reflections drawn from observations, interviews and informal talks conducted during field research in Mozambique (2015) and Guinea-Bissau (2016), along with multiple study visits to Portugal (2011-2016), while realizing the research project devoted to the problem of state dysfunctionality in the Lusophone Africa.

scholarly journals Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger [Pope Benedict XVI] - Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions

ICR Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-727
Author(s):  
Christoph Marcinkowski
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Christian Belief ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Theology Of Religions ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Interfaith Relations ◽  
The Press ◽  
German Edition

Pope Benedict XVI has dealt in quite a number of his works with the issues of secularisation and contemporary religious and cultural identity. Many of these works are now also readily accessible in English. It would be a rewarding task to collate his approach with those of thinking representatives of contemporary Muslim thought. In Truth and Tolerance, Benedict - still Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the time when its original German edition went to the press - presents, aside from some new contributions, milestone-articles that he has published over the last 15 years in the field of ‘theology of religions’ in various journals. What Benedict has to say about interfaith relations today might also be of interest to the audience of this journal, since he is in the Muslim world - usually exclusively (and perhaps selectively) - associated with his 2006 ‘Regensburg lecture’ which was perceived by some as misrepresenting the religion of Islam.

scholarly journals Caricaturist Lazar Kagan and Art of Humor in Interwar Lithuania

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-52
Author(s):  
Vilma Gradinskaite ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Art Exhibitions ◽  
Biographical Data ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Press ◽  
Artistic Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Heritage ◽  
Art Critics

The author of this article seeks to reconstruct the biographical data of artist Lazar Kagan and to analyze his humorous art in the context of interwar Lithuanian art (1918–1940). The research also gives special attention to Kagan’s art exhibitions, as well as the attitude of interwar art critics and public to the art of humor. By representing the life and works of only one artist, author attempts to open a window into the once prosperous and subsequently destroyed world of Lithuanian Jewish artistic life, as well as to fill some actual gaps in the history of Lithuanian art, considering it as an indivisible multicultural space. Many important documents concerning Kagan’s biography were destroyed during the WWII and the Holocaust. His artistic heritage was more fortunate and survived thanks to the press.

scholarly journals Introduction

HISTOREIN ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgos Plakotos ◽  
Athina Syriatou
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Interwar Period ◽  
Historical Novel ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Press ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Foucauldian Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Three historiographical articles, an essay on the press in nineteenth-century Finland and an analysis of a historical novel comprise this issue of Historein. Two of them analyse the historiography of the Greek interwar period as it concerns the economy and notions of national cultural identity, respectively. Another article discusses the impact of digital archiving for the historical profession, contemplating on its responsiveness to the demand for "instant history". The field of digital humanities also informs the next article, which, through the example of the Finnish press, seeks to make the concept of the virtual relevant in historical research. The final article gives a Foucauldian analysis of the notion of parrhesia for two historical personalities as they emerge from a well-known nineteenth-century historical novel, examining the multiple levels of historicity of the personas of the novel as well as the intentions of the critical views of the writer of his contemporary historical conflicts.

scholarly journals Media and Cultural Imperialism in Burkina Faso

Afrika Focus ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Serge Théophile Balima
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Press ◽  
Information Media

The various kinds of information released in the press and other media are cultural products that partake in the shaping of citizens' opinions and minds. Radio and television in particular present their audiences in Burkina Faso with various life-styles through diverse entertainment programmes which have grown popular among the urban population. These are fertile fields for cultural imperialism in the country. In the on-going process of internationalization of culture facilitated by the new communication technology, the cultural identity of Africans is increasingly threatened. This phenomenon is the result of adverse political and economic conditions with significant cultural consequences. In the long run, these cultural consequences will lead to the marginalization of Africa on the international scene and its increased dependence on the western powers.Key Words: culture, imperialism, influence, information, media, uniformity. 

scholarly journals Medias et Imperialisme Culturel: Le cas du Burkina Faso

Afrika Focus ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Serge Théophile Balima
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Press

Media and Cultural Imperialism in Burkina Faso The various kinds of information released in the press and other media are cultural products that partake in the shaping of citizens' opinions and minds. Radio and television in particular present their audiences in Burkina Faso with various life-styles through diverse entertainment programmes which have grown popular among the urban population. These are fertile fields for cultural imperialism in the country. In the on-going process of internationalization of culture facilitated by the new communication technology, the cultural identity of Africans is increasingly threatened. This phenomenon is the result of adverse political and economic conditions with significant cultural consequences. In the long run, these cultural consequences will lead to the marginalization of Africa on the international scene and its increased dependence on the western powers.

Compiling a Bibliography סf American Jewish Liturgy through 1925

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Sharona Wachs
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
American Jews ◽  
The Press ◽  
American Jewish ◽  
Jewish Liturgy ◽  
Union College

The experience of compiling a bibliography of American Jewish liturgy from the establishment of the press through 1925 is discussed. The parameters of the bibliography are detailed as well as its contents. The present lack of complete or systematic documentation of American Jewish liturgy in Judaica libraries is noted. Also discussed is the significance of liturgy for the study of American Jews, their religious and cultural identity, as well as their demographics. This paper details the experience of compiling a bibliography of American Jewish liturgy through 1925, and describes some of the parameters and contents of the bibliography. This bibliography was published by Hebrew Union College Press in late 1997 under the title American Jewish Liturgies: A Bibliography of American Jewish Liturgy from the Establishment of the Press in the Colonies through 1925.

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