The City in Cultural Context

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
The City

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EXPERTISE AND THE SOURCES OF THE RUSSIAN WOODEN SCULPTURE "NIKOLA MTSENSKY" ORIGINATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
M.A. KOMOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

The purpose of the article is to present the history and the analysis of the Russian wooden sculpture “Nikola Мtsenskiy” results of the examination from Peter and Paul Cathedral in Mtsensk. For the first time, the author conducted a historical and cultural examination of this object for religious purposes. The article defines the historical and cultural context of this object existence, its veneration as a relic, the problem of comparing the “The Legend of the appearance of the miraculous icon of St. Nicholas Wonderworker in the city of Mtsensk” and the preserved sculpture. The author also examines the historical and artistic sources of origin of similar items in the culture of the medieval Moscow state. The author dates the preserved fragment of the sculpture from Mtsensk Peter and Paul Cathedral to the late 1600s.

Research on the Urban Ecological Landscape Based on the Theory of Chinese Garden City

2014 ◽  
Vol 651-653 ◽  
pp. 1236-1239
Author(s):  
Dong Chu
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Garden City ◽  
City Development ◽  
The West ◽  
Ecological Concept ◽  
Rapid Removal ◽  
Testing Field ◽  
Ecological Landscape ◽  
The City

China has been westernized in the process of the urbanization. Because of the rapid removal and reconstruction, many strange buildings are being built and our cities are becoming the testing field, which bring a permanent scar for the context of the city. Western forms are introduced and buildings are copying blindly. The westernized Chinese landscape has no cultural foundation as it is in the west. Chinese Garden City is a kind of Chinese ecological concept expression. It is not an attempt to searching for a universal design mode or a superficial copy of nature. This is a profound consideration about the urbanization of China. It is not a reflection of the traditional style, but an inevitable result of the city development. The concept of the Chinese Garden City establishes a new humanistic platform conforming to the Chinese cultural context and promotes design to return to the roots of the national culture.

scholarly journals Exploring Successful Small Urban Spaces’ Criteria with Emphasis on Cultural Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-482
Author(s):  
Parvin Partovi ◽  
Kebria Sedaghat Rostami ◽  
Amir Shakibamanesh
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The City

In the crowded cities of the present age, public spaces can provide a quiet area away from the hustle and bustle of the city that citizens can interact with by incorporating utility features and meeting human needs and Relax there. Small urban spaces are among the most important and effective urban spaces to achieve this goal. Because these spaces due to their small size and lower costs (compared to larger spaces) for construction can be created in large numbers and distributed throughout the city. In this way, citizens will be able to reach a public urban space on foot in a short time. If these spaces are well designed, they can encourage people to stay in and interact with each other. It is not difficult to identify and experience high-quality successful places, but identifying the reasons for their success is difficult and even more difficult, understanding if similar spaces in other places can be considered successful. This question is important because public space with deep social content is considered a cultural product. Public space is the product of the historical and socio-cultural forces of society. Therefore, one of the most important issues that should be considered in the study of public spaces and the reasons for their success is the cultural context. In Iranian cities that have been influenced by the values and principles of Islam,recognizing Islamic principles and their role in shaping public spaces can lead us to desirable results. The purpose of this article is to develop a conceptual model of successful small urban spaces with an emphasis on cultural issues, especially in Iranian-Islamic cities. In this regard, the effective criteria for the success of urban spaces in general and small urban spaces in particular in the two categories of Western countries and Iranian Islamic cities were examined and then, taking into account the criteria derived from cultural theorists, the conceptual model of research with 38 subcriteria is provided.

scholarly journals HUNGARIAN AND SLOVAK ISSUES IN THE TEXTS OF LAJOS HAAN IN THE BACKGROUND OF CULTURAL AND LITERARY SCIENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-674
Author(s):  
Patrik Šenkár
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Complex Activity ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Historical Basis ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The City

Slovaks living abroad form an integral part of the Slovak national cultural context. They create values that need to be preserved, enhanced and point out their versatility and use for contemporary forms of cultural identification. Slovaks in Hungary, who have been living in the vicinity of Békéscsaba for more than three hundred years, are also an important component of the Slovak minority of Hungarian Lowland. From this “Slovak Palestine”, as Ján Kollár named it, in the 18th and 19th century a historical-religious-cultural center of Slovaks (and also Hungarians) was created, which can still be rightfully proud of its heritage. Being a part of it, as a kind of pioneer, even as a historical basis, is also the personality of Lajos Haan (1818-1891), who performed his versatile activity in the chronotope of “Hungarian and Slovak” Békéscsaba. In this spirit, the article interprets his letters, his diary, “Pamätnosti” (Memoirs) and “Dejiny” (History), while presenting material and immaterial sources, monuments, inspirations that have been, are and will certainly be useful in artistic, cultural and literary “communication”. It is based on the attributes of cultural and literary science, which is thus an integrative model of literature research: a set of approaches that focus on cultural topics, theories and methods. The region of Békéscsaba ( pars pro toto: contemporary Hungary) is its focus. In selected texts of his material writings, Lajos Haan reflects his closer understanding of cooperation with the environment, from a broader point of view the intra- and interculturality of Hungarians and Slovaks: their coexistence, cooperation and diverse creative efforts. It points out the importance of Haanʼs personal contacts within the contemporary social environment, which is also specified in his personal letters. Memoirs are a testimony of an intellectual from the second half of the 19 century; to today's reader they will reveal the “strange, interesting, Hungarian” atmosphere of the time - in the background of social, political, historical, cultural and literary attributes. The description of the characteristic features of the city is a symbol of the peaceful coexistence of nations and nationalities in the Lowlands. In fact, the article presents the complex activity of an unusual personality: a Hungarian historian and a Slovak priest in one person, Lajos Haan, whose texts are interesting and current for today.

REVIEW OF: YE. G. VYRSHCHIKOV “CITY — VILLAGE — FOREST: THE WORLD OF THE CREATORS OF THE PALI CANON AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES”

2020 ◽  
pp. 313-317
Author(s):  
Elena V. Tyulina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Intermediate Area ◽  
Robin Hood ◽  
Pali Canon ◽  
The World ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The City ◽  
City Village ◽  
Pāli Canon

Following is a review оf the monograph published in 2019 by Yevgeniy G. Vyrshchikov ‘City — Village — Forest: The World of the Creators of the Pali Canon and Their Contemporaries’, which was published in 2019 by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (editors: V. V. Vertogradova and V. P. Androsov). This work is a cultural study of the so called Pali Canon, or Tipitaka — the early Buddhist Canon of the Theravada school. It is mainly devoted to ideas about space and related views on the structure of the world and society. To understand the cultural context of the existence of early Buddhist ideas about the world, other sources are also involved — Buddhist, Brahmanic and Hindu texts: Ceylon’s mahavamsa, Arthashastra, Ramayana, Chitrasutra, other Sanskrit texts and Ashoka’s epigraphic inscriptions. In addition, ancient sources are used, such as Strabo’s “Geography”, as well as medieval English ballads about Robin Hood. According to the author, the world of the Pali Canon is divided into three main units of space: The most sacred and pure is the forest — the place where shramans and other ascetics live. Its opposite is the city, which embodies all that is worldly, contrary to asceticism and opposed to it. They are separated by an intermediate area — the countryside (janapada). The monograph explores all three components of this world, analyzes the necessary terminology and conceptual apparatus. The review provides an overview of the main provisions of the monograph and makes some critical comments on its text.

Simple Discussion on Creating a Historical and Cultural Concept on City Square Design — Exemplified by Hundred Miles of the Yellow River in Lanzhou

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3435-3439
Author(s):  
Ming Hui Ye ◽  
Xiang Wu Meng ◽  
Han Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Lanzhou City ◽  
Spiritual Civilization ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Line Design ◽  
The City

City square, as a major public urban space. By a sense of spiritual civilization, it should be a window of the city and essential building space to daily life of local residents; it also bears an important heritage city in cultural context responsibility. Based on the Yellow River in Lanzhou City, Barry style line design concept of the study, analyzed and summarized, presented the concept of square designs to create a historical and cultural context of urban culture, the importance of heritage and modern artistic expression should be on urban history and culture diversity to interpretation, to make people re-establish the cultural identity for the city to gain ownership of the spirit.

The Conservation of the Industrial Heritage Road — Taking "Tianjin Tractor Factory" Site Revival as an Example

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 2901-2904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Rui Zhang ◽  
Yong Tian ◽  
Chun Mei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Construction ◽  
Traditional Industry ◽  
The City ◽  
Factory Site ◽  
Careful Investigation

Industrial heritage or problems in modern city construction has been the focus of concern and controversy, Tianjin as an important port city of China in modern, the previous light and heavy industrial production activities in the city left numbers of traces. There is no longer have traditional industry vitality in these industry base, we should be how to locate it? We have make great errors in "construction" and got the demolitions in our city, but also we accumulated a lot of experience too. Through careful investigation we found both not indulging in idle space in the old city has become a knot, also not be reckless of the cultural context in which the demolition and reconstruction, After all we are in decision-making mistakes in a short moment lost the "Tianjin ancient fossils -- old Chengxiang". To achieve sustainable city construction, we should respect the continuity of development of things, equilibrium and the public. Based on the transformation of "Tractor factory of Nankai District in Tianjin as example, we hope to explore and find some strategy in economy, balanced and sustainable development of industrial building heritages.

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AS CULTURAL VALUE. VILNIUS CASE / SOVIETINIŲ METŲ ARCHITEKTŪRA KAIP KULTŪROS VERTYBĖ VILNIAUS ATVEJIS

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liutauras Nekrošius
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Public Image ◽  
New Town ◽  
Historical Objects ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The City

Within the whole town scale, the heritage objects of Vilnius contemporary architecture represent a relatively small (40 out of more then 2,500), but rather significant – due to their typological composition (most important public objects and districts of the city) and geographical location (centers and sub-centers) - group of buildings highly influencing the image of the capital city. The group encompasses the town-planning objects (two residential districts, students’ campus in Saulėtekis Ave, the New Town Center and complex of the Parliament buildings), architecture objects (15 public use buildings, 3 public interiors and 6 apartment houses), as well as historical objects (1 bridge, 1 public use and 1 residential buildings). The group of protected heritage objects was mostly developed during the occupation period, in the 1980-ies, according to the legislation of the time, prevalent political and artistic trends, as well as conditions of the planned economy and state (public) ownership. Following the essential transformations in the socio-cultural context, this group has been failed to reevaluate in a systemic way, without any new structure and conservation concept being formed in compliance with the new conditions. This has inflicted some damage to expression of the public image of the city and understanding of its values, needless to say that highly valuable buildings have been just left to fade away. Considering that it is highly relevant to maintain the most valuable architectural objects of the second half of the 20th century for future generations, it is essential to perform a physical status and use monitoring of heritage objects of contemporary architecture, update the data of heritage stocktaking, identify the boundaries of authorship rights (copyright) and real estate cultural heritage protection, estimate values of the protected objects, reconsider the ways of management and coordinate the processes of document revision and building renovation/ transformation. Santrauka Šiandieninėje Lietuvoje vykstantis sovietinių metų modernizmo architektūros paveldo objektų apsaugos procesas ir taikomos priemonės straipsnyje nagrinėjami remiantis Vilniaus miesto pavyzdžiu. Analizuojami po 1961 m., t. y. formalaus amžiaus cenzo neatitinkantys, Vilniuje įgyvendinti architektūrinio ir urbanistinio vertingųjų savybių pobūdžio nekilnojamojo kultūros paveldo objektai ir vietovės. Tokių kūrinių Kultūros vertybių registre įvairiais skaičiavimais yra apie 40. Ši grupė XX a. II-ojoje pusėje formuota kaip raiškiai atspindinti laikotarpio architektūrinės kūrybos tendencijas bei tuometes politines nuostatas, tačiau po 1990 m. iš esmės nerevizuota, šiandien dėl pakitusių sociokultūrinių ir ekonominių sąlygų praranda turėtą artikuliaciją. Tai lėmė ir skirtingą objektų fizinę būklę. Straipsnyje siekiama atskleisti aktualiausias problemas, susijusias su kūrinių saugojimu, su įvykusiais objektų ir vietovių pakitimais. Svarstomos galimos tolesnės saugojimo kryptys, būdai. Bandoma formuluoti svarbius konceptualiuosius ir vertybinius klausimus, autoriaus manymu, būtinus kelti platesnių profesinių ir mokslinių diskusijų lygmeniu.

scholarly journals City of consumption/city as goods the morphology of the city as a center of consumption and as an object of consumption

Sociologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Batarilo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Modern City ◽  
Symbolic Value ◽  
Consumption Activity ◽  
The City

This paper deals with the problem of changes in the morphology of the city as a result of the influence of certain aspects of the phenomenon of consumerism. The focus of the analysis is a modern city in a cultural context that is understood as a consumer society. Morphological changes of the city are concerning the consequences of building of large consumption structures that are becoming new centers in the urban fabric, and also the changes that occur in the scenography of the city as a space for advertising. The first part of the paper describes the city as the context of the predominance of the symbolic value over usefulness of the goods, where city itself becomes a commodity that provides profit - the city as a center of consumption becomes the object of consumption. Special attention is directed to the inevitability of shopping as the most dominant consumption activity in creating urbanity, and to its informal nature and tendency to ocupy every available space. The second part describes the changes in the morphology of the city. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of the analyzed problem with regard to the scale of the changes that affect the city under the influence of consumption/shopping, as well as the possibility and the need for action in the direction of its controlled development in the city.

Context, community and social capital in the governance of a New Zealand orchestra

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Organizational Practices ◽  
Postcolonial State ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Contextual Framework ◽  
The City

This chapter provides a social analysis of the governance of an orchestral board in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. The discussion interprets the ways context, community and social capital are interconnected concepts for understanding aspects of orchestral governance in a postcolonial state. The first part of the chapter provides a background to the orchestra under study, the Southern Sinfonia, in its cultural context, and it offers an historical and contextual framework for understanding this particular group’s raison d’être and its organizational practices. The second part discusses the contribution the orchestra’s board has made to the community it represents, especially with regard to its social and cultural links to key stakeholders. The last part focuses on the idea of social capital as a way of interpreting how the orchestra is connected with its local community.

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