Cultural Sustainability
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The need for studying culture as the most significant and determining factor in determining new ways to approach urban design and sustainability of cities has been gaining recent worldwide attention since the turn of the twenty-first... more
Submitted to the International Conference in Helsinki Culture(s) in sustainable futures: theories, policies, practices in May 2015. Sustainability is a concept that is included increasingly into different levels of policy-making of the... more
It should be obvious that culture matters to sustainable development. Yet almost 30 years after the Brundtland report ‘Our Common Future’ the incorporation of culture into sustainability debates seems to remain a great challenge, both... more
The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between culture-based tourism development and cultural sustainability in the established tourism destination of Gold Coast, Australia. It seeks to contribute to the debate on local... more
The richness of Africa’s heritage at times stands in stark contrast to the economic, health, political, and societal challenges that the continent faces across variegated contexts. Development is essential but in what forms? For whom?... more
Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the fourth pillar alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither... more
Applied ethnomusicologists and public folklorists in North America know that repeated visits to a musical community, with resultant friendships between culture workers and people making music, can lead to partnerships involving joint... more
This paper reviews the cultural sustainability discourse and discusses how community culture, community cultural capital and the elderly play a key role in helping communities sustain themselves over time. It argues that the elderly are... more
The Chinese have lived in single-extended-family courtyard houses in many parts of China for thousands of years. The earliest courtyard house found in China was during the Middle Neolithic period (5000-3000 BCE). The courtyard form... more
The “Education for All” (EFA), consistent with the call that "no one should be left behind," is a commitment that must reach the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/ IPs) in the Philippines who have been constantly... more
This is the syllabus and schedule for EDCI 6374. This is an application of the decolonizing education sciences in the context of the Rio Grande Valley that is designed for historical, cultural, and linguistic sustainability.
Sustainability has been defined in terms of three main pillars: environmental, social, and economic. Culture has now joined as a fourth and equally essential pillar, one that has led the discourse on sustainable tourism development.... more
"By Mark DeKay. Edited Susanne Bennett "This book offers practical and theoretical tools for more effective sustainable design solutions and for communicating sustainable design ideas to today's diverse stakeholders. It uses... more
The issue of the role of culture in a sustainable built environment is becoming more important due to the growing impact of the built environment in achieving society’s sustainable development. Society faces environmental challenges,... more
[Abstract in Khmer downloadable in PDF] Previous studies have explored the historical and social context for the endangerment and subsequent revitalization of Cambodian performing arts, but little work has focused on music, or the... more
In this paper we discuss the ways in which successive governments have addressed Indigenous affairs, and we argue that the Australian approach is still firmly rooted in colonial attitudes and discourses. Although self-determination is a... more
Culture is defined as both material and nonmaterial attributes of a society, as well as social organizations, oral and written literature, religion, myths, and values and norms representing the important aspects. Social practices,... more
Nachhaltigkeit ist ein Schlagwort, das in den letzten Jahren verstärkt in aller Munde ist. Aber kannten eigentlich antike Gesellschaften Formen von ‚Nachhaltigkeit‘? Wie gingen Griechen und Römer mit erschöpfbaren Ressourcen wie Wasser... more
Do mythological stories contain elements which we may term "ecological"? And how do the story elements of myths negotiate the interaction between human society and the nonhuman world? Starting from these questions, the essay looks at the... more
The aim of this research is to evaluate the range and types of sustainable development models that work with textile artisanship from the around the world, with a view of building a taxonomy of model types. The intent is to identify and... more
Master Thesis
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management
University of Arts in Belgrade
Université Lumière Lyon 2
2015
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management
University of Arts in Belgrade
Université Lumière Lyon 2
2015
The term “sustainable” can be found in both science and practice. It was accepted as a global concept of development in 1992 as a way of dealing with problems connected to the development of contemporary civilization. Three dimensions of... more
Autor: Duarte Fonseca Tiago. Dissertação de Mestrado - Empreendedorismo e Estudos da Cultura, Gestão Cultural. ISCTE - IUL. Lisboa, 2019 Resumo (PT): Esta investigação enuncia um olhar sobre três estâncias temporais (passado, presente... more
Dünyanın yeni bir ekonomik paradigmaya her zamankinden daha fazla ihtiyacı var. Özellikle son iki yüzyılda, başta Batı Avrupa ve ABD olmak üzere ülkeler ekonomik olarak çok hızlı büyümüş görünüyor. Bu agresif büyüme toplumların... more
During 2014 I gathered information on traditional weaving practices from 26 weavers from the islands of Flores, Solor and Lembata in Indonesia, including conversations on the topic of 'how did you learn to weave'. I discuss the findings,... more
Since research shows Sri Lanka is an easily adaptable and easily merges in with different cultures all around the world. My study will protect some of the key elements of our tradition and its attire and also the study will create... more
Urban conservation has been a subject of academic and professional discourse for over three decades. Conservation in this paper is seen as an umbrella term that covers a wide spectrum of issues that can be classified under three... more
The Anthropocene introduces a new 'universal collective'the human species seen as a group and acting as a global geophysical agent. This 'universal collective' has usually been written about from a Western perspective. It has rarely been... more
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit Dumpstern als kulturelle Praktik zum Verständnis nachhaltiger Kulturen bzw. kultureller Nachhaltigkeit beitragen kann. Das Retten von Lebensmitteln aus Müllcontainern wird... more