Formal organizational structures and patterns of production and distribution of culture typical in most major cities emerged with, and are patterned after, Industrial Age thinking and Eurocentric cultural forms. These modernist, hierarchical, centralized, mass-production-oriented models-that separate art producer from consumer-face unprecedented challenges. In this article I argue that urban cultural infrastructures, and the institutions and organizing principles that comprise them, are being undermined and replaced. Research into the cultural infrastructure of California's Silicon Valley finds more decentralized, non-hierarchical, participatory, and culturally-diverse patterns. These stand out in comparison with nine other U.S. cites. This contemporary cradle of innovation and its cultural infrastructure similar forms of participant-generated self-expression, interaction, and self-organizing emerging from the region’s corporate cubicles and start-up garages. I call for more research on how urban cultural infrastructures are likely to evolve and suggest that Silicon Valley, and its core city of San Jose, offer some indications.
{"title":"The Emergence of a New Cultural Infrastructure: Lessons from Silicon Valley","authors":"Tom Borrup","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2011.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2011.1","url":null,"abstract":"Formal organizational structures and patterns of production and distribution of culture typical in most major cities emerged with, and are patterned after, Industrial Age thinking and Eurocentric cultural forms. These modernist, hierarchical, centralized, mass-production-oriented models-that separate art producer from consumer-face unprecedented challenges. In this article I argue that urban cultural infrastructures, and the institutions and organizing principles that comprise them, are being undermined and replaced. Research into the cultural infrastructure of California's Silicon Valley finds more decentralized, non-hierarchical, participatory, and culturally-diverse patterns. These stand out in comparison with nine other U.S. cites. This contemporary cradle of innovation and its cultural infrastructure similar forms of participant-generated self-expression, interaction, and self-organizing emerging from the region’s corporate cubicles and start-up garages. I call for more research on how urban cultural infrastructures are likely to evolve and suggest that Silicon Valley, and its core city of San Jose, offer some indications.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"2 1","pages":"16-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Con"ict resolution scholars are increasingly revising an earlier skepticism about the place of emotions in mediation. This view portrayed the mediator’s role as focusing on the rational and verbal. A more holistic approach recognizes the signi !cance of emotions in forming judgments and their positive contribution to the resolution of con"ict. This article considers the potential of mobile music in accessing the emotional realm. Millions of consumers of music can no longer be regarded as passive recipients, as mobile music devices enable them to take control of their listening and create the soundtrack to all aspects of their lives. The article suggests possible ways to harness this phenomenon to develop emotional literacy, critical to con"ict resolution and described by Goleman as “the master aptitude.” 1
{"title":"Emotional Literacy for the iPod®Generation How Mobile Music Could Help in the Resolution of Conflict","authors":"C. Irvine","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2011.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2011.11","url":null,"abstract":"Con\"ict resolution scholars are increasingly revising an earlier skepticism about the place of emotions in mediation. This view portrayed the mediator’s role as focusing on the rational and verbal. A more holistic approach recognizes the signi !cance of emotions in forming judgments and their positive contribution to the resolution of con\"ict. This article considers the potential of mobile music in accessing the emotional realm. Millions of consumers of music can no longer be regarded as passive recipients, as mobile music devices enable them to take control of their listening and create the soundtrack to all aspects of their lives. The article suggests possible ways to harness this phenomenon to develop emotional literacy, critical to con\"ict resolution and described by Goleman as “the master aptitude.” 1","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"3 1","pages":"116-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Observing an apparent shift in the relationship between place and performance in creative work and audience behavior, Rede!ning Places for Art explored whether, how, why, and to what extent artists, administrators and audiences consider places as an essential aspect of the twenty-!rst century performance experience. The research examined six clusters of arts organizations in Queensland (Australia), from larger ‘"agship companies’ to small regional arts initiatives. Extensive interviews with key artistic decision-makers, focus groups with audience members, and a study of statistical data con!rmed that no matter what their experience with performance, Queensland audiences are highly discerning about place. Important insights uncovered through this research include an increasing desire among audiences to curate their own experiences, artists and administrators seek to negotiate place alongside production values and "exibility, and the realization that arts policies and funding may not yet fully re"ect the current dynamic relationship between place and performance.
{"title":"Redefining Places for Art","authors":"H. Schippers, H. Lancaster","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2011.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2011.9","url":null,"abstract":"Observing an apparent shift in the relationship between place and performance in creative work and audience behavior, Rede!ning Places for Art explored whether, how, why, and to what extent artists, administrators and audiences consider places as an essential aspect of the twenty-!rst century performance experience. The research examined six clusters of arts organizations in Queensland (Australia), from larger ‘\"agship companies’ to small regional arts initiatives. Extensive interviews with key artistic decision-makers, focus groups with audience members, and a study of statistical data con!rmed that no matter what their experience with performance, Queensland audiences are highly discerning about place. Important insights uncovered through this research include an increasing desire among audiences to curate their own experiences, artists and administrators seek to negotiate place alongside production values and \"exibility, and the realization that arts policies and funding may not yet fully re\"ect the current dynamic relationship between place and performance.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"3 1","pages":"80-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66674123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Similarities and differences among arts programs for persons with disabilities are discussed with a focus on Very Special Arts Art programs in the USA and the Art for All programs in Thailand. Other examples of arts programs for individuals with special needs in the USA and Canada are also presented. A case for ways the Art for All programs can become an instrument for social change and a model of a creative urban community is also made.
{"title":"Developing Urban Creative Communities through the Arts in Thailand, Canada, and USA","authors":"F. Anderson","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.5","url":null,"abstract":"Similarities and differences among arts programs for persons with disabilities are discussed with a focus on Very Special Arts Art programs in the USA and the Art for All programs in Thailand. Other examples of arts programs for individuals with special needs in the USA and Canada are also presented. A case for ways the Art for All programs can become an instrument for social change and a model of a creative urban community is also made.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"17 1","pages":"96-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article relates performance literacy to storytelling as a foundation for the making of democratic narratives and communities. It explains how the aesthetic potential of all public space is shaped by the relationship between historical memory and imagined communities, and how both affect the intimate dialogic performance of everyday life. From these foundations, the article argues for the decolonization of our internal dialogue through intercultural literacy to nurture participatory democracy and a new paradigm of education based on sustainable transformation and cooperation.
{"title":"Dialogic Performance: Towards a Pedagogy of Transformance","authors":"D. Cohen","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.6","url":null,"abstract":"This article relates performance literacy to storytelling as a foundation for the making of democratic narratives and communities. It explains how the aesthetic potential of all public space is shaped by the relationship between historical memory and imagined communities, and how both affect the intimate dialogic performance of everyday life. From these foundations, the article argues for the decolonization of our internal dialogue through intercultural literacy to nurture participatory democracy and a new paradigm of education based on sustainable transformation and cooperation.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"118-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A major element in the social understanding of urban culture is the relationship between social change and its impact on artistic culture. In Japan, the Koto is a musical instrument that plays a major role in Japanese urban society as its character has been dynamically developed along with Japanese urban culture and society. The changes to playing techniques and the birth of new ones along with various tempo changes in melody create a contemporary sound, which reflects more playing freedom. Additionally, differences in the style of switching the playing pressure applied to the strings have occurred as well as the new colorful combination of Koto with opera singing. These above mentioned developments and changes have been directly influenced by social urbanization in direction, degree, and character.
{"title":"Playing Techniques of New Pieces of Koto Music in Japanese Urban Culture","authors":"Kumkom Pornprasit","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.12","url":null,"abstract":"A major element in the social understanding of urban culture is the relationship between social change and its impact on artistic culture. In Japan, the Koto is a musical instrument that plays a major role in Japanese urban society as its character has been dynamically developed along with Japanese urban culture and society. The changes to playing techniques and the birth of new ones along with various tempo changes in melody create a contemporary sound, which reflects more playing freedom. Additionally, differences in the style of switching the playing pressure applied to the strings have occurred as well as the new colorful combination of Koto with opera singing. These above mentioned developments and changes have been directly influenced by social urbanization in direction, degree, and character.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"178-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
At its inception in Hungary in the 1970s, the gatherings of young urban musicians at which they performed rural dance music for urban audiences had clearly political connotations. These gatherings, named Dance House or “Tanchaz” in Hungarian, were meant to be an alternative to the Soviet-style choreographed stage presentations of “folklore”. As the model spread to other European countries, the political overtones became either different or irrelevant as the gatherings became largely recognized as both learning and entertaining events for urbanites. This presentation first contextualizes the appearance of the Dance House in the words of some of its creators and practitioners. This is followed by an analytical overview of Dance House gatherings in various parts of Europe. The central part of the presentation provides a detailed examination of the application of the Hungarian model in Slovenia. Based on multifarious experiences with Dance House in Slovenia and other European countries, the paper ends up with suggestions on possible applications of this model and its variants in worldwide contexts.
{"title":"Dance House: European Models of Folk Music and Dance Revival in Urban Settings","authors":"S. Pettan","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.7","url":null,"abstract":"At its inception in Hungary in the 1970s, the gatherings of young urban musicians at which they performed rural dance music for urban audiences had clearly political connotations. These gatherings, named Dance House or “Tanchaz” in Hungarian, were meant to be an alternative to the Soviet-style choreographed stage presentations of “folklore”. As the model spread to other European countries, the political overtones became either different or irrelevant as the gatherings became largely recognized as both learning and entertaining events for urbanites. This presentation first contextualizes the appearance of the Dance House in the words of some of its creators and practitioners. This is followed by an analytical overview of Dance House gatherings in various parts of Europe. The central part of the presentation provides a detailed examination of the application of the Hungarian model in Slovenia. Based on multifarious experiences with Dance House in Slovenia and other European countries, the paper ends up with suggestions on possible applications of this model and its variants in worldwide contexts.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"128-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study is a recent review of the use of music for healthcare in urban parks in five districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It was found that music played a central role in many activities supportive of physical and mental health. This paper will discuss the role of music in supporting the health of Bangkok’s residents through its use in a variety of public park programs. Some examples are group aerobics, yoga and various genres of dance. The research found that although these activities are well attended and beneficial to health, there is a lack of unified, supportive policies for them. Interviews were conducted on three levels: facility managers and coordinators, group instructors, and participants who uniformly expressed the importance of the role of government for these programs’ sustainability and growth.
{"title":"Beyond Entertainment: Music and Health Care in Urban Parks","authors":"Bussakorn Binson","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.8","url":null,"abstract":"This study is a recent review of the use of music for healthcare in urban parks in five districts of Bangkok, Thailand. It was found that music played a central role in many activities supportive of physical and mental health. This paper will discuss the role of music in supporting the health of Bangkok’s residents through its use in a variety of public park programs. Some examples are group aerobics, yoga and various genres of dance. The research found that although these activities are well attended and beneficial to health, there is a lack of unified, supportive policies for them. Interviews were conducted on three levels: facility managers and coordinators, group instructors, and participants who uniformly expressed the importance of the role of government for these programs’ sustainability and growth.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"138-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pirit is an important Buddhist ceremony with healing aims in Sri Lanka. Centered on chanting provided by monks, this communal event can take place in a variety of environments and remains open to everyone. This article provides an insight into the history of pirit, and its aims and functions in contemporary circumstances. It discusses its therapeutic potential and its presence in and applicability to a modern city environment.
{"title":"Community Music Therapy in Action: Healing Through Pirit Chanting in Sri Lanka","authors":"Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.9","url":null,"abstract":"Pirit is an important Buddhist ceremony with healing aims in Sri Lanka. Centered on chanting provided by monks, this communal event can take place in a variety of environments and remains open to everyone. This article provides an insight into the history of pirit, and its aims and functions in contemporary circumstances. It discusses its therapeutic potential and its presence in and applicability to a modern city environment.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"148-156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article discusses the developmental process of art projects in Bangkok’s public spaces in response to research on harnessing art as a life development tool. Moreover, the article describes how artistic programs may assist in diluting egocentrism while at the same time, reinforcing individuals’ emotional intelligence.
{"title":"The Progression of Art in Bangkok’s Public Spaces","authors":"Kamol Phaosavasdi","doi":"10.14456/JUCR.2010.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14456/JUCR.2010.3","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the developmental process of art projects in Bangkok’s public spaces in response to research on harnessing art as a life development tool. Moreover, the article describes how artistic programs may assist in diluting egocentrism while at the same time, reinforcing individuals’ emotional intelligence.","PeriodicalId":40637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Culture Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"74-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66673725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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