Exploring Attendance at a Traditional Cultural Event: The Case of a Holy Week Celebration

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Víctor Lafuente ◽  
José Ángel Sanz ◽  
María Devesa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Count Data ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The City ◽  
Complex Expression

Holy Week is one of the most important traditions in many parts of the world and a complex expression of cultural heritage. The main goal of this article is to explore which factors determine participation in Holy Week celebrations in the city of Palencia (Spain), measured through the number of processions attended. For this purpose, an econometric count data model is used. Variables included in the model not only reflect participants' sociodemographic features but other factors reflecting cultural capital, accumulated experience, and social aspects of the event. A distinction is drawn between three types of participants: brotherhood members, local residents, and visitors, among whom a survey was conducted to collect the information required. A total of 248 surveys were carried out among brotherhood members, 209 among local residents, and 259 among visitors. The results confirm the religious and social nature of this event, especially in the case of local participants. However, in the case of visitors, participation also depends on aspects reflecting the celebration's cultural and tourist dimension—such as visiting other religious and cultural attractions—suggesting the existence of specific tourism linked to the event. All of this suggests the need to manage the event, ensuring a balance is struck between the various stakeholders' interests and developing a tourist strategy that prioritizes public-private cooperation.

scholarly journals HISTORICAL HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES IMPOSED ON OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF LISTED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Fernanda Cardoso Romão Freitas ◽  
Fabiane Domingues de Magalhães de Almeida ◽  
Alcides Garcia Junior
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The City ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

The worldwide concern regarding sustainable urban development has been increasing as the populations of countries increase and demand more consumption of the already scarce natural resources. According to the United Nations, it is estimated that 55% of the world population lives in urban centers, with the perspective of surpassing 68% in 2050. In Brazil, 84% of the population today live in the cities. One of the goals of sustainable development is to make cities more sustainable and inclusive and, to accomplish such goal, many variables need to be accomplished, among which is the strengthening of efforts to protect and safeguard cities’ cultural heritage, for the present and future generations. Seeing as São Paulo is the 10th urban city in the world, and its historical heritage preservation policies are recent and in the process of being outlined, this research strives to answer: What are the main challenges identified by owners/managers of listed historical buildings in São Paulo, which stand in the way of conserving/preserving their properties? Results revealed that the main challenges are a lack of knowledge about what interventions can be done to the property, lack of knowledge on incentive laws and more feasible ways for the conservation of historical sites and dealing with excessive bureaucracy. Such results contribute to the implementation of urban development policies focused on the sustainable goal of safeguarding the city’s cultural heritage, in order to propitiate advancements in preserving the memory and identity of the city through the conservation of properties listed as historical heritage.  

Creating Cultural Capital: The Education of Jewish Females at the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) School for Girls in the City of Tunis, 1882–1914

Hawwa ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-59
Author(s):  
Joy A. Land
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Jewish Women ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World ◽  
Female Wage ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The City ◽  
Alliance Israelite Universelle

Abstract Based on rarely viewed images from the fin de siècle, this article will contribute to the burgeoning field of Jewish women in the world of Islam. At the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) School for Girls in the city of Tunis, 1882–1914, after a seven-year course of study, Jewish and non-Jewish girls acquired certification of their academic or vocational skills through a certificate or diploma of couture. Such credentials, according to Bourdieu (1986), constitute “cultural capital.” Furthermore, “cultural capital … is convertible … into economic capital and may be institutionalized in the forms of educational qualifications.” A young woman could create cultural capital and transform it into economic capital through employment. Reading the sources, the influence of the Tunisian Muslim woman on the Jewess becomes apparent. Moreover, cultural capital could afford the Jewish female wage earner increased economic independence and social mobility, as she journeyed on the road to modernity.

Numbers didn't count: the streets of colonial Bombay and Calcutta

Urban History ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD HARRIS ◽  
ROBERT LEWIS
Keyword(s):  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Political Control ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Major Disease ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Property Assessment ◽  
The City ◽  
Indian Cities

ABSTRACT:Street and house numbers are part of the modern state's geo-locational regime, by which people and places are made legible to distant governments and bureaucrats. Some writers have suggested that they were important in colonial cities, where urban regulation and political control was often insecure, but we know little about their extent and significance in such settings. Bombay and Calcuttac.1901 are significant test cases, being two of the largest colonial cities in the world, as well as being recent sites of major disease outbreaks. City directories in Bombay, together with property assessment and census evidence for Calcutta, show that house numbers were rare for all types of property and people. Local residents used other methods to navigate the city, while British administrators did not believe house numbers to be an important aspect of colonial rule. Fragmentary evidence for other colonial cities suggests that the experience of these Indian cities was broadly typical.

scholarly journals Paul Conway and Martha O’Hara Conway. Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective: Proceedings of Symposium, November 3 and 4, 2016, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Tamara E. Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Motor Oil ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Ann Arbor ◽  
The City ◽  
Heavy Rains

The year 2016 marked the fifty-year anniversary of the tragic and destructive flood in Florence, Italy. The floodwaters shook the world with their indiscriminate destruction of human life, property, and priceless Florentine cultural heritage. Early in November of 1966, days of heavy rains transformed the Arno River into a raging beast, overflowing its retaining walls and submerging much of the city and the area around it in foul, murky water filled with sediment, vegetation, sewage, motor oil, and the flotsam of human civilization. The floodwaters either destroyed or badly damaged historic collections of art, sculpture, architecture, books, manuscripts, and documents stored in low-level galleries or basements of institutes, libraries, museums, and private residences.

scholarly journals Multiple Visualization Web Approach for Cultural Heritage Objects

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dante Abate ◽  
Graziano Furini ◽  
Silvio Migliori ◽  
Samuele Pierattini
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
3D Models ◽  
High Definition ◽  
The World ◽  
Multiple Approach ◽  
Marble Statue ◽  
Cultural Heritage Objects ◽  
The City ◽  
The Web ◽  
Dimension Number

Usually the diffusion and sharing of cultural heritage documented 3D models on the web are not first of concern for scholars due to the fear of losing the intellectual property related to them. Sometimes the interaction and navigation of virtual objects via the World Wide Web is also problematic due to their dimension (number of triangles), when high-definition has to be preserved. In this paper we propose a mash up methodology, for a multiple approach to visualize 3D models over the internet. After the digitization of a marble statue placed in the Medieval Museum of the city of Bologna, according to the well known 3D pipeline (from the laser scan survey to the texturing process), we assembled together different solutions for sharing the model on the web.

scholarly journals STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN OBJEK WISATA PEMANDIAN LUBUK MATA KUCING KOTA PADANG PANJANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yolveri Yolveri
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
City Government ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The City

The city government of Padang Panjang has developed several tourism objects, one of which is the Lubuk Mata Kucing bath because there are still not many tourism who have not seen the object, due to the location which is on the outskirts of the city and road directions to tourism objects are still lacking, then indirectly affect the level of tourism visits. The Lubuk Mata Kucing bath is indeed very minimal promotion and exposes tourism objects to the crowd, so you do not see this beautiful tourism attraction, in addition to the lack of promotion in the facilities section. The Indonesian government has tried to make Indonesia one of the tourism destinations for tourism and make Indonesia the main destination for tourism, tourism who visit many tourism objects in Indonesia automatically improve the economy of local residents and foreign exchange, as is being done by the Padang government. Panjang In making improvements to one of the tourism objects, namely the Lubuk Mata Kucing bath, to be a better tourism attraction. The development of the world of tourism and increased competition in the Tourism Industry of the Padang Panjang City Government, especially the Tourism Office, should carry out various development strategies so that tourism in the City of Padang Panjang is not left behind as one of the Lubuk Mata Kucing bathing objects that can develop and attract tourism to visit. The Municipal Government of Padang Panjang cooperates with other parties that are expected to increase the level of tourist visits.

scholarly journals Redevelopment of the cultural heritage object (the case of the “Nurov’s Estate”)

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Marina Bareicheva ◽  
Ekaterina Kubina ◽  
Liudmila Daineko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Heritage Object ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City

The problem of redevelopment of cultural heritage sites is relevant and in demand all over the world, because such spaces carry the history and spirit of not only a particular place, but of an entire city. Many international and Russian researchers note that the revitalization and development of such sites will help to preserve the history and heritage of the city. In addition, there are many examples of the successful implementation of redevelopment projects and the creation of relevant and popular spaces on their territory. In this article we consider the project for the redevelopment of the Nurov Estate ensemble, located in Ekaterinburg (Russia). The project was carried out in cooperation with the owner of the object (development company) and is based on the concept of Art-cluster. For this project were calculated and considered indicators of commercial efficiency of projects.

scholarly journals ‘Kha Me’Jatra of Bhaktapur: An Intangible Cultural Heritage of Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Lok Nath Dulal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Ground Floor ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Different Parts

The main aim of this paper is to explore and highlight the Kha Me Jatra as an important intangible cultural heritage of Bhaktapur and Nepal as well. Not only status and glory, but the unique identity of our nation is also represented by the temples, monasteries, images, feasts, festivals, the mountains, rivers, forests, lakes as well as various beautiful places. These globally renowned properties have made our nation peculiar, popular and prestigious in the world. Nepalese people observe and commonly participate the celebration of many wonderful festivals and fairs celebrated in different parts and days in the year. For instance, people of Bhaktapur celebrate different colorful festivals and Jatras on the special auspicious days of every year. Every festive event of Bhaktapur has its own specialties. Through the perspective of intangible cultural heritage among them, Kha Me is one of the important Jatra which is celebrated on the ninth day of Dashain, the greatest festival of Nepal. ‘Kha Me’ is a pure male buffalo which is reared in the name of goddess Bramhayani in Bhaktapur.  It is brought in Gathemunga festival and kept in the ground floor of the temple of goddess Durga. During the ninth day it is taken in an open street for the procession. It is a typical Jatra which represents indigenous feature and identity of Bhaktapur, the cultural capital of Nepal. But, unfortunately, this peculiar and popular festival has still remained an untouched issue of the academia. No one has explored and highlighted it as an intangible cultural heritage from the perspectives of cultural, religious and social significance.

scholarly journals Mainstream digitale e altre immagini urbane. Una ricerca empirica nel sito UNESCO di Palermo

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Caravello
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The research deepens the role of new technologies in the construction of geographical imaginaries investigating the dimension of the offer related to the cultural heritage of the city of Palermo. The study was conducted using qualitative methods and provided for the application of two research techniques: participant observation and semi-structured interviews. By interpreting the results produced, the contribution aims to highlight the predominance of an urban image, linked to the UNESCO inclusion of the site in the World Heritage List, which is conveyed through new technologies. Developing a reflection on the alternative capacity of new media to dislocate and challenge shared images, the study will also examine the role of technologies in the production of imaginative counter-geographies.

Writing

2018 ◽  
pp. 45-75
Author(s):  
Ronny Regev
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
West Coast ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Authorial Voice

Wordsmiths were torn between their desire for the creative control traditionally enjoyed by authors and the available economic security offered by working for the movies and writing scripts. Their story is a story of assimilation. When Hollywood entered the sound era a flock of writers, including Charles Brackett and Samson Raphaelson, emigrated to the city and to the world of motion pictures from other fields of writing such as theater and magazines. They oscillated between creative worlds, between East Coast and West Coast, and their previous experience shaped their response and interaction within the studios. The chapter demonstrates that while contending with an ignoble division of labor, which all but shattered the once respected authorial voice, screenwriters also carried with them some of the cultural capital and legitimacy of the more established worlds they came from.

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