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CULTURAL ANIMATION AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
/in Themes /by Kcs21blAAThe cultural tradition of Belgrade, created over several millennia of rises and falls, is one of the major city resources. However, culture did not get its deserved place in the strategic plans of Serbia, nor of Belgrade. This fact must be changed as soon as possible through a series of synchronized and meaningful actions, including a revival of the idea of cultural animation, not only as a subject of research projects but as a real activity of all relevant public and cultural institutions. Initial activities should cover evaluation of the real state of culture in Belgrade, preparing a list of cultural institutions of all levels and orientations, and also through a wider survey of cultural needs and habits of the population of Belgrade. Such researches should be a basis for defining a list of appropriate actions to articulate and stream the interests of Belgrade population towards true culture, but also free of elitism. Bringing culture to the population through educational and inspirational programs for youth and organizing specific programs in rural and suburban areas should be the key element of the newly established animation programs. In addition to this, already well– established cultural institutions need to join or support the activities of cultural entertainment that would be coordinated at the level of city government.
JAZZ AGE IMAGE
/in Visual Art as a Mass Communication Medium /by Kcs21blAAThis paper covers every kind of visual presentation of jazz, from advertising posters and newspaper advertisments, to neon signs, photos, album covers art and film. The performers, their instruments, popular bands, jazz clubs shown in jazz ambient were themes of visual presentation. If we look for a form of the greatest influence to the expansion of jazz, it would certainly be photography, and to this day it remains the most important genre visual representation.
CULTURAL POLICY VS. GLOBALIZATION – DIVERSITY AGAINST UNIFORMITY
/in Studies /by Kcs21blAAThe article Cultural Policy vs. Globalization – Diversity against Uniformity explores the contemporary globalization flows as well as the nature and the extent of its implications on world cultures. The focus is set on studying cultural policy areas that aim to diminish globalization negative consequences, responsible for making uniform cultural values and patterns. Firstly, it engages in understanding the globalization phenomena, its origins and causal processes, as well as the relevant theoretical perspectives. The complexity of cultural diversity and its relation to uniformity, standardization, homogenization and universalism is also examined. In the light of theoretical approaches, further analyses reveals how the European Union and international organizations shape the global level of cultural policy-making by creating instruments whose purpose is to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions. The results of implementation of these instruments into local context is an issue addressed in the third part of the article via empirical analysis. A comparative analysis of policy priorities, goals, strategies, instruments and measures in the cultural field of four elected countries, Denmark, Spain, Canada and Serbia, enables the verification of initial hypothesis and allows us to revise the role of nation state in the contemporary globalized world. The article examines the nature of relationship between the forces that uniform and those that diversify cultural expressions, giving its final judgment on whether the cultural policy-making can stand equal against cultural globalization.
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