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Revolutionary newspapers and periodicals have generally taken a confrontational stance towards the established power and the dominant ideology. In this sense, Guangdong Qunbao (The Social), the first daily newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Party in the early 1920s, was an interesting exception. From the beginning, its founders strove to strike a balance between becoming an influential mainstream newspaper and committing to revolutionary propaganda. This article examines its cultural strategies for the cultivation of socialist culture and explores how Qunbao engaged with the existing local cultures and developed a nuanced approach to socialist propaganda. It argues that, although the Qunbao’s editors hoped to promote a new ideology that was at odds with the prevailing ones, they did not rebel against the mainstream media; instead, they followed the model of modern print capitalism and creatively exploited indigenous cultural forms for the sake of socialist propaganda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Clarify the value of ceramic containers used in tea packaging from the development process, study the impact of contemporary consumer culture, industrialization and globalization on ceramic tea packaging containers, discuss the orientation and development strategy of contemporary ceramic containers design applied to tea packaging.

In a context where planning strategies were conceived to accommodate urban growth, urban shrinkage urges scholars and practitioners to develop innovative approaches. This paper aims to explore the role of culture in qualitative transformations in shrinking cities. The focus of this analysis is governance networks with key actors, their resources, challenges, and mutual dependencies. In this comparative case study, the data was collected in a qualitative way via in-depth interviews with representatives of local governments and cultural NGOs, as well as politicians, private actors, and residents from neighborhood organizations. The results show that municipalities in shrinking cities lack crucial qualities such as creativity, trust, and knowledge of local communities to efficiently govern shrinking cities. Local governments increasingly rely on civil society organizations that utilize culture as a tool to innovate new methods for community development and to provide social services for vulnerable groups. Two approaches to governance through culture are presented which differ significantly between two shrinking cities: the economically prosperous Latvian capital, Riga, and a peripheral German city, Oberhausen, with one of the largest financial debts in the country. This paper debunks the image of shrinking cities as citadels of empty spaces for arts, emphasizes the role of strategic planning, highlights the crucial role of civil society organizations in civic engagement and maintenance of cultural provision, and reflects on their precarious position 'in the shadow of hierarchy'. Several policy implications for a community-focused cultural development of shrinking cities are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction. The creative and cultural industries have made significant adjustments to the modern world economic processes, which provokes an increased interest in the cultural sphere in general and in the cultural strategy in particular. Purpose and methods. The purpose of the article is to identify the innovative potential of culture in modern conditions and its implementation ways through cultural strategies and creative industries, both in the universal and in the Ukrainian context. The methodological basis of the study was the systemic-structural method, the method of formal-logical research, analysis, the comparative method, the system-thought-activity methodology, and the deconstructive approach. Results. An integrated approach to culture allows considering it as an open space for the interaction of people, ethnic groups, nations that are the subjects of economic, political, and cultural innovation. Cultural development is represented through vertical-horizontal interactions between cultural strategy, cultural policy, and creative industries. Conclusions. The Ukrainian State is currently rethinking the role of culture in general and cultural strategy in particular, facing the problem of forming an integral Ukrainian-oriented space. The new approach to the structure of culture includes not institutions, but the creators and consumers of the cultural product, who initiate a single cultural space creation. That allows identifying the innovative potential of culture and cultural strategy. Ukraine’s innovative cultural strategy and its implementation through cultural policy and creative industries can serve both to consolidate society and to solve economic problems.

This paper analyses the first cultural strategy introduced in Australia for people with disability and its evaluation reports. For an in-depth understanding of the cultural strategy, it reviews the literature on disability in historical and socio-political contexts, and on human rights for people with disability. It also discusses three key recommendations identified from the evaluations of the cultural strategy: first, to develop an information hub for the arts and disability sector; second, to facilitate collaboration between Australian governments, including arts agencies and national disability support agencies; and third, to revisit and renew the existing cultural strategy. The paper assesses the desired goals and strategies of the cultural strategy, and examines ways in which outcomes can be measured to achieve social inclusion for people with disability in three dimensions of social inclusion: 'access', 'participation' and 'empowerment'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to revisit the understanding of the concept of syncretic Javanese Islam, which scholars have much debated. From the genealogical search for the syncretic Javanese Islamic concept produced by missionaries and orientalists; mapping of the academic representations of Javanese Islam produced by recent scholars; up to an explanation of the theoretical approach used to discuss the concept of syncretism. Based on selected literature sources, the results show that the syncretic Javanese Islamic concept formulated by missionaries and orientalists tends to be highly theological due to the Christian framework used. They were especially concerned about the universality of religion, the evolution of civilization, the hierarchy of religions, and the purity of religious doctrine. Recent scholars also tend to have inherited this conception of Javanese Islam. They constantly debated the ‘true’ or the ‘purity’ of Javanese Islam, thus resulting in the two dominantly opposing views. The intensity of the cultural encounter and the necessity of syncretism requires a more robust theoretical approach to obtain a more precise understanding of syncretism.

As an Eastern physical sport and art form, acrobatics has undergone a historical evolution to become a key aspect of Taiwan's sports culture diplomacy in restoring its international status since the Cold War. This study outlines the rationale for Taiwan's acrobatics diplomacy based on its cross-strait relations with China while examining its course of action and outcomes through archived documents, interview materials, and secondary literature. With these data, this study offers a new perspective for cross-strait acrobatics exchanges in diverse regions including Asia. The analysis shows that global performances of acrobatics troupes promoted Taiwan's acrobatic culture. Additionally, even when private troupe performances served commercial interests, the performers often incorporated nationalistic elements to highlight the country's sovereignty and counteract China's large-scale acrobatic activities. After the Cold War, the state-run Taiwan Acrobatic Troupe became the main tool for displaying its soft power that integrates the sports cultural elements of Taiwan's diverse ethnic groups. The growing exposure of Taiwan's acrobatics skills in international art and cultural festivals has set the stage for the international recognition of its political status. However, in terms of real outcomes regarding sovereign status, acrobatics soft strategy still needs to combine hard policy measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The object of the paper is to research the celebration of calendar festivals within Finnish-Lithuanian and Greek-Lithuanian families in Finland and Greece respectively. The subject was approached mainly from the Lithuanian women’s perspective, since most of the mixed marriages involved Lithuanian females and rarely Lithuanian men in the countries chosen. Six main Lithuanian calendar festivals of different origins were in focus of the study. Three festivals belong to the Christian calendar: Christmas Eve (Kūčios), Christmas (Šv. Kalėdos) and Easter Day (Šv. Velykos); and the other three are national festivals significant for the State of Lithuania historically: 16th February (Day of Reinstating of the State of Lithuania), 11th March (Day of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania) and 6th July (Statehood Day). The aim of the research is to reveal how the calendar festivals referred to above are celebrated in the particular context of emigration: within mixed marriages. Available transnational connections suggest different forms of celebrating, which are shaped following certain strategies.

France used to have one of the most powerful cultural diplomacy: it needs nowadays to modernize its strategy to hold on to its international position. France has a long history of foreign cultural policy and is one of the few countries that have placed great emphasis on fostering its culture abroad. However, the French position is currently being challenged by emerging international rivalries. Establishing a cultural strategy in the 21st century requires not only a consistent approach between the projection of an elite culture and of a pop culture, but also a joint action between public and private players. Japan could be a model, even a paradigm for France and its cultural action abroad, as well as an ally through a cultural alliance.

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The study is part of a larger project that aims to examine national cultural policies related to the support of various performing arts, cultural forums, and especially, some festivals of the performing arts in Bulgaria. The focus is on the professional performing arts (theatre and dance), affected by the pandemic, and on various art forums and the policy of the Bulgarian state ( in particular, the Ministry of Culture) to support freelance artists, who have been heavily affected by the social isolation resulting from the quarantine due to COVID-19. An attempt is made to outline more important trends in the pandemic situation and to delineate perspectives for dealing with the crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Imam Ali ibn e- Mohammad (PBUH) was the intellectual and cultural leader of Shiites in chaotic age full of political riot and sedition from 220 to 254 After Hijrah. That holiness was of divine Imamate status, supreme training, insight, intelligence, cultural and immense science as well as grand cultural behavior. In this regard, Imam Hadi (PBUH) was of strong strategy and cultural motivation towards the cultural management so that he could take strategies intended for the cultural leading of community as well as the cultural organization, scientific and educative development, Putting emphasis on the development of science and instruction, propagation of science and thought, development of the center for the confidential relationships among agents, training personnel, development of the charter of lifestyle and legislation, illustration of citizen’s right, clarifying coexistence regulations of Muslims and people of The Book and the cultural fight against ignorant behavior of Abbasid caliphs such as Motevakel, and he succeeded to make cultural changes among the Islamic nation and to provide the ground for achieving the health and happiness of Islamic community. Utilizing the descriptive-analytical method, the present article studies the cultural management of Islamic nation by Imam Hadi (PBUH) and tests this hypothesis that Imam Hadi as a divine leader provided the ground for the cultural management by recognition of the intellectual and cultural trends of his time with the centrality of the guidance of community by taking various strategies and succeeded to make intelligent changes and guide the community.

The cloudy moment of the pandemic has provided the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant with an opportunity for deep self-reflection, organizational transformation and strategy change. It has opened new channels of communication with the public and new action fields, it has challenged us professionally, tested our creativity and capacity to adapt to new conditions and it has also revealed our limits (technological vulnerability, precarious preparation regarding our digital culture, lack of adequate infrastructure). We have learned that readjustment involves a radical change of the creative process; that platforms such as Facebook or YouTube can be used successfully as channels for the distribution of our own cultural products tailored for an online audience, and not only for promoting our (offline) cultural activities; that the educational aspect in the cultural field remains essential for the moulding of the public's knowledge, taste and behaviour, even in moments of deep crisis. The capacity to acquire the lessons taught by the pandemic is key to projecting alternative scenarios for the future, by reassessing our organizational culture, our creative potential as professionals and as an institution, and also the part which online platforms can play in the activity of cultural institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China has a 5000 — year culture with distinct civilized and national characteristics. In the process of globalization, Chinese culture and other national cultures are interacting with each other so as to understand the other countries and be understood by other nationalities. Under such a background, Confucius institutes, as a platform for the dissemination of Chinese culture, have been developing for 14 years, presenting a strategic and practical track of the dissemination of Chinese culture. In this paper, the achievements of Confucius institutes are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Strategic communication is a key marketing tool in the management of cultural organisations. Both internally and externally, the aim is to maximise the efficiency of investments in instruments of communication, in order to successfully achieve coherent and integrated communication which is capable of adapting to the changes and challenges continually presented by the surroundings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The good governance of cultural processes in a given municipality is closely related to the setting of certain goals and outlining the steps towards their achievement. Cultural strategies are documents that reflect the expectations of artists, cultural organizations and citizens for integrated governance of culture and the arts. In this respect, the elaboration of a cultural strategy must consider all stakeholders' standpoints and offer solutions to overcome current problems and constraints in the cultural sphere. The paper explores the necessity of a cultural strategy for the city of Varna. I will provide a theoretical rationale on public strategies for culture and conduct an analysis of the national and local cultural strategies in Bulgaria. I will identify the existing elements of a cultural strategy in Varna and propose indicators for the study of stakeholders' attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the history of cultural strategies in Bulgaria and their ideologization during the era of state socialism and in the period from the end of the 20th century until today. The study is based (though not only) on the Marxist understanding of modern public relations as a system of domination and subordination; the author interprets the policy cycle through Bourdieu’s theory of fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1999, the Scottish Executive embarked upon a public consultation which engaged 1000 people and organisations around questions that included definitions of culture, the purpose and priorities of the proposed first Scottish national cultural strategy and the structures required to support its implementation. The consultation process revealed a strong and widely expressed desire for the Scottish Executive to lead and create a national cultural strategy, which would state clearly what culture meant to Scotland, the role it played throughout Scotland and on an international stage. There was a clear demand for structural change, an aspiration for change in education and a desire to be involved in celebrating and sharing Scotland's rich and diverse culture in all its aspects, to recognise Scotland's past and present culture as well as plan the future. Over the next decade, post-devolution, successive ministers and administrations embarked on a turbulent journey of policy setting, strategy development and structural change. They took action in some of the key areas identified in 1999, including those concerning Scotland's international image, the creative industries and Scotland's languages and education. The most recent statements on cultural policy are contained in the White Paper on Independence published in November 2013. This paper reviews the issues prevalent during the 1999 consultation and reflects on those that have been addressed, superseded and those that remain unresolved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the stratified ontology of critical realism, this paper identifies four decisive, lasting diachronic and synchronic deep structures in a traditional European seafood value chain and seafood market. Realist philosophy constitutes a platform from which to explore strategies and possible new mechanisms to overcome export barriers that Norwegian producers face, and to adjust the current causal deep structures in the value chain for salted cod between Norway and Spain. The paper is based on a thorough empirical study that investigates possible strategies by which Norwegian producers can create an interaction between production knowledge and market knowledge in order to sell products at a reasonable profit. This paper is an example of how research projects can be ontologically and methodologically based on critical realism, and how critical realism can support the search for an emancipatory strategy for a resource periphery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I consider Gramsci’s pre-prison writings and political practice in relation to questions of cultural strategy and institutions. I argue that the analysis of these early texts, which were written in the years in which Gramsci was active in party organisation and leadership, is fundamental not only for understanding the nature of Gramsci’s early and continued involvement with questions of cultural strategy and institutions, but also as a key for interpreting cultural policy themes that he later developed in the prison notebooks, and which originated in earlier debates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]