Open Access Arts Festivals and Artists: Who Benefits?

Abstract

Arts festivals are of interest to researchers, but the research focus is usually on the festival's economic or social impact. This approach does not usually reflect the engagement and experience of the artists involved. There has been controversy recently around the experiences of participating artists in open access arts festivals. Open access arts festivals are significant players in the festival landscape. They enable anyone to participate in a festival, if they pay a registration fee. This research, using a case study methodology, examines an open access festival from different perspectives with a focus on the experience of the participating artists.     

Going beyond data collection in ethnography: Options for bridging the gap between researchers and archivists

Abstract

This article investigates options for bridging the missing link between ethnographic field research and archiving. It interrogates the place of archiving in the entire fieldwork process and the roles played by researchers and archivists in promoting access. While a number of reasons explain the gap between research and archiving, the article identifies lack of collaboration as the main challenge. Borrowing from the postmodernist theoretical framework, the article argues that archivists cannot detach themselves from data collection, because the decisions they make are not objective but personal and subjective. The conclusion and main message are that digital technology, in spite of its many advantages, may not deliver all that it promises to data collection and archiving. There is a need to complement digital technology data collection and archiving with traditional archiving methods because of the latter's reliability and cost effectiveness.     

论民间文学的知识产权保护

民间文学因为受传统文化因素的影响而表现出诸多特殊属性,加之其他方面的一些原因,许多国家或地区的版权法并不保护民间文学或者并不对民间文学赋予特别的保护。虽然诸如版权法、商业秘密法、商标法和反不正当竞争法等传统知识产权制度都可以赋予民间文学作品一定程度的保护,但民间文学的自身属性导致传统知识产权制度对民间文学作品的不适应性。例如,建立在个体作者基础上的传统版权制度并不适合保护民间文学作品。传统知识产权制度对民间文学保护的不足呼唤民间文学特殊保护制度的建立。     

Defining Folklore: Mestizo and Indigenous Identities on the Move

This article analyses how the performance of folkloric music and dance defines and redefines ethnic/racial distinctions and identities in the Andes. It focuses on the promotional activities of urban-based institutions in Cusco called instituciones culturales, particularly how these activities have shaped folkloric performance. The article calls attention to the continuing importance of race as a central category of social differentiation, showing how folkloric performances embody ethnic/racial identities.     

利益平衡视角下的民间文学艺术保护

民间文学艺术作为传统文化的重要组成部分，日益成为知识产权领域关注的热点。尽管发展中国家积极通过法律手段保护民间文学艺术，但是并没有得到世界上大多数发达国家的认同，民间文学艺术的国际保护正面临困境。本文从利益平衡的视角探讨如何协调各国利益，构建民间文学艺术的国际保护体系。     

The Health of the Rurality: The Encuesta de Folklore and Popular Healing Practices in Tucumán, 1921

This article examines healing practices among the rural inhabitants of Tucumán in the opening quarter of the twentieth century through a reading of the 1921 National Folklore Survey. It argues that popular medical practices, referred to as curanderismos (popular healing), continued into the twentieth century not only as cultural practice of the popular classes but as necessity due to limited investments in public health in the rural regions on the part of the national and provincial government.     

Cultural Policy in Denmark

ABSTRACT

Do cultural producers know each other? Do their relations influence the cultural field? This article analyzes the impact of the social structure on the art festivals' field in Piedmont, Italy. Cultural production is described through the perspective of the relations among the producers. Festivals' organizations observe each other, exchange information and artists, co-produce events, and share performing spaces. These actions generate relations that constitute the field. Analytical tools from social network analysis and QAP regression for network data are applied to describe the field through the relational perspective and assess the impact of the social structure on the cultural system.     

西昌凉山地区特有民族风服饰系统研究

凉山地区特有的民族风服饰,出现在20世纪70年代,延绵至今,带有浓郁综合性的民族色彩。近十几年来民族风服饰设计非常盛行,民族元素在现代服饰设计中的运用大有可为。有关这方面的研究目前尚处在起步阶段,相关论述,主要记录的是彝族传统民族服饰分类、图片注录,而很少研究带有现代元素的彝族风格服饰。鉴于此,研究凉山特有的民族风服饰,以便让民族风服饰确立其历史坐标,使更多人认识它,运用它。     

民间文献:妇女史研究资料的价值与利用

民间文献中有关妇女的内容丰富,呈现出多样性、民间性、鲜活性的特点。这些特点决定了它们在妇女史研究中既能弥补正史资料的不足与缺陷,又在一定程度上为研究领域的扩展和深入提供重要的支撑。但目前的妇女史研究中,民间文献资料搜集与运用还相对薄弱。本文即以碑刻、契约、家谱以及其他形式的民间文献资料为内容,讨论了民间文献在妇女史研究中的重要价值。     

论明代四大奇书传说里的“马”话语

以明代四大奇书传说中提到的"马”为切入点,采用民俗学的方法,重点分析民间传说中的"马”话语,研究这个话语所传达的华北民间文化的认同意识.在亚太地区,如在东亚、东北亚和南亚,"马”词汇里还包裹着一层层的其他文化含义,如农耕民俗、马背民俗、阶层等级、佛教信仰、动物民俗等,这些民间风俗和民间信仰,在亚太各国的文化交流史上,也是一个值得注意的现象,近年正在引起亚洲民俗学者的重视.而在我国明代四大奇书的传说中,早已表现出了这样诸多的文化因素.