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Mark E Spicka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cultural Centres and guest worker integration in stuttgart germany 1960 1976
Immigrants & Minorities, 2015Co-Authors: Mark E SpickaAbstract:This paper explores the role that Cultural Centres played in the integration of guest workers into the city of Stuttgart, Germany. It argues that the Centres were initially used as instruments of social control, but after the mid-1960s, as local authorities increasingly envisioned the guest workers as a permanent part of West German society, the focus of the Centres was on the integration of guest workers, particularly the ‘second generation’, into not just the economic, but also the social and civic life of Stuttgart and to further Cultural understanding between them and West Germans. Furthermore, the paper shows that the Centres acted as spaces in which the guest workers themselves could advance their own interests within Stuttgart and many times were sites where they acted out ethnic and political conflicts from their homelands.
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Cultural Centres and Guest Worker Integration in Stuttgart, Germany, 1960–1976
Immigrants & Minorities, 2014Co-Authors: Mark E SpickaAbstract:This paper explores the role that Cultural Centres played in the integration of guest workers into the city of Stuttgart, Germany. It argues that the Centres were initially used as instruments of social control, but after the mid-1960s, as local authorities increasingly envisioned the guest workers as a permanent part of West German society, the focus of the Centres was on the integration of guest workers, particularly the ‘second generation’, into not just the economic, but also the social and civic life of Stuttgart and to further Cultural understanding between them and West Germans. Furthermore, the paper shows that the Centres acted as spaces in which the guest workers themselves could advance their own interests within Stuttgart and many times were sites where they acted out ethnic and political conflicts from their homelands.
Sandor Foldvari - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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serbian national awakening and enlightenment as inspired by the west ukrainian Cultural Centres
2013Co-Authors: Sandor FoldvariAbstract:ICRP conference proceedings: National Question in Central Europe Foldvari, Sandor University of Debrecen e.mail: alexfoldvari@gmail.com URL: http://unideb.academia.edu/SandorFoldvari Serbian National Awakening and Enlightenment as Inspired by the West Ukrainian Cultural Centres - Transmitted through the Hungarian Kingdom in the 18th Century Abstract It is a false commonplace that the ideas of enlightenment and national awakening in the 18th century came to the Slavic peoples of the Habsburg Empire as a result of the impact on the Cultural life made by the thinkers, artists and scientists in Vienna, whose activities were inspired and provided by the royal court, too. This statement is only partly true but not wholly. Though the West European Cultural influences also political ideas came across Vienna, this was one of the ways of transmission but not the only one. In contrary, the role and importance of the contacts between the various Slavic peoples and those living in the Habsburg Empire could not be studied in the shadows of the overvaluation was given to the impacts of Vienna. Researches made by the Institute of Ukrainian Studies named Krypiakevich in Lviv in the last two-three decades, mainly the findings of Isaievich, Iaroslav Dmitrovich, member of the Academy of Sciences, who had headed this institute for fourteen years, lead to new results in the history of the typographies and book-trade as the belles-lettres as well, therefore it became necessary to rethink the contacts between the Western territories of the recent Ukraine and the Slavic peoples of the Hungarian Kingdom. On the other hand, investigations made by the author of this paper and his predecessors and masters on the old printed liturgical books of the Byzantine rite, gave enough matter to came to the conclusions the book-trade was an important factor in the transmission of the impacts of early enlightenment came from Poland across Ukraine to the Serbs living in Hungary and on the Balkans, too. Finally, the Serbian Orthodox Church as a determining factor in the national awakening was not taken into consideration as a different from the other ones, that is, the Orthodoxy was wholly regarded but not distinguishing between the Greek and Serb churches, nor the Russian and Balkan Orthodoxy as well. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate the contacts between the Serbs and Ukrainian territories, to evidence the book-trade between these peoples and areas, and to give some new insides into the church and national relations on the Balkans.
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serbian national awakening and enlightenment as inspired by the west ukrainian Cultural Centres transmitted through the hungarian kingdom in the 18th century
2012Co-Authors: Sandor FoldvariAbstract:It is a false commonplace that the ideas of enlightenment and national awakening in the 18th century came to the Slavic peoples of the Habsburg Empire as a result of the impact on the Cultural life made by the thinkers, artists and scientists in Vienna, whose activities were inspired and provided by the royal court, too. This statement is only partly true but not wholly. Though the West European Cultural influences also political ideas came across Vienna, this was one of the ways of transmission but not the only one. In contrary, th e role and importance of the contacts between the various Slavic peoples and those living in the Habsburg Empire could not be studied in the shadows of the overvaluation was given to the impacts of Vienna. Researches made by the Institute of Ukrainian Studies named Krypiakevich in Lviv in the last two-three decades, mainly the findings of Isaievich, Iaroslav Dmitrovich, member of the Academy of Sciences, who had headed this institute for fourteen years, lead to new results in the history of the typographies and book-trade as the belleslettres as well, therefore it became necessary to rethink the contacts between the Western territories of the recent Ukraine and the Slavic peoples of the Hungarian Kingdom. On the other hand, investigations made by the author of this paper and his predecessors and masters on the old printed liturgical books of the Byzantine rite, gave enough matter to came to the conclusions the book-trade was an important factor in the transmission of the impacts of early enlightenment came from Poland across Ukraine to the Serbs living in Hungary and on the Balkans, too. Finally, the Serbian Orthodox Church as a determining factor in the national awakening was not taken into consideration as a different from the other ones, that is, the Orthodoxy was wholly regarded but not distinguishing between the Greek and Serb churches, nor the Russian and Balkan Orthodoxy as well. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate the contacts between the Serbs and Ukrainian territories, to evidence the booktrade between these peoples and areas, and to give some new insides into the church and national relations on the Balkans.
Juan Jose Prieto Gutierrez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the role of libraries in Cultural Centres abroad an insight
New Library World, 2016Co-Authors: Juan Jose Prieto GutierrezAbstract:This research paper sets up a typology of libraries managed by Cultural Centres abroad. Nearly 2,200 libraries linked to a dozen of different Cultural organizations provide not only traditional services such as loan and access to printed and audiovisual materials but they also approach local citizens, offering help and services in matters of education, literacy, cooperation, social issues or development. These actions may fit under the label of Cultural diplomacy actions. This paper analyses the relevance of those Cultural Centres and offers a classification through a table including networks of institutions of the thirty most significant Cultural Centres worldwide.
Rebecca Faulkner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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'For whom was built this special shell'? : exploring the adaptive use of religious buildings as museums, galleries and Cultural Centres
2020Co-Authors: Rebecca FaulknerAbstract:Religious buildings have, for centuries, occupied a crucial position at the heart of our civic Centres; anchoring communities through an emphasis on ritual, tradition and continuity. In recent years as urban neighbourhood perimeters shift in response to waves of immigration, and the cohesive congregations that supported them disperse, many buildings face abandonment or closure. In the last twenty‐five years a number of houses of worship have been adapted into museums and venues for Cultural exchange, aiming to honour and interpret the religious history of the building while promoting dialogue with a diverse local community. This thesis explores the trend for adapting and converting houses of worship into museums and Cultural Centres. It assesses three unique sites as case studies: a former synagogue in London’s East End, a functioning synagogue on the Lower East Side of New York, and a former Methodist church in Cape Town, South Africa, as well as emerging sites located in active Anglican churches in London and the south east. My thesis postulates that former sacred places can be re‐animated by an arts group responding to the building’s spiritual legacy; utilising it to demonstrate a powerful link between the existing community and its early congregants. I argue that multiuse buildings which promote secular Cultural programming while continuing to house a congregation may appeal to members of the public who do not necessarily identify with mainstream museum culture. This presents the field of museum studies with a new model for the ‘participatory’ museum: a landmark building which can respond to the distinct needs of a multi‐faith, ‘multicentred’ society. The analysis my thesis provides locates my work within at the intersection of theory and practice, and within broader developments in the disciplines of Cultural, urban and museum studies, providing a socio‐historical perspective on a new kind of museum. It is intended to be used as a modus operandi for adaptive use by religious buildings.
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for whom was built this special shell exploring the adaptive use of religious buildings as museums galleries and Cultural Centres
2015Co-Authors: Rebecca FaulknerAbstract:Religious buildings have, for centuries, occupied a crucial position at the heart of our civic Centres; anchoring communities through an emphasis on ritual, tradition and continuity. In recent years as urban neighbourhood perimeters shift in response to waves of immigration, and the cohesive congregations that supported them disperse, many buildings face abandonment or closure. In the last twenty‐five years a number of houses of worship have been adapted into museums and venues for Cultural exchange, aiming to honour and interpret the religious history of the building while promoting dialogue with a diverse local community. This thesis explores the trend for adapting and converting houses of worship into museums and Cultural Centres. It assesses three unique sites as case studies: a former synagogue in London’s East End, a functioning synagogue on the Lower East Side of New York, and a former Methodist church in Cape Town, South Africa, as well as emerging sites located in active Anglican churches in London and the south east. My thesis postulates that former sacred places can be re‐animated by an arts group responding to the building’s spiritual legacy; utilising it to demonstrate a powerful link between the existing community and its early congregants. I argue that multiuse buildings which promote secular Cultural programming while continuing to house a congregation may appeal to members of the public who do not necessarily identify with mainstream museum culture. This presents the field of museum studies with a new model for the ‘participatory’ museum: a landmark building which can respond to the distinct needs of a multi‐faith, ‘multicentred’ society. The analysis my thesis provides locates my work within at the intersection of theory and practice, and within broader developments in the disciplines of Cultural, urban and museum studies, providing a socio‐historical perspective on a new kind of museum. It is intended to be used as a modus operandi for adaptive use by religious buildings.
Menachem Keren-kratz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The social and Cultural role of small Jewish literary Centres – the case of Sighet, Romania
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 2016Co-Authors: Menachem Keren-kratzAbstract:ABSTRACTWhen scholars speak of Cultural Centres, and particularly when they refer to pre-Second World War Jewish literature and the Jewish press, they generally mean those that existed in the large cities of Europe and America. This article suggests that researchers should take note of the fact that Cultural Centres evolved also in smaller and more remote locations. Whereas the Centres in the big cities catered to a Jewish population that was largely well educated and modernized, those located in rural areas had to accommodate a less educated and more traditional public. Consequently, these Cultural Centres, such as the one discussed in this article, frequently played a far more significant social role than did those in the large cities. Understanding how these small town Centres developed and operated will contribute to a more comprehensive mapping of Jewish culture in pre-Second World War Europe. It will likewise document the irrecoverable loss that Jewish culture suffered as a result of the Holocaust.