Development Through Culture

Author : Rhonda Phillips,Mark A. Brennan,Tingxuan Li
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429951138

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Culture, Community, and Development by Rhonda Phillips,Mark A. Brennan,Tingxuan Li Pdf

Culture is a living thing. In social settings, it is often used to represent entire ways of life, including rules, values, and expected behavior. Varying from nation to nation, neighborhood to neighborhood and beyond, even in the smallest localities, culture is a motivating factor in the creation of social identity and serves as a basis for creating cohesion and solidarity. This book explores the intersection of culture and community as a basis for locally and regionally based development by focusing on three core bodies of literature: theory, research, and practice. The first section, theory, uncovers some of the more relevant historical arguments, as well as more contemporary examinations. Continuing, the research section sheds light on some of the key concepts, variables, and relationships present in the limited study of culture in community development. Finally, the practice section brings together research and theory into applied examples from on the ground efforts. During a time where the interest to retain the uniqueness of local life, traditions, and culture is significantly increasing in community-based development, the authors offer a global exploration of the impacts of culturally based development with comparative analysis in countries such as Korea, Ireland, and the United States. A must-read for community development planners, policymakers, students, and researchers.

Author : Susanne Schech,Jane Haggis
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0631209506

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Culture and Development by Susanne Schech,Jane Haggis Pdf

This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation.

Author : Sarah Radcliffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134274574

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Culture and Development in a Globalizing World by Sarah Radcliffe Pdf

Using recent research on development projects around the world, this book argues that culture has become an explicit tool and framework for development discourse and practice. Providing a theoretical and empirically informed critique, this informative book includes conceptual overviews and case studies on topics such as: development for indigenous people natural resource management social capital and global markets for Third World music post-apartheid South Africa cultural difference in the USA’s late capitalism. The editor concludes by evaluating the outcomes of development’s ‘cultural turn’, proposing a framework for future work in this field. By combining case studies from both ‘Third World’ and ‘First World’ countries, the book, ideal for those in the fields of geography, culture and development studies, raises innovative questions about the ‘transferability’ of notions of culture across the world, and the types of actors involved.

Author : John Clammer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317687788

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Art, Culture and International Development by John Clammer Pdf

Culture is not simply an explanation of last resort, but is itself a rich, multifaceted and contested concept and set of practices that needs to be expanded, appreciated and applied in fresh ways if it is to be both valued in itself and to be of use in practical development. This innovative book places culture, specifically in the form of the arts, back at the centre of debates in development studies by introducing new ways of conceptualizing art in relation to development. The book shows how the arts and development are related in very practical ways – as means to achieve development goals through visual, dramatic, filmic and craft-inspired ways. It advocates not so much culture and development, but rather for the development of culture. Without a cultural content to economic and social transformation the problems found in much development – up-rooting of cultures, loss of art forms, languages and modes of expression and performance – may only accelerate. Paying attention to the development of the arts as the content of development helps to amend this culturally destructive process. Finally, the book argues for the value of the arts in attaining sustainable cultures, promoting poverty alleviation, encouraging self-empowerment, stimulating creativity and the social imagination, which in turn flow back into wider processes of social transformation. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter make this book ideal to help foster further thinking and debate. This book is an inspiring read for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of development studies, cultural studies and sociology of development.

Author : Meade, Rosie,Shaw, Mae
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781447340515

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Arts, Culture and Community Development by Meade, Rosie,Shaw, Mae Pdf

Drawing on international examples, this book interrogates the relationship between the arts, culture and community development. Contributors from six continents, reimagine community development as they consider how aesthetic arts contribute to processes of peacebuilding, youth empowerment, participatory planning and environmental regeneration.

Author : Cindy Maguire,Ann Holt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000548907

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Arts and Culture in Global Development Practice by Cindy Maguire,Ann Holt Pdf

This book explores the role that arts and culture can play in supporting global international development. The book argues that arts and culture are fundamental to human development and can bring considerable positive results for helping to empower communities and provide new ways of looking at social transformation. Whilst most literature addresses culture in abstract terms, this book focuses on practice-based, collective, community-focused, sustainability-minded, and capacity-building examples of arts and development. The book draws on case studies from around the world, investigating the different ways practitioners are imagining or defining the role of arts and culture in Belize, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kosovo, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the USA, and Western Sahara refugee camps in Algeria. The book highlights the importance of situated practice, asking what questions or concerns practitioners have and inviting a dialogic sharing of resources and possibilities across different contexts. Seeking to highlight practices and conversations outside normative frameworks of understanding, this book will be a breath of fresh air to practitioners, policy makers, students, and researchers from across the fields of global development, social work, art therapy, and visual and performing arts education.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264009912

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Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and Local Development by OECD Pdf

This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.

Author : Jaan Valsiner
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761956839

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Culture and Human Development by Jaan Valsiner Pdf

This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Intended for students from undergraduate level upwards, the book provides a wide-ranging overview of the cultural perspective on human development, with illustrations from pre-natal development to adulthood. A key feature is the broad coverage of theoretical and methodological issues which have relevance to this truly interdisciplinary field of enquiry encompassing developmental psychology, cultural anthropology and comparative sociology. The text is organized into five coherent parts: Part 1: Developmental theory and methodology; Part 2: Analysis of environments for human development Part 3:

Author : Silvia Cerisola
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788975292

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Cultural Heritage, Creativity and Economic Development by Silvia Cerisola Pdf

The book explores the relationship between cultural heritage and local economic development by introducing the original idea that one possible mediator between the two can be identified as creativity. The book econometrically verifies this idea and demonstrates that cultural heritage, through its inspirational role on different creative talents, generates an indirect positive effect on local economic development. These results justify important new policy recommendations in the field of cultural heritage.

Author : Unesco
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789231040771

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Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue by Unesco Pdf

This report analyses all aspects of cultural diversity, which has emerged as a key concern of the international community in recent decades, and maps out new approaches to monitoring and shaping the changes that are taking place. It highlights, in particular, the interrelated challenges of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue and the way in which strong homogenizing forces are matched by persistent diversifying trends. The report proposes a series of ten policy-oriented recommendations, to the attention of States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, international and regional bodies, national institutions and the private sector on how to invest in cultural diversity. Emphasizing the importance of cultural diversity in different areas (languages, education, communication and new media development, and creativity and the marketplace) based on data and examples collected from around the world, the report is also intended for the general public. It proposes a coherent vision of cultural diversity and clarifies how, far from being a threat, it can become beneficial to the action of the international community.

Author : Anne Edwards,Marilyn Fleer,Louise Bøttcher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811368264

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Cultural-Historical Approaches to Studying Learning and Development by Anne Edwards,Marilyn Fleer,Louise Bøttcher Pdf

This collection of papers examines key ideas in cultural-historical approaches to children’s learning and development and the cultural and institutional conditions in which they occur. The collection is given coherence by a focus on the intellectual contributions made by Professor Mariane Hedegaard to understandings of children’s learning through the prism of the interplay of society, institution and person. She has significantly shaped the field through her scholarly consideration of foundational concepts and her creative attention to the fields of activity she studies. The book brings together examples of how these concepts have been employed and developed in a study of learning and development. The collection allows the contributing scholars to reveal their reactions to Hedegaard’s contributions in discussions of their own work in the field of children’s learning and the conditions in which it occurs.

Author : Ahmad Shehu Abdussalam,Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe,Sola Timothy Babatunde,Olutola Opeyemi Akindipe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000203202

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Culture and Development in Africa and the Diaspora by Ahmad Shehu Abdussalam,Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe,Sola Timothy Babatunde,Olutola Opeyemi Akindipe Pdf

This book examines the intersection between cultural identities and development in African and the Diaspora from multidisciplinary perspectives. Starting with the premise that culture is one of the most significant factors in development, the book examines diverse topics such as the migrations of musical forms, social media, bilingualism and religion. Foregrounding the work of Africa based scholars, the book presents strategies for identifying solutions to the challenges facing African culture and development. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African Studies and African Culture and Society.

Author : Wolfgang Friedlmeier,Pradeep Chakkarath,Beate Schwarz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135420925

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Culture and Human Development by Wolfgang Friedlmeier,Pradeep Chakkarath,Beate Schwarz Pdf

As intercultural encounters between people in the modern world become more common, important questions have been raised about the nature of culture-specific differences and similarities. Focusing on the relationship between culture and human development, this timely book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of key developmental processes. It combines psychological and sociological approaches with cross-cultural research to examine phenomena such as the transfer of culture between generations and the universality of attachment theory. Drawing on detailed research from a range of cultural groups, leading international researchers consider the impact of social change and modernization on the development of the individual and at the societal level. Theoretical and methodological issues are presented in terms of how to apply the results of cross-cultural research as well as recent empirical research done in specialized areas of the field. Finally, short-term intercultural exchanges are examined and used to suggest some of the potential practical uses of cross-cultural research for the future. This book will be essential reading for anyone studying or researching in cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, acculturation or behavioral development. It will also prove an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in sociology and the social sciences in general.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231003523

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Culture and public policy for sustainable development by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Vivekananda Kendra,S. Gurumurthy
Publisher : Vivekananda Kendra Intitute of Culture
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789383079148

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Development Through Culture by Vivekananda Kendra,S. Gurumurthy Pdf

Culture is a collective word. It nurtures people, nurtures communities, empires, nations. It is an identity, not only in clothes, art forms but also in thought and behaviour and in the way we relate to the known and the unknown. It defines the Macro Person called the community and its relationship with the Micro Person called the individual. It brings unity and not uniformity, for culture celebrates variety. Lack of understanding of these strength leads to conflicts; clear understanding leads to meaningful, sustainable and harmonious development. Development takes place when culture, cultural forms are validated to meet the needs of the time. This book is a compilation of talks and papers presented by well known Economist S. Gurumurthy. The thought marks a paradigm shift in approach to culture and development.