/ 1968
CULTURAL TOURISM POLICY
/in Cultural Policy /by Kcs21blAA / 1968
MEMORY OF SERBIA IN MEMORY OF EUROPE AND OF THE WORLD
/in E-Libraries /by Kcs21blAAThe National Strategy on digitization and preservation of cultural heritage in Serbia is not yet created nor adopted officially in Ministry of Culture, but the National Library of Serbia (NLS) is developing the Digital Library of Serbia (DLS) from 2003. NLS has more than 100 digital collections of cultural heritage material and about two million of digital items. From 2005, when the NLS became the full partner of The European Library project (TEL), all its digital collections are included at the TEL portal. From 2008, when the portal of Europeana was launched, all digital collections of the NLS are integrated at this portal. Most precious digital collections of the NLS are also part of the World Digital Library (WDL), project established by Unesco and Library of Congress. Although there is still no official Serbian strategy of digitization of cultural heritage, memory of Serbia has already became part of Europe’s memory and memory of the world.
/ 1968
THE CONCEPTION OF MYTH AS A PRODUCT OF THE “PRIMITIVE MENTALITY”
/in Anthropological Discussions, Cultural Anthropology /by Kcs21blAA / 1968
GLOCAL MULTIMEDIA ART
/in Philosophy of Media /by Kcs21blAAGlocalisation and Multimedia Art synchronization exclude negative effects of globalisation on the one hand and extreme local nationalism on the other hand, as well as predominance of mass media technology on human race. The real glocal approach existentially aims to artistic and scientific experiences conjoined. The Mass media (photography, comics, poster, radio, film, video-art, television and the internet) are very helpful to the artist: such media make special presentations possible (street or online performances), thus actualizing the next step in artistic development of maturing as artistic individualisation: social individualisation or socialisation through digitalized, bare, but penetrative feedback information. Once more in a nutshell: Multimedia Art is not just logically created multimedia from a technological point of view, but a synergic intensification and orchestration of Art work. Multimedia Art also emphasises intensification of existential supportings through “Einfühlung” (Empathy) and specifically New Inventing Perception, so we become more aware of personal freedom and individuality. There are not too many quality Multimedia Art works in the world, especially performances, due to their high costs, but we can invent some Primary Multimedia works of Art to use in practice, which we tried to show in the paragraph Experiences from practice.
/ 1968
THE LIGHT OF ALEXANDRIA BEACONS
/in E-Libraries /by Kcs21blAAInformation literacy is important for successful use of an electronic library to which users access by Internet. Application of information and communication technologies has been increasingly expanding and becoming part of everyday life in all developed countries of the world. Alexandria Proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning proclaims that information literacy and lifelong learning are the beacons of the information society, illuminating the courses to development, prosperity and freedom.“ Lifelong learning is the value that different countres and international institutions have set as universal and it is an important mission of every modern library. IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) recognizes information literacy as a “basic human right in a digital world that promotes social inclusion of all”. The paper provides some definitions of information literacy, short review of the Alexandria Manifesto, as well as strategic documents of Serbia in this important domain.
/ 1968
THE QUESTION OF CULTURAL POLICY AS A POLICY
/in Cultural Policy /by Kcs21blAAThe relationship between politics and culture in a multiparty representative democracy is in its very essence problematic. On the one hand there is the cultural sphere, stressing that culture and the arts must be independent and autonomous, even if – by force of circumstance – they are financially dependent on government. On the other hand, cultural policy as public policy cannot simply be excluded from the political system and delegated to the connoisseurs. The ruling policy which won the election has a democratic mandate to regulate public affairs – even in the field of culture. Due to the high specialization of social subsystems, which have become operationally closed organisms, there is an even greater threat of democratic deficit if politicians have to stay away from culture and arts. This attitude shakes the very foundations of democracy as a political form of government in which the governing power is derived from the people. A positive alternative to the arm’s length principle as an insulation of arts from politics, which potentially reduces the ability to attract and retain political support, should therefore be replaced by an arm-in-arm approach, i.e. a policy of interaction between the political authorities, professionals and citizens/users. This new deal should be based on inclusion in the political process (participative democracy) and the dialogue between them (deliberative democracy). The article proposes some elements that would enable this process.
The modern democratic formula is hidden in the winning combination of a strong state and strong civil society, where the magical balance between differentiation, politics and professionalisation is to be found. Only this balance can mutually neutralise the various dangers such as: differentiation with the unresolved problem of coordination and integration, politics that can change into partocracy, and professionalism that can succumb to opportunism and lead to technocracy. At the centre of this balance lies the need for re-affirmation of the public value of culture which presupposes its re-politisation.
/ 1968
SYNTHESIS OF ART: SOME QUESTIONS
/in Art theory, Themes /by Kcs21blAA / 1968
THIS WILL KILL THAT
/in Themes /by Kcs21blAAContact
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