The purpose of the article is to carry out a categorical and conceptual analysis of the concept of “creativity”, to reveal its essence of interpretation and to analyze scientific views on this ...phenomenon in cultural discourse. The research methodology is based on the application of dialectical and logical approaches and theoretical general scientific methods, which allowed to carry out a detailed categorical and conceptual analysis of the concept of “creativity” in the cultural direction. The scientific novelty is related to the definition of scientific and theoretical approaches of scientists to understand the essence of the concept of “creativity” in the cultural aspect, as well as proposed the proper interpretation of the phenomenon under study in the modern cultural space. Conclusions. As a result of the categorical and conceptual analysis of the term “creativity” and a thorough understanding of the scientific and theoretical approaches of scientists on the phenomenon under study allowed to reveal its essence and propose its own definition in the cultural direction. Therefore, in our opinion, creativity appears as a complex process of realizing the subject, which realizes practically sensual experiences acquired by the individual intuitively, which is a consequence of the synthesizing capacity of the individual in the universal sense. Prospects for further research require the solution of issues that correlate with projections of creative self-realization of the artist in the modern socio-cultural space.
This article focuses on the cordel as an idiosyncratic manifestation of Brazilian popular culture. It sets the results of original research on cordel gender representations within the specific ...social, cultural, and political contexts in which they originated/emerged. The article is based on research grounded in cultural studies and this discipline’s insistence on the critical importance of race, gender, and religion. The author argues that cordels – poems printed in cheap booklets with an illustrated cover and marketed to the mass public – offer important insights into existing social and gender norms in Brazil. Whereas in the past the genre was dominated by men authors and upheld conservative Catholic values, nowadays it has creatively adapted to the changing social realities. A comparative analysis of specific titles written in rural Brazil in the second half of the 20th century and titles written in the early 21st century by emerging women authors in an urban setting reveals starkly different patterns of gender representation. Contemporary authors – many of them women – are well aware of the cordel’s importance as a tool in the socialisation and apprehension of cultural meanings of gender. They represent gender through the cordel in ways that are subversive and serve to undermine the existing patriarchal norm. The cordel today continues to develop into a genre which is open and pluralistic in its multiple gender representations that reflect Brazil’s diverse social realities.
We are born into culture and experience the confidence and joy of being a member/actor of it. Culture and cultural code that shared people as common meanings and symbols are considered as remarkable ...elements. Global brands benefit from cultural code for reaching people easier and being the most preferred brand, and prefer glocal advertising as a method that combine global and local. In this study, we addressed the concepts of glocal advertising and cultural code, and benefitted from Lipton which has been a global tea brand. These determinations and analyzes are a remarkable step in correctly reading-using-reflecting cultural data in commercials and preventing "cultural failures". In the advertisements in question, it is seen that Lipton adapted the references about the function of tea in Turkish culture as it is in the tradition, but produced an option for the tradition in some elements such as teapot, glass, spoon, sugar. Addressing the consumer with an innovation, mainly in terms of offering tea in bags, Lipton also seeks to strengthen its brand identity with its unique use of colours, cups and teapots.
The purpose of the article consists of considering the visual component of the phenomenon of "entertainment" in the context of the discourse of art history. The research methodology consists in the ...application of the analytical method – to determine the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of the visual component of the phenomenon of "entertainment" in the context of the discourse of art history based on the works of Z. Alfiorova, O. Vaskiv, V. Lichkovakha, V. Kisina, Zh. Morozova, K. Stanislavskaya, Paul Guiraud, Lidia Winniczuk, Banfi Antonio. The research uses the method of formalization to clarify the concept of "entertainment" in the linguistic and art history aspects. The hermeneutic method is used in the aspect of interpreting the semantic load of the concept of "entertainment" in the discourse of art history. And to summarize, a theoretical method was used. The scientific novelty of the work is that for the first time the essence of the visual component of the phenomenon of "entertainment" in the context of the discourse of art history. Conclusions. The article examines the visual component of the phenomenon of "entertainment" in the context of art critical discourse. The phenomenon of "entertainment" is synthetic and has a visual, musical, and choreographic component, each of which appropriately accumulates socio-cultural experience. The phenomenon of "entertainment" is characterized as a human activity of a spectacular nature, which is one of the factors in the historical dynamics of the socio-cultural development of mankind, relying on the fact that each historical epoch had its own vivid spectacles, which acted as markers of the sociocultural life of that time, and starting with mythological perception. spectacular and entertainment activities were the driving force in the formation of the socio-cultural life of primitive society. The "entertainment" is considered as a special form of activity in culture, as a holiday in the aspect of the primary form of human culture, a universal phenomenon of human culture, one of the elements of sacred life, magic and religious ritual, the result of hunting games and funeral rites. The specificity of the "entertainment", "pictorial corporeality" in modifications of artistic and spectacular forms, the synthetic nature of the spectacle – where one of the elements is the visual arts is considered.
The article attempts to capture the current value shifts taking place in the game industry by looking at the debate on the contemporary digital game Kingdom Come: Deliverance by the Czech development ...studio Warhorse. For the purposes of contextualisation, the article also reflects on a case known as Gamergate, which served to highlight certain issues in the conception of games and questions about representation and diversity in games. Digital games are no longer the domain of young men alone as gamers now come from all genders and many age groups. Through a gender analysis of this digital game and a discussion/analysis of the controversy surrounding the historical authenticity of representation that has arisen around it, the article highlights the difficulties associated with trying to achieve historical accuracy. A digital game is considered a work of fiction that has its own rules of truthfulness within its own fictional universe. Increasingly, open-world games allow for the suppression of the leading role of the narrator that the game designers created. This tendency is only expected to grow stronger. The role of education and critical engagement with the game medium also need to be considered in the study of this issue.
The case study analyses a recent attempt to discredit the independent magazine DOR, which published a comprehensive profile dedicated to the vlogger Selly in March 2019. The magazine is an editorial ...project created by Cristian Lupșa as an alternative to “the compromises and doubtful quality of the majority of the magazine on the market”. It has become well-known as a print and online platform for debating important themes, such as domestic violence, equal rights for minorities, and social inclusion of underprivileged ethnic groups. According to this editorial vision, the magazine published an article about the vlogger Selly, who was 18 years old at that time and had two million followers on his YouTube channel. The article attempted to describe the person and the phenomenon behind his vlogging. The article generated a series of negative reactions and online attacks against the magazine and Selly, reflecting major generational differences in Romanian perceptions, as well as an efficient response to cancel culture.
Концепт «женщина» в мировой культуре İsgandarova, Nushaba Ramiz
Traektorii͡a︡ nauki : mezhdunarodnyĭ ėlektronnyĭ nauchnyĭ zhurnal,
2022, Letnik:
8, Številka:
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This research is devoted to the concept of "woman" in world culture. In a world where there is no science, the biological characteristics of a woman, many aspects of the relationship between men and ...women remain in the dark, behind a screen of shyness. However, as the scientific way of thinking spreads in a culture, untimely constraints decrease. From this point of view, the topic of this study is still relevant for cultural consideration. It also addresses the issue of female semiosis in world culture.
•Inherent resilience and its drivers are spatially variable.•The Midwest and Northeast have higher levels of inherent resilience than elsewhere in the US.•Lowest levels of resilience are in Texas ...border counties, Appalachia, and the interior western US.•Resilience and vulnerability are statistically related, but not the obverse of one another.
There is increasing policy and research interest in disaster resilience, yet the extant literature is still mired in definitional debates, epistemological orientations of researchers, and differences in basic approaches to measurement. As a consequence, there is little integration across domains and disciplines on community resilience assessment, its driving forces, and geographic variability. Using US counties as the study unit, this paper creates an empirically-based resilience metric called the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC) that is both conceptually and theoretically sound, yet, easy enough to compute for use in a policy context. A common set of variables were used to measure the inherent resilience of counties in the United States according to six different domains or capitals as identified in the extant literature – social, economic, housing and infrastructure, institutional, community, and environmental. Data were from public and freely accessible data sources. Counties in the US Midwest and Great Plains states have the most inherent resilience, while counties in the west, along the US-Mexico border, and along the Appalachian ridge in the east contain the least resilience. Further, it was found that inherent resilience is not the opposite of social vulnerability, but a distinctly different construct both conceptually and empirically. While understanding the overall variability in resilience, the BRIC is easily deconstructed to its component parts to provide guidance to policy makers on where investments in intervention strategies may make a difference in the improvement of scores. Such evidence-based research has an opportunity to influence public policy focused on disaster risk.
The American culinary field has a experienced a broadening in recent decades. While French food retains high status, gourmet food can now come from a broad range of cuisines. This change mirrors a ...broadening in other cultural fields labeled "omnivorousness" within the sociology of culture. The authors take gourmet food writing as a case study to understand the rationales underlying omnivorousness. Their findings, based on qualitative and quantitative data, reveal two frames used to valorize a limited number of foods: authenticity and exoticism. These frames resolve a tension between an inclusionary ideology of democratic cultural consumption on the one hand, and an exclusionary ideology of taste and distinction on the other. This article advances our understanding of how cultural consumption sustains status distinctions in the face of eroding boundaries between highbrow and lowbrow culture. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
The work of culture and C-19 Banks, Mark
European journal of cultural studies,
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This article offers some initial commentary on the cultural impacts of COVID-19. It first considers how the pandemic might already have shifted the focus - or challenged our capacities - for cultural ...studies scholarship. However, the article is more centrally concerned with how measures designed to combat COVID-19 have begun to transform patterns of cultural consumption, production and work. The article considers the current status of cultural workers, in the midst of (yet further) crisis, and poses questions of what might culture be or become, in and beyond the current state of emergency.
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