Pernikahan Adat Karo sebagai Ide Penciptaan Karya Seni Lukis

The purpose of this creation is to develop, introduce, the culture or custom of karo marriage in the form of painting. And can implement it in the form of painting so that it can be enjoyed by the community without having to wait for the moment of the Karo traditional wedding directly. The method of creating this work uses the Exploration method, including; idea exploration, concept exploration, form exploration, media exploration, technical exploration, aesthetic exploration and data analysis, namely primary data and secondary data. The embodiment of this work is in the form of paintings with canvas as the main media with sizes ranging from 70 X 90 Cm, 100 X 100 Cm, to 150 x 150 Cm. The creation of this painting is to implement and tell stories about the Karo traditional wedding in North Sumatra. It is hoped that this painting can introduce and become an educational medium for audiences who do not know this custom or culture. Keywords: Wedding, Karo Culture, Creation Idea, Art, Painting

The Gastronomic Tale: A Link between Japanese and Italian Food Culture Creation and Development of a Book Series for Italian Readers

This paper focuses on the project of creation, development and publication of a series of books on Japanese food culture within the Italian publishing scene. We will have a chance to discuss the importance of Japanese food and culture’s storytelling, and to examine the peculiar choice of this kind of narration, as well as the gastronomic tale as a link between Japanese and Italian cultures. Lastly, this paper will provide a few ideas on the nourishment of the gastronomic conversation between Italy and Japan after the pandemic.

From Jiao You Lun to Qiu You Pian: Jesuits’ Discussion on Friendship and A Comparative Study with Traditional Chinese Theories

This article makes an analysis of Matteo Ricci’s Jiao You Lun (On Friendship) and Martino Martini’s Qiu You Pian (On Making Friends) starting from the theory of the interaction and communication framework of contact between cultures. The analysis shows that Ricci’s text has a characteristic of convergence and integration of Sino-West traditions which paves the way for culture creation; while Martini introduces the concept of “love” --- the core concept of the Christian doctrines, makes a distinction between Confucian and Christian treatment on disputes, and clarifies the strategy of complementing Confucianism with Christianity. Their introduction of the western theories on friendship is a catalyst which accelerates the modernization of the concept of human relationships among the Chinese literati in late Ming early Qing China.

Culture-Creation Component of Architectonics of Humanities Information and Education Spaces: Value Context of Postmodern Era

There is no shortage of research materials intended to meet the teachers’ need for continuing/life-learning professional development as a creator of the social and educational activities in the national public school spaces in terms of Pedagogy and Knowledge Content Efficacy. The purpose of this manuscript is to stand back from the surface detail of formal education of the teacher and to provide an overall perspective on the teacher’s creative mission as a communicator, a person of high language and communication culture, for harmony and psychological balance within intercultural communication created via different devices. Concept and methodology of this research, based in the main on the principles of humanism which reflect on the ideas of axiological and process approaches that concern the concepts of engaging teachers in a process of recurrent professional development. Results of this research include the comprehensive model that consists of three value concepts for a) creating the humanities educational spaces via acculturation; b) teaching the four skills and spoken communication skills via current devices of language teaching and ideological trend of acculturation; c) involving participants into ‘genuine’ communication via bringing social oriented and language learning activities reflected on the creative mission of national public school education that works its way up through culture experience in the classroom. In conclusion this article presents a handful of arguments of the significance of the growth and level of multilingual culture to affect the diversity of the personality’s vital forces, its development providing opportunities for professional and social self-realization, adaptation, and increasing creative potential in the process of critical thinking and creative communication via Technology, Pedagogy, and Knowledge Content Efficacy of current methodology of teaching and learning in the classroom. By the same token we have grounds for clarifying and verifying our vision on the Concept of “Humanities environment/spaces” in the frameworks of the comprehensive model of its architectonics, i.e. a harmony of the culture-creation elements via languages of education, the polyphony of knowledge, technology, spheres of recurrent professional development of a current educator.

The technology of formation of future teachers’ information culture

The article describes features of the formation of future teachers’ information culture. The relevance of the development, implementation and maintenance of the technology of forming process of information culture of future teachers is substantiated. Different views of scientists on the definitions of “information culture of a person”, “technology” are considered. The main components of information culture are highlighted: computer literacy, information competence, information reflection, information culture creation. The constituent elements of pedagogical technology are listed, which is represented by a set of goals and methods aimed at implementing the projected learning process and is presented by a phased implementation plan. The main characteristics of a technology for the formation of information culture of a future educator are revealed and disclosed. The article describes the results of experimental work to identify the current level of formation of information culture of future teachers. Comparative results of the data obtained during the control experiment testify to the effectiveness of the probed technology and the readiness to use information technologies in professional activities.

REPRESENTATION OF FEMININITY IN MODERN UKRAINIAN NOVELS

The paper deals with the main tendencies of the artistic reception of women images in modern Ukrainian novels. The principles of modeling femininity in literature have been considered from the positions of the gender studies, postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory. It is proved that the peculiarities of this modeling are determined by stylistic and genre tendencies of the Ukrainian literature. The interpretation of feminine images typical for the national literary tradition (mother, family-keeper, demonic woman) has been demonstrated in numerous examples. These images correlate with the fundamental artistic principles of the turning points in history (actualization of the archetypes, attention to the irrational manifestations of human psychics). They display the ‘masculine’ literary tradition (representation of a woman as an external object), but at the same time demonstrate a new accent in the understanding of the gender roles (woman as a mentor of a man). The alternative types of the feminine identity represented by feminist and culturological women’s writing have been explored as well. Special attention has been paid to procreation as the main woman’s ability, which forms different models of feminine mentality – from the essentialist mother-type to the image of a child-free woman. The modeling of a feminine artistic worldview becomes an actual strategy in overcoming the postcolonial trauma. It is explained by the peculiarities of the postcolonial literatures, which fulfill their historical reflections in the local family stories. In this context, feminine conscience gets the status of a memory-keeper and shows the ability to trace the development of national history in its everyday dimensions. Based on the large-scale generalization of the last decades’ artistic practice, the researcher determines the main worldview intentions of modern novels, in particular the tendency to achieve gender parity, the full-fledged dialogue of men and women as the equal subjects of culture creation.

Top managers’ role in key account management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore top managers’ role in key account management. Design/methodology/approach The possible actions that could be performed by a top manager were investigated in 12 case studies. These actions were grouped into key account managers and teams, culture, engagement and knowledge, organizational structure/conditions and customers and markets. Findings Top managers (TMs) informally evaluate teams and key account (KA) managers, stimulate a culture that favors the information’s prospection, persuade managers to reduce their resistance and improve organizational structure/conditions by inducing internal and external questioning. They also contact key customers’ top managers to check on the changes required or to persuade them to change requirements, accept a higher price or redirect an unattractive order to competitors. They approve revisions on the key customers list, discuss with the key account manager how to redirect an unattractive opportunity to competitors and try to improve gains even in attractive orders. Research limitations/implications Additional research beyond the provided exploratory study is needed to generalize the results. The findings contribute to improving the understanding of how TMs get involved in key account management, buyer–supplier relationship improvement and increasing company profitability. They also unveil top managers’ role in internal culture creation and team engagement. Originality/value When managing their KAs, TMs seem to be sceptical, curious and pragmatic with their subordinates, as well as with the customers or competitors.