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Cooper, Elizabeth Ann. "Cultural centres: a future for cultural Arctic tourism?" Journal of Tourism Futures 6, no. 1 (November 22, 2019): 57–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jtf-01-2019-0007.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of cultural centres to be spaces that foster interaction between tourists and locals, and thereby meet the demands of new cultural tourists. This is done through conducting a case study of Katuaq Cultural Centre in Nuuk, Greenland. Combining theories of cultural contact and placemaking, the paper analyses how locals and tourists make use of and experience the centre. The paper then goes on to conduct a broader discussion about how future placemaking in tourism can respond to the emerging demands of cultural Arctic tourists, and to suggest ways to encourage positive interaction on both a local community level and a resident-visitor level. Design/methodology/approach A series of anthropological research methods were used, including participant observation in the cultural centre itself, and informal and semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders. Findings Concluding that, from multiple perspectives, Katuaq fails to perform as a “centre of culture”, the study offers innovative insights into how cultural centres can be operated more inclusively in the future, as spaces in which members of different cultural groups can achieve positive interaction. It is argued that the future of successful and fulfilling cultural tourism offerings in the Arctic lies at the intersection of tourism and leisure studies. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies first in its deepening of the academic discussion of cultural centres. Second, and on a broader level, the paper identifies an emerging trend of “community–tourism spaces” as cultural tourism offerings, and provides some insights into the conflicts experienced in these kinds of spaces, as well as some suggestions as to how further research on these spaces should continue.
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Aksic, Nina, and Branislav Pantovic. "Cultural centres and their role the Cultural Centre Novi Pazar and the Cultural Centre of Serbia (Paris)." Bulletin de l'Institut etnographique 65, no. 1 (2017): 177–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gei1701177a.
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Bilotta, Giuliana, Rossella Nocera, and Pier Matteo Barone. "Cultural Heritage and Obia." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 17 (May 5, 2021): 449–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/232015.2021.17.44.
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The historic centre of a town is its oldest and original core. It needs special protection in order to ensure the conservation of its historical, artistic and environmental heritage. In Italy, the definition of historic centres and the protection of their cultural heritage evolved in time, up to the current special attention for the historical aspects. The main threats to historical centres are real estate speculation and mass tourism. The purpose of this study is to catalog and monitor historic centers over time, in the context of urban planning. High-resolution satellite images and geographic information systems (GIS) offer new tools for urban planning and also for cultural heritage themes. “Real time” evaluation of urban structures, cartographic updating, monitoring of the progress of major works, with particular regard to cultural heritage, are made possible by the use of high-resolution images, which facilitate the identification of changes in urban and non-urban areas. The technique of Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA) has been used for image analysis and interpretation. OBIA allows a good interpretation of the scene captured by sensors thanks to classification-based segmentation and extraction of complete objects and their topological relations. This yields to a classification similar to the output of human photo-interpreter, but with a better reproducibility and homogeneity. In this paper we describe, through an application example, the potentiality and the difficulties of this technique and some results. The whole information obtained from segmented and categorized satellite images has been structured in a proper GIS, so that it can be overlaid with other environmental data. Information structuring and special metaheuristic analyses allow to study and monitor historic centers and cultural heritage. This methodology allows to identify the places at risk that need priority restoration; moreover it allows to keep track of changes that occurred over time
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Niskanen, Aino. "Alvar Aalto and Cultural Memory." Joelho Revista de Cultura Arquitectonica, no. 13 (March 10, 2022): 45–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/1647-8681_13_3.
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This article examines the meanings of the past which Aalto wanted to transpose into his architecture – what I term cultural memory. I search for their points of origin in Aalto’s education and travels, in particular his impressions of the Acropolis in Athens. For Aalto, a civic centre was “the face of a city”, which should be the citizens’ meeting place. Of particular importance to him was the ritual entry into a theatre. Of the many civic centres that Aalto designed, few were realised in their entirety. Three of them are examined, as well as the Helsinki University of Technology campus, which is interpreted as a city in miniature. Aalto fought against the idea of placing commercial functions in close proximity with his centres – but recent extensions and traffic arrangements have brought a new vibrancy to some of them. The way in which Aalto handled the idea of memory and his use of classical elements is studied. I argue that classicism seemed continuously attractive to Aalto.
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Bartorila, Miguel Ángel, and Reina Loredo-Cansino. "Patrimonio cultural y componente natural. De la revalorización a la regeneración." ANUARI d’Arquitectura i Societat, no. 1 (November 30, 2021): 286–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/anuari.2021.16155.
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El valor patrimonial dels centres històrics llatinoamericans és àmpliament reconegut i les polítiques per a la seva conservació han augmentat considerablement a partir últim quart del segle XX. No obstant això, la distinció entre patrimoni cultural i natural superposa comunament el valor de l’urbà arquitectònic sobre els espais naturals. Això ha implicat que la vulnerabilitat ambiental dels centres històrics a Llatinoamèrica, i més específicament a Mèxic, perdi importància davant la conservació del patrimoni construït. Els estudis històrics poden aportar dades rellevants per a la revaloració de la relació ciutat/component natural en la configuració de l’espai urbà prehispànic i colonial dels centres històrics. Prenent com a cas d’estudi el centre històric de Santiago de Querétaro, Mèxic, l’article pretén primer, obrir un debat sobre la necessària integració del natural en el valor patrimonial dels centres històrics a partir de la revisió de documentació d’arxiu, cartografia i instruments de lineació. I, segon, reconsiderar el component natural com un recurs latent per a escenaris sustentables futurs en espais patrimonials.
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Sparrow, Barbara. "Child Care - Site of Cultural Difference." Aboriginal Child at School 19, no. 2 (May 1991): 16–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200007380.
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My purpose in this paper is to describe the interaction among 3-5 year old children at two child care centres. The centres become ‘windows’ through which to observe the children and the child rearing strategies of the adults who direct and carry out the work of the two centres (Lubeck, 1985, 1). The two centres reflect the values of two different cultures which are here described as Koori culture and mainstream culture.
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Winkler, Tomáš. "Kontexty výskumu kultúrno-kreatívnych centier na Slovensku." Lidé města 23, no. 1 (July 1, 2021): 75–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/12128112.2361.
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Cultural and creative centres are a relatively new phenomenon in the urban environment of Slovakia. Local and state politicians, as well as experts, often automatically link their functioning with the popular urban development concept of creative cities, focusing on the fields of creative economy and creative industries and emphasizing the economic effect of these centres. My qualitative research of the cultural and creative centre Nová Cvernovka in Bratislava showed the thematic diversity of such places in Slovakia and their significant impact on the topics of urban social movements, civic activism, transactional activism, and eventization. Thus, cultural and creative centres are fertile ground (also) for qualitative research in the social sciences. For this reason, a more precise definition of the term and clarification of this scientific concept are needed. The aim of the presented empirical study is to contribute to the definition of cultural and creative centres in Slovakia and to draw attention to several possible areas of their impact on the urban and social environment.
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Pfeifere, Dita. "The Issues of Defining and Classifying Cultural Centres." Economics and Culture 19, no. 2 (December 1, 2022): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jec-2022-0013.
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Abstract Research purpose. Cultural centres are multifunctional interdisciplinary cultural institutions that provide access to culture and a wide variety of cultural services, promote citizen participation in culture, offer lifelong learning opportunities and perform various other functions. Cultural centres are a phenomenon shared with many other countries, especially former Soviet republics; however, although historically different models of cultural centres have also been developed in Western countries, the field has been relatively little studied in an academic setting. The aim of this research is to study the problems of defining and classifying cultural centres, to identify the most characteristic functions of cultural centres in Europe and suggest a classification model based on the functions of cultural centres. Design / Methodology / Approach. Research design is qualitative research. The research strategy uses qualitative research methods - the data extraction and analysis methods that are characteristic of qualitative research. The following methods were used: a comparative analysis of scientific literature, document analysis as well as secondary data analysis. Qualitative content analysis was used as the method of data analysis. Findings. Although the literature review shows that there is no single definition and characterization of cultural centres in Europe, researchers generally identify three parameters that characterize most cultural centres (regardless of their legal form): multifunctionality (offer and functions); socio-cultural aspect and orientation towards the local community; having a building/technical equipment. The author has identified and proposed a chart with four main dimensions characteristic of cultural centres: art/culture; education; leisure/recreation; social. Originality / Value / Practical implications. As a result of the study, the author has developed a model for classifying the functions of cultural centres, laying the ground for further academic research of cultural centres and their roles in society. The four main dimensions characteristic of cultural centres open new directions for research on the impact areas of cultural centres for a society: education, wellbeing, integration, community development, participation in culture etc. The results of the research will be used by the Association of Latvian Culture Centres for the development of cultural centres in Latvia. The research results will be partly used for further research within the framework of Dita Pfeifere’s doctoral thesis. They will be useful for researchers in other countries who conduct research in the field of cultural centres. The practical implication of the research is related to the development of the Law on Cultural Centres in Latvia, clarifying terminology used in the law and the segmentation of cultural centres.
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Copeland, J. R. M., A. T. F. Beekman, M. E. Dewey, A. Jordan, B. A. Lawlor, M. Linden, A. Lobo, et al. "Cross-cultural comparison of depressive symptoms in Europe does not support stereotypes of ageing." British Journal of Psychiatry 174, no. 4 (April 1999): 322–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.174.4.322.
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BackgroundStereotypes of older people suggest that they are depressed.AimsTo examine depression symptoms among people aged ⩾65 in the general population and to ask the following questions. Are there high proportions of depressive symptoms among otherwise well people? Do these levels reflect the prevalence of depression? Do key symptoms vary with age and do they confirm stereotypes?MethodNine centres contributed data from community-based random samples, using standardised methods (GMS–AGECAT package)ResultsProportions of depressive symptoms varied between centres. Some often associated with ageing were rare. Many were more common in women. Low-prevalence centres tended to have fewer symptoms among ‘well’ people, but there were inconsistencies. Low levels of symptoms among the well population of a centre did not necessarily predict lower levels in the depressed.ConclusionsVariations in the prevalence of depressive symptoms occurred between centres, not always related to levels of illness. There was no consistent relationship between proportions of symptoms in well persons and cases for all centres. Few symptoms were present in > 60% of the older population – stereotypes of old age were not upheld.
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Rashkovskii, E. "Caucasus Region: Socio-Cultural and Religious Problems." World Economy and International Relations, no. 2 (2010): 104–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2010-2-104-112.
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The three Moscow scientific centres conference review: Scientific Centre for Religious Literature and Russian Expatriate Community Editions at the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature, Centre for the Study of Religion at the Russian State University for the Humanities, and Center for Development and Modernization Studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences. The presentations are mainly focused on the following issues: general definition of the Caucasus region specificity; the analysis of economic, territorial and ethnographic ties between the folks of this "subcontinent" and Russia.
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Pfeifere, Dita. "ENHANCING ACCESS TO CULTURAL SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS IN MUNICIPAL CULTURAL CENTRES." Culture Crossroads 23 (January 10, 2024): 130–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.55877/cc.vol23.404.
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In recent decades, the concept of access to culture has been increasingly highlighted on the international political agenda, gradually coming to the attention of Latvian policymakers, to state cultural policy documents, funding programmes, municipal cultural development planning documents and the daily work of cultural organizations. In the article, the issue of access to culture is analysed both in the context of cultural policy of Latvia and the legal regulation of cultural centres, and in the context of international cultural policy and cultural rights, which are represented by the documents developed by the UN, UNESCO and the European Union in the field of cultural rights, cultural protection and development. The aim of the article is to evaluate to what extent the internationally and nationally determined political and legal framework regarding the promotion of access to culture for vulnerable groups is implemented in Latvian municipal cultural centres. The research methodology: mixed research strategy, which involves both quantitative and qualitative data collection. The qualitative research methods are content analysis, including analysis of relevant literature, official reports and documents of state institutions, as well as secondary data analysis. An electronic survey of municipal cultural centres and cultural organizers was conducted to obtain quantitative data. Findings: the outcome of the study shows that a number of specific issues must be addressed to improve access to culture for vulnerable groups in Latvia. Analysis of survey data shows, that cultural centres pay special attention to ensuring the availability of cultural services for the following vulnerable groups, which are the focus of this study: older persons, children and people with limited financial means. Whereas, minorities, persons with disabilities and migrants are involved much less in the activities of cultural centres. One of the most significant obstacles affecting the accessibility of cultural services in cultural centres is the accessibility of the environment, which is primarily important for people with disabilities; moreover, people with disabilities have very limited opportunities to access the content of events.
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Schaffner, Sabina. "The language centre as a laboratory for innovation." Language Learning in Higher Education 10, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 317–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2020-2022.
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Abstract This paper discusses the potential of language centres in higher education as laboratories for innovation. Despite their hybrid character as central service providers that are also defined by their teaching, their positioning at the academic periphery, and the lack of a mandate to do academic research, language centres still have an obligation to conduct research as a means of promoting innovation. The design-based research (DBR) approach in learning and teaching, in which teaching stakeholders examine learning processes in real situation, offers a suitable opportunity for language centres to overcome the restrictions placed upon them. DBR can be done using existing resources and the innovation potential of a language centre’s teaching staff. The leadership and management of the language centre must be made responsible for providing and/or enabling the necessary structural, material, and cultural conditions for such research. This paper discusses the DBR approach at language centres in higher education and its impact on leadership. It then gives two examples of the successful implementation of DBR at the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich.
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Skjæveland, Yngve. "Teaching Cultural Heritage in Culturally Diverse Early Childhood Centres in Norway." History Education Research Journal 13, no. 2 (July 1, 2016): 82–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.18546/herj.13.2.10.
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GIELATA, Agnieszka. "CITY COMMUNITY CENTRES AS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS – THEIR PLACE IN CULTURE AND ECONOMY." Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces 166, no. 4 (October 1, 2012): 186–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0002.3546.
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The object of this article is to define the position of community centres as cultural institutions functioning in boroughs. The author presents the differences in the way community centres are organised, which results from specific legal regulations, and also indicates some legislative deficiencies directly influencing their definition and scope of functions. Moreover, the author is of the opinion that the changes following the transformation processes which spread over our country significantly influenced the change in the perception of community centres as a kind of entertainment, to some extent making it necessary to tailor the offer addressed to the particular groups of culturally active recipients. According to Szlendak in the article, there are 29 main culture recipient groups distinguished in Poland. The acknowledgment of the groups’ needs as well as a proper and precise offer selected by community centre co-ordinators, in the author’s assumption, should be the main factor aiming at eliminating the lack of interest in the pro-gramme’s offer.
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Butler, Sally. "‘Art for a New Understanding’: An Interview with Valerie Keenan, Manager of Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre." Arts 8, no. 3 (July 15, 2019): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/arts8030091.
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A network of Indigenous art and culture centres across Australia play a significant role in promoting cross-cultural understanding. These centres represent specific Indigenous cultures of the local country, and help sustain local Indigenous languages, traditional knowledge, storytelling and other customs, as well as visual arts. They are the principle point of contact for information about the art, and broker the need to sustain cultural heritage at the same time as supporting new generations of cultural expression. This interview with Dr Valerie Keenan, Manager of Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre in northern Australia, provides rare insight into the strategies, challenges, and aspirations of Indigenous art centres and how the reception of the art impacts on artists themselves. It provides a first-hand account of how Indigenous artists strive to generate a new understanding of their culture and how they participate in a global world.
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Fuentes, Rita. "Tourist experience, image, security and cultural centres." European Journal of Tourism Research 11 (October 1, 2015): 189–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v11i.208.
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O'Hanlon, Michael, Sori Marepo Eoe, and Pamela Swadling. "Museums and Cultural Centres in the Pacific." Man 29, no. 2 (June 1994): 485. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2804506.
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Gater, R., De B. Almeida E. Sousa, G. Barrientos, J. Caraveo, C. R. Chandrashekar, M. Dhadphale, D. Goldberg, et al. "The pathways to psychiatric care: a cross-cultural study." Psychological Medicine 21, no. 3 (August 1991): 761–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003329170002239x.
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SYNOPSISThis paper describes the referral pathways taken by 1554 patients newly referred to the mental health services in 11 countries, and documents factors associated with delays in referral. The pathways in centres relatively well provided with psychiatric staff were dominated by general practitioners and to a lesser extent hospital doctors: the relatively less well resourced centres showed a variety of pathways with native healers often playing an important part. Delays were remarkably short in all centres regardless of psychiatric resources, but in some centres we found longer delays on pathways involving native healers. Somatic problems were a common presentation in all centres, and in some centres there was a tendency for patients presenting with somatic problems to have longer delays than those with symptoms of depression or anxiety. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of an ongoing programme of WHO research activities aimed at improving the quality of mental illness care available in community settings.
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Vett. "Australian Indigenous Art Centres Online: A Multi-Purpose Cultural Tourism Framework." Arts 8, no. 4 (October 26, 2019): 145. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/arts8040145.
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In early 2019, Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) government announced the $106 million funding and promotion of a new state-wide Territory Arts Trail featuring Indigenous art and culture under the banner “The World’s biggest art gallery is the NT.” Some of the destinations on the Arts Trail are Indigenous art centres, each one a nexus of contemporary creativity and cultural revitalisation, community activity and economic endeavour. Many of these art centres are extremely remote and contend with resourcing difficulties and a lack of visitor awareness. Tourists, both independent and organised, make their travelling decisions based upon a range of factors and today, the availability of accessible and engaging online information is vital. This makes the quality of the digital presence of remote art centres, particularly their website content, a critical determinant in visitor itineraries. This digital content also has untapped potential to contribute significant localised depth and texture to broader Indigenous arts education and comprehension. This article examines the context-based website content which supports remote Indigenous art centre tourism and suggests a strategic framework to improve website potential in further advancing commercial activities and Indigenous arts education.
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Utrat-Milecki, Jarosław. "Culturally intetrated analysis of socio-legal context of creation and development of probation centres for juveniles." Probacja 4 (November 30, 2023): 103–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0054.0071.
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The article analyses the socio cultural conditions of the creation of probation centers for juveniles in Polish juvenile courts, the reforms of those centres in the context of socio cultural and methodological changes in proceedings with juveniles and indicates the arguments justifing their future functioning and development.
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Schmidt, Chrischona. "Teaching the Whitefella—The Role of Cultural Tourism in Opening Remote Indigenous Art Centres to Non-Indigenous Visitors." Arts 8, no. 4 (October 15, 2019): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/arts8040135.
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This article explores how a remote Aboriginal-owned and -run art centre, Ikuntji Artists in Haasts Bluff, has developed grassroots-level cultural tourism. While not many remote Indigenous art centres engage with the tourism industry, Aboriginal tourism engagement has only recently been identified by the Northern Territory Government as a major business development area. Steered by the member artists and the board, the art centre has been able to create a range of workshops and activities that can be offered to small-scale tour operators. Over the past five years, an arts festival and various workshops for university field students and other small tour operators have been hosted. Member artists, staff and the board as well as the community see cultural tourism as an opportunity to share their culture by way of teaching visitors about the Luritja language, culture and country. Thus, this article argues that art centres can engage meaningfully in cultural tourism and support remote Indigenous communities in the sustainable development of cultural tourism.
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Kovalska, Gelena, Vladyslav Smilka, and Olha Homon. "FEATURES OF ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND LAND USE OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRES IN SMALL TOWNS." Urban development and spatial planning, no. 84 (September 25, 2023): 161–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.32347/2076-815x.2023.84.161-170.
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The article analyses the features of the formation of a cultural and educational centre. It is determined that in order to strengthen the economic potential of the city or town, it is necessary to establish and develop related components that will facilitate investments into the main economic function of the city or town and increase its attractiveness and efficiency. These are the related components that can be formed in a cultural and educational centre. The components, which are successfully established and developed in the cultural and educational centre, and related to the main town-forming function are able to significantly affect the further development of the said function, and, accordingly, the entire settlement. The use of land in settlements always involves a combination of land ownership interests, both private, municipal and state. In these conditions, land ownership is closely related to the need to locate a certain type of activity in a certain place for the most efficient use of the land plot. The article provides examples of cultural and educational centres in Ukraine, where the main town-forming function of a settlement is represented and developed. Such an example is the complex of cultural and educational centres in Opyshnia, a centre of pottery art. Today, the village has several exhibition areas united by a conditional tourist route: ceramics museums, a cultural and educational centre with exhibition, shopping, recreational areas and small-scale production, and museums-estates of famous potters. The existence of a cultural and educational complex in Opyshnia significantly increases the town’s tourist potential. A successful example of domestic experience is the Museum of Easter Egg Painting and the National Museum of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia Folk Art in the city of Kolomyia of Ivano-Frankivsk region. A similar approach to further development with the formation of cultural and educational complexes of public buildings with hotel, exhibition, trade, recreational, and educational zones is offered in the city of Kostopil, where the Ukrainian Sawmills Company operates its woodworking plant. The article determines that the problem of researching functional planning and architectural and compositional solutions for cultural and educational centres in small towns is relevant for the formation of an aesthetic environment, for the activation of cultural, spiritual, scientific and educational needs.
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Krzemiński, Tomasz. "Nadbałtyckie metropolie Prus: Królewiec, Gdańsk i Szczecin na drodze modernizacyjnego rozwoju w XIX w. i na początku XX w." Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 21, no. 4 (December 2023): 81–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.36874/10.36874/riesw.2023.4.4.
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Szczecin, Gdańsk and Królewiec (Königsberg) in the 19th century were the most important Prussian ports on the Baltic Sea. However, due to the general trends of the global economy, their role as trade centers has been marginalised. Under the influence of top-down modernization tendencies (agrarian reforms, liberalization of the economy, democratization of political processes, stability of the administrative system) they became modern economic, political and cultural centres. They confirmed their position as regional centres, but were outclassed by other centers in Germany and Europe.
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Muise, Gertie Mai. "Enabling cultural safety in Indigenous primary healthcare." Healthcare Management Forum 32, no. 1 (October 10, 2018): 25–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0840470418794204.
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The Aboriginal Health Access Centre (AHAC) and Aboriginal Community Health Centre Model of Wholistic Health and Wellbeing is critical to addressing inequities and barriers that limit access to comprehensive primary healthcare for Indigenous people. Even with this model in place, there are multiple points of intersection with mainstream healthcare service providers across health sectors. Further, there is considerable cultural diversity among Indigenous healthcare staff and professional groups. These factors place Indigenous people at risk of culturally unsafe experiences causing harm. Given this, it is essential that leaders focus on cultural safety education to address both intercultural frictions within the Indigenous centres and systemic and structural racism widespread within the broader healthcare system. This article explores how one AHAC has undertaken to examine these complex challenges, while offering some direction on leadership within the sector.
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Yang, Wang, Lin Misheng, Sun Lijun, Tang Hao, and Ma Hongwei. "Compact design strategies of cultural centres in South China." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 15, no. 5 (October 9, 2017): 635–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-11-2016-0084.
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Purpose The number of cultural centres in South China shows an increasing trend. However, there is still a lack of research of this public building type and its related design strategy. This paper aims to identify general characteristics and presents design principles of cultural centres and thus enriches the theory of compact design strategies. Design/methodology/approach In total, 66 cases of cultural centres in South China have been investigated. The design patterns of these cultural centres projects are analysed by Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS). The theory of compact design strategies is thus used to emphasize the systemic characteristics of cultural centres. Findings Cultural centres mostly have an overall floor area between 20,000-40,000 square metres (m2). Much cultural centres consist of three to four functional components. Different functional blocks are intensively organized in parallel or in series along a horizontal or vertical direction. The combination of multiple functions is divided into four usual composition types. The most common type is the “synthetical integration”. There are a total of four different distribution modes of integrated layout. Each of these modes can express different narrative themes according its needs, and four kinds of narrative themes are summarized. Practical implications Appropriate compact design strategies may be applied to improve the quality of public buildings in a region with the problem of land use limitation. Applications of results of this paper may enhance design efficiency or lead to more appropriate works. Originality/value Compact design strategies can be a guide for appropriate architectural design. The findings of this research provide regular design patterns for designers and engineers to streamline their design process.
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Urboniene, Aiste, and Virginija Jurėnienė. "Functions Ofeducationalactivitiesin Cultural Centersfrom Thecommunity Development Perspective." SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 4 (May 18, 2015): 270. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2015vol4.336.
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<p><em>This paper aims to analyse the role that cultural centres in Lithuania and Lithuanian cultural organisations in the Kaliningrad region and Belarus play in organizing educational activities for the local communities. The aim of this article is to identify functions ofthe educationalactivitiesof cultural centres and Lithuanian cultural organisations revealing theirimpact on thelocal communitydevelopment. </em><em>Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 4 Lithuanian cultural centres and 6 Lithuanian cultural organisations of border regions in Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia, the Kaliningrad region. The sample consists of </em><em>55 informants from Lithuanian cultural communities and cultural centres. The content analysis and comparative analysis methods were applied for the data analysis. The study revealed that educational activities would lead to active participation of members in community development. The </em><em>following </em><em>functions</em><em> of educational activities</em><em>we</em><em>re identified: dissemination of knowledge, empowerment, self-realization, enlightenment, value development, recreation, communication, national identitystrengthening, and community mobilization.</em><em> </em></p><p> </p>
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Khasanova, M. F., and G. A. Kulyupina. "SPECIAL LIBRARIES AS MULTIPURPOSE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRES." Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin, no. 3 (2018): 70–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.23951/1609-624x-2018-3-70-73.
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Yaruchyk, Olha. "Emigracja ukraińska w Rzeczypospolitej dwudziestolecia międzywojennego: w kierunku rozwoju własnej tożsamości." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 51, no. 2 (August 16, 2021): 187–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.607.
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The article considers the political, legal, economic and cultural life of the Ukrainian political and artistic emigration on the territory of the Polish state in the interwar period. It describes the activity of the Ukrainian Central Committee, the only official institution in Poland at that time, which represented the interests of Ukrainian emigrants, and the carried out cultural and educational activities in emigration centres. The focus is on Warsaw, which was the largest centre of social and scientific life as well as a cultural and educational centre of Ukrainian emigration.
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Medina-Rivilla, Antonio, Vito Carioca, and Aldo Pasarinho. "Evaluation of on line resource centres." Comunicar 11, no. 21 (October 1, 2003): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3916/c21-2003-09.
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Resource centres offer teachers different means to improve and make their work easier. The present paper shows a programme to evaluate resource centres trying to notice their different aspects and highlighting their relevance nowadays. To make it possible, the programme implies a holistic perspective and analyses each one of their elements. El creciente desarrollo de centros de recursos en la Red está demandando de forma progresiva la puesta en marcha de estrategias de evaluación de los mismos que permitan su mayor optimización. Los autores de este trabajo desarrollan una metodología específica para la valoración de un centro específico en la Red, Octopus.
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Asiru, Ayobami Mufutau, Abiola A. Abioye, and Saheed Abiola Hamzat. "Availability, accessibility and use of library information resources for control of criminality of inmates in correctional centres in South-West, Nigeria." Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 14, no. 1 (June 21, 2023): 94–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/iijikm.v14i1.6.
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The act of relapsing to crime after release has become a recurrent decimal to inmate and it poses a security threat to the society. Persistence on incarceration of offenders without meaningful engagement is like remaking criminality rather than reformation. Extant literature suggests educational opportunities to reduce criminal involvement of inmates. This research investigated the availability, accessibility and use of library information resources for control of criminality among inmate in custodial centres in Southwestern Nigeria. Descriptive Survey Design was used and the population was 455 inmates who affirmed that tapes, radio sets, television sets, sound recording gadgets, video and audio cassette were available for use by inmates in their custodial centre (mean = 3.20), books were adequately available for use by inmates in their custodial centre (mean = 3.06) and pamphlets were parts of reading materials available for use by inmates in their custodial centre (mean = 2.62). The mean score range of 2.50 to 3.24 indicated a high level of availability while 3.25 to 4.00 indicated a very high level of accessibility of library information resources in the custodial centres in Southwestern Nigeria. It was concluded that with the availability and accessibility of library information resources to the inmates, the maximum use of the resources is capable of controlling criminality tendencies among inmates in custodial centres in Southwestern Nigeria.
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PICCINELLI, MARCO, and GREGORY SIMON. "Gender and cross-cultural differences in somatic symptoms associated with emotional distress. An international study in primary care." Psychological Medicine 27, no. 2 (March 1997): 433–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291796004539.
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Background. Gender and cross-cultural differences in the association between somatic symptoms and emotional distress were investigated, using data from the World Health Organization Collaborative Project on Psychological Problems in General Health Care.Methods. Data were collected at 15 centres in 14 countries around the world. At each centre, a stratified random sample of primary care attenders aged 15–65 years was assessed using, among other instruments, the 28-item General Health Questionnaire and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Primary Health Care Version.Results. Females reported higher levels of somatic symptoms and emotional distress than males. A strong correlation between somatic symptoms and emotional distress was found in both sexes, with females reporting more somatic symptoms at each level of emotional distress. However, linear regression analysis showed that gender had no significant effect on level of somatic symptoms, when the effects of centre and emotional distress were controlled for. In both sexes, no specific pattern of association emerged between somatic symptom clusters and either anxiety or depression. Primary care attenders from less developed centres reported more somatic symptoms and showed greater gender differences than individuals from more developed centres, but inter-centre differences were small. Finally, gender was not a significant predictor of reason for consultation (somatic versus mental/behavioural symptoms), after controlling for levels of somatic symptoms and emotional distress as well as for centre effect.Conclusions. These data do not support the common belief that females somatize more than males or the traditional view that somatization is a basic orientation prevailing in developing countries. Instead, somatic symptoms and emotional distress are strongly associated in primary care attenders, with few differences between the two sexes and across cultures.
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Gudžinskienė, Vida, Rita Raudeliūnaitė, and Rokas Uscila. "The Possibilities of Implementation of the Rights of the Child in Children’s Day Care Centres." Pedagogika 121, no. 1 (April 22, 2016): 209–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2016.15.
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As economic and cultural changes proliferate in our society, there is an increasing number of families the functioning of which disrupted – they are called social risk families. Social risk families are dominated by such negative factors as alcohol consumption, violence, negligence, failure to comply with societal norms, which are observed by growing up children every day. Gradually children growing up in social risk families become socially injured and need exceptional assistance. In order to assist socially injured children children’s day care centres are established, one of the functions of which is to implement children’s rights. The objective of the study: to theoretically and empirically validate the possibilities of children’s day care centres to implement children’s rights. The subject of the study – the possibilities of children’s rights which are implemented in children’s day care centres. The methods of the study: theoretical methods – the analysis of scientific literature, documents. Empirical methods – a questionnaire survey (instrument – questionnaire), which was aimed at collecting information on the implementation of socially injured children’s rights attending children’s day centres. 255 children, who attend day centres in rural areas, participated in the study. The age limit of children is not less than 14 years and not more than 18 years and parents of whom gave permission that their child could participate in the study. Such children’s age span was chosen, taking into consideration the fact that the children of such age are sufficiently mature and able to adequately express their opinion (the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), G. M. Biegel (2009). The statistical methods of data analysis: descriptive statistics (the analysis of a frequency distribution), Spearman’s correlation coefficient.
The results of the study. The documents regulating the activity of children’s day care centres and the educational, socio-cultural activities, which are performed in the centres, and the material assistance, which is provided there, create the preconditions for the implementation of socially injured children’s rights. The empirical study on the implementation of children’s rights in children’s day care centres established that: a favourable psychological atmosphere which is created by the employees in day care centres and the carried out activities create conditions to implement the rights of the majority of socially injured children (a right to be not discriminated, free, healthy, respected, supervised, a right to a cultural activity, leisure and rest, education, (self-) development, a right to express their opinion, be provided for and supervised); the implementation of children’s rights in children’s day care centres is aggravated by a considerable distance between the children’s place of residence and a day care centre. Consequently, part of children stay in a day care centre briefly, they give little or no time for doing homework, participate in sociocultural activities rarely. Part of children have their rights to education and (self-)development, thoughtful and comprehensive leisure partly ensured; more than half of the investigators do not receive material assistance in day care centres. Children’s day care centres only partly ensure a children’s right to be provided for and healthy. It is appropriate to organise the ride of children in children’s day centres, which are in rural areas, in such a way that conditions would be created to all the children, who attend a day care centre, to participate both in educational and sociocultural activities.
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Ediae, O. J., F. J. Abeng, and J. C. Egbudom. "User Experience of Architectural Promenade in Art and Cultural Centres in Calabar, Crossriver State, Nigeria." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1054, no. 1 (September 1, 2022): 012029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1054/1/012029.
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Abstract The architectural success of any structure depends on how well people experience spaces. In order to improve the overall user experience in spaces, the architectural promenade concept has become a part of modern architectural design. Despite this, little is known about it or how it affects the user experience, particularly in Art and Cultural Centres. This research aims to assess the user experience of architectural promenade in selected Art and Cultural Centres in Calabar, Cross-river state, Nigeria. A quantitative methodology was applied to gather data from the selected arts and Cultural Centres in Calabar, Crossriver. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 2021 software was employed to analyse the acquired data. The findings indicated that many users did not necessarily enjoy the architectural promenade in Cultural Centres, affecting their overall experience of spaces. The study recommended architectural promenade as an area of user experience that researchers could focus on in research. It also suggests Architects architectural promenade as a conscious consideration in the design of art and Cultural Centres.
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Gibińska, Marta. "Shakespeare’s Cultural Diversity." Linguaculture 2017, no. 2 (December 20, 2017): 18–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/lincu-2017-0015.
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Abstract 400 hundred years of Shakespeare's presence in world-wide theatres, schools, literature, film, and even languages must give us pause. It is worth reflecting on what there is in the texts that have come down to us that answers this great and obviously most diversified horizon of reception. The paper will try to present Shakespearean plots, characters and themes and examine them for their potential to become appropriated into the very centres of multiple cultural polysystems.
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Dickinson, Jill. "Quasi-Public Place-Governance: An Exploration of Shopping Centres." Business Law Review 40, Issue 4 (August 1, 2019): 161–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/bula2019021.
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SUMMARY Shopping centres face multiple issues arising from their status as quasi-public Third Places. Such challenges are compounded by the enduring, difficult retail environment. Against this backdrop, the research explores how a legally pluralistic understanding of place-governance could inform future strategies for securing shopping centres’ roles within the community. This UK-based, bistage, multi-case study draws on various data sources collected from seven shopping centres across Northern England. It adopts both thematic analysis and cross-case synthesis to generate rich findings. The data analysis identified three key themes: the diverse shopping centre population, internally generated norms and externally developed law. This article makes a bifold contribution to the literature. First, it commingles and develops theories of legal geography and legal pluralism to introduce a new tripartite lens for exploring place-governance, which comprises black-letter, policy and cultural elements. Secondly, it utilizes this model to generate empirically based findings about shopping centre place-governance from the insider perspectives of centre management, centre operatives and tenants.
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Rodéhn, Cecilia. "Science centres, gender and learning." Cultural Studies of Science Education 14, no. 1 (January 22, 2019): 157–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11422-018-9880-2.
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Liakh, Vasyl. "SERVICE SMALL TOWNS AS CENTRES OF CULTURAL AND CONSUMER." Urban development and spatial planning, no. 77 (May 24, 2021): 297–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.32347/2076-815x.2021.77.297-308.
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An important problem of small towns in settlement systems is the development and the need to preserve the natural and historical environment through the use of relief, water bodies and other measures. At the stage of developing master plans of small towns, the composition of project materials should provide effective management of the formation of the urban environment and architectural and artistic appearance. To this end, it is necessary to expand the range of issues addressed in separate sections of the master plans: in particular, the scheme of formation of architectural and artistic appearance of the city should highlight the most significant compositional areas and elements of its planning structure and ways of their development; develop a system of city-wide visual landmarks and provide visual connections of the main nodes of the city with the most valuable areas of the natural landscape; to develop the concept of the color decision of architectural and spatial structure of the city; to plan creation of new axes of formation of visual perception of a kind of the city taking into account real processes of development and distribution in its territory of central functions.
It is necessary to actively use the compositional possibilities of forming the main ensembles on the basis of existing areas, as well as to take into account the need to improve the quality of the architectural and spatial environment while maintaining the typological diversity of buildings. Keep in mind that the shape of the square affects the spatial orientation and sequence of the ensemble's review and perception. Specific spatial characteristics of small towns require a special approach to the development of intersettlement relations. The environment of small towns is formed mainly under the influence of external intersettlement factors.
Features and principles of formation of small towns interconnected both with the significant city-center of settlement system, and rural settlements are investigated. The use of these principles in project practice will improve the public service system in small towns through group resettlement and increase the level of service to urban and rural populations.
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Bowell, Ian. "Cultural Centres Supporting Teaching and Learning in the Arts." International Journal of Arts Education 7, no. 1 (2013): 57–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/cgp/v07i01/36199.
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Monger, George. "Rural Community Centres: Indicators of Social and Cultural Change." Folk Life 31, no. 1 (January 1992): 63–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/flk.1992.31.1.63.
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Monger, George. "Rural Community Centres: Indicators of Social and Cultural Change." Folk Life - Journal of Ethnological Studies 31, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 63–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/043087792798238742.
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Silvanto, Satu, Maaria Linko, and Timo Cantell. "From enlightenment to experience: cultural centres in Helsinki neighbourhoods." International Journal of Cultural Policy 14, no. 2 (May 2008): 165–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286630802106334.
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Teodorovic, Ivana. "Public relations in cultural centres for children and youth." Kultura, no. 139 (2013): 362–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/kultura1339362t.
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Anderson, Eve, Amanda Pyman, and Julian Teicher. "Cultural tensions exploring call centres in the public sector." International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management 6, no. 2/3/4 (2006): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijhrdm.2006.010400.
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Abbott, Carl, and Stephen Allen. "FACILITATING INNOVATION: THE ROLE OF THE CENTRE FOR CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 9, no. 2 (June 30, 2005): 79–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715x.2005.9637529.
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This case‐study outlines the activities of the Centre for Construction Innovation highlighting critical success factors associated with collaborative centres and innovation brokers in transferring knowledge between Universities and Industry. The case study also explains the national context in which the centre has developed. The Centre's approach to the provision of knowledge and tools to create an industry environment that fosters innovation is presented and discussed. The Centre brings together industrialists and academics as multi‐disciplinary participants in a range of best practice education and training, seminars, workshops and in‐company events, facilitating change by learning, debate and experience. The Centre recognises the complex relationship that exists between projects, organisations, people and contracts and this in turn determines both what is possible and what is desirable. The collaborative process that seeks to achieve desirable outcomes requires inter‐ and intra‐ organisational cultural assessment and development. Facilitating this is a key role of the Centre.
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Bhola, Ria, and Peter J. Goadsby. "A trans-cultural comparison of the organisation of care at headache centres world-wide." Cephalalgia 31, no. 3 (September 2, 2010): 316–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0333102410380756.
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Background: The need to provide better outcomes for patients with headache, and to minimise the costs involved in doing so, has prompted the search for new modes of service delivery by exploring the service organisation and nursing role from various cultural, economic and global perspectives. Materials and Methods: This study was based on comparisons with the UK headache service up to 2007, the point at which this study was set up. This UK service was based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN, UCLH Trust). Data were obtained from US headache centres in 2008 and from centres in Copenhagen, Bangkok, Sydney and Porto Alegre in 2009. Results: A comparison shows the key components of services at all centres showing the team structure and size of service. Prominent features at the centres included: team-working, regular meetings, educational input, good access and communication among team members, headache-trained neurologists, specialist nursing at most centres, and the input of psychological and physical therapists at some centres. Conclusions: The problems of tertiary headache care are very similar throughout the world and seem to transcend ethnic, cultural and economic considerations.
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Oates, Margaret R., John L. Cox, Stella Neema, Paul Asten, Nine Glangeaud-Freudenthal, Barbara Figueiredo, Laura L. Gorman, et al. "Postnatal depression across countries and cultures: a qualitative study." British Journal of Psychiatry 184, S46 (February 2004): s10—s16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.184.46.s10.
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BackgroundPostnatal depression seems to be a universal condition with similar rates in different countries. However, anthropologists question the cross-cultural equivalence of depression, particularly at a life stage so influenced by cultural factors.AimsTo develop a qualitative method to explore whether postnatal depression is universally recognised, attributed and described and to enquire into people's perceptions of remedies and services for morbid states of unhappiness within the context of local services.MethodThe study took place in 15 centres in 11 countries and drew on three groups of informants: focus groups with new mothers, interview swith fathers and grandmothers, and interviews with health professionals. Textual analysis of these three groups was conducted separately in each centre and emergent themes compared across centres.ResultsAll centres described morbid unhappiness after childbirth comparable to postnatal depression but not all saw this as an illness remediable by health interventions.ConclusionsAlthough the findings of this study support the universality of a morbid state of unhappiness following childbirth, they also support concerns about the cross-cultural equivalence of postnatal depression as an illness requiring the intervention of health professionals; this has implications for future research.
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Bojarska-Sokołowska, Agnieszka. "Język eksponatów matematycznych jako kontekst budowania mentalnych ścieżek edukacyjnych zwiedzających centra nauki." Kultura i Edukacja 141, no. 3 (2023): 60–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/kie.2023.03.04.
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Mathematical exhibits are an element of mathematical and didactic culture. The text below analyzes the elements of the narrative language of exhibits/exhibitions, which may be the carrier of specific meanings created by visitors to science centres. The analyzes undertaken in the text made it possible to indicate the categories of the language of commands and questions contained in these narratives. They are a cognitive context for creating mathematical cultural meanings among visitors to the centres. The study was carried out in two science centers in Poland, using a qualitative strategy, analyzing documents. The results showed quite a rich educational potential of mathematical exhibits. The language of the exhibits revealed the possibility of extensive cognitive support in the mathematical development of people visiting the centres. Forming beliefs consistent with current scientific knowledge about math cognition and learning.
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Borseková, Kamila, David Cole, Katarína Petríková, and Anna Vaňová. "Nostalgic Sentiment And Cultural And Creative Industries In Regional Development: A Slovak Case Study." Quaestiones Geographicae 34, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 53–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2015-0015.
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Abstract In Slovakia, there are three unique, historical mining towns, Banská Bystrica, Banská Štiavnica and Kremnica, that have been successfully turned into creative cultural centres. The historical and cultural values of those towns have stood the test of time and become a magnet for a new and creative class of people looking to escape the brutality of high modernity (modern urban centres) and find a source of inspiration based on historical nostalgic sentimentalism — the basis for a new creative and cultural industry for rural areas. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the cultural and creative industries of these three unique historical mining centres with an eye to replicating their knowledge in other communities in economic stress. The paper will first explore concepts relating to cultural and creative industries with an eye towards nostalgic sentimentalism that is an important antithesis to high modernity, and even post-modernity. The second part will analyse the cultural and creative industries of the three centres based on primary data collected from several research projects in this area. The final part will provide some recommendations for the facilitation of creative and cultural enterprises in regional redevelopment. It also contains policy recommendations for the self-government of the region for a more effective and rational exploitation of the existing potential hiding in plain view.
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Gutierrez, Juan Jose Prieto. "World Libraries, the Diplomatic Role of Cultural Agencies." European Review 23, no. 3 (June 2, 2015): 361–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798715000137.
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Cultural actions are among the best tools for ministries of foreign affairs worldwide. Many countries who choose to work with cultural actions could potentially reach millions of citizens, inclusive of those living in remote areas. One of these cultural actions is that of establishing and opening cultural centres. This paper presents libraries as providing outstanding service in all these centres. Through a historical and numerical analysis of the libraries of The British Council, the Alliance Française’s Institut Français, the Goethe Institut and the Cervantes Institute, it can be shown that libraries are a real tool for public diplomacy that can exceed its remit of social assistance, social services and education. To conclude, this paper will also look at actions that could be undertaken to improve and cater for network libraries.
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García-Hernández, María, Manuel de la Calle-Vaquero, and Claudia Yubero. "Cultural Heritage and Urban Tourism: Historic City Centres under Pressure." Sustainability 9, no. 8 (August 4, 2017): 1346. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9081346.
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