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NOTES CONCERNING THE SITUATION OF ART CRITICISM

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TRACING MATERIAL CULTURE IN LIKA

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(LACK OF) CULTURE IN DIGITAL AGE

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Digital language is the language of young generations; they process information very differently from previous generations. There is sufficient evidence to confirm that the impact of digital technology on youth is unjustly neglected and that the educational institutions and the authorities have a serious commitment to research this area. There is no education without communication, but what kind of communication is necessary for educational system in digital age? In the time before the advent of electronic mass media, the teacher was the most important for providing information about the world; he/she was responsible for setting up a student’s system of values as well as society norms. The digital age has brought skills such as assessment, analysis, access, participation and creativity, necessary for solving everyday problems. The global phenomenon of “digital natives” is discussed in a critical analysis and with special attention to their ability to learn in a traditional education system.

CULTURE, MUSIC, POLITICS

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN FORMING OF THE NATIONAL BRAND

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This paper deals with the national brand as combined thoughts, feelings and images that certain groups can have about their own country or a foreign one. This paper also analyzes how this image is being constructed, as well as many economic and political consequences of a positive national brand that a country can have. Special attention is given on how students, future leaders, see the role of culture and cultural heritage in improving the image of Serbia in the world.

CHILDREN AND CULTURE IN SERBIA

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the outcomes and potentials of culture for children and youth in Serbia in order to create a critical survey and clear picture of the current position of culture and art in the lives of children and youth and create a possible strategy for development of culture for children and youth. The relations between culture, adults and youth, presented in the introduction of this paper, show that family environment has a great role in shaping the cultural needs and habits of children and youth. The second part of the paper includes international documents and articles related to children and youth rights to culture. Furthermore, the paper analyzes Arts Education, its role, types, and presence in Serbian educational system. In the central part, the paper analyzes current flows in culture for children and youth by looking at the responsibilities, strategies, programs and activities of state institutions, cultural institutions and civil society. Though the final part of this paper permeates conclusions which indicate that children and youth in Serbia are not systematically and mindfully exposed to the quality cultural contexts, although their cultural growth has great significance for sustainable cultural development of Serbia, the paper presents draft of recommendations for stimulation of development of culture for children and youth.

CRITICAL DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF “SERBIAN PHILOSOPHY”

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The author discusses the critical definition of the concept of “Serbian Philosophy” by Slobodan Žunjić, who, in his basic research of Serbian philosophy based on a new methodological approach, substantially revises results of previous studies of domestic philosophical heritage. Significance of Žunić’s philosophical works, in author’s opinion, does not only lie in a more complete view of the development of Serbian philosophy, but also in the precise philosophical concepts which put a sharp focus on the different stages of development of the Serbian philosophy over a much longer period than so far known. The author especially analyzes Žunić’s concepts of criticism in Philosophy of Serbs, Philosophy in the Republic of Serbia, and suggests arguments why Žunić insists on using the term “Serbian philosophy.”