The Divination arts in Girl CultureLaura miLLer Two young women, both wearing high school uniforms, were browsing in an accessory shop in the western section of tokyo. The girl with the short hair and ready smile was a sagittarius, and she was looking for something very specific: “One of my Lucky Goods for this month is a gold-colored... (Capturing contemporary Japan: differentiation and uncertainty)A class enemy during the cultural revolution of1960's and 1970'sIn 1966, an unprecedented tribulation, which plunged the whole China into a major tragedy, broke out in the country - the decade-long “Cultural Revolution.” This so-called revolution, which took place in the field of ideology, advocated the abolishment of the old ideas, old culture, old customs and... (China in Symbolic Communication)Art, Archives, and Cultural PracticesFrom tracing the emergence of Indo-Caribbean feminist perspectives in scholarship, activism and personal life to transgressive storytelling in forms of creative writing, the collection then moves to explorations of art, archives, and cultural practices. Kavita Ashana Singh, in her chapter, revisits Carnival... (Indo-Caribbean Feminist Thought: Genealogies, Theories, Enactments)Art, Archives, and Cultural PracticesComparative Caribbean Feminisms: Jahaji-bhain in Carnival Kavita Ashana Singh In Trinidad, Carnival has traditionally been seen as “a Creole thing,” code for “not Indian.” This “Creole” festival is closely identified with the nation in political and cultural discourse, so it is emblematic... (Indo-Caribbean Feminist Thought: Genealogies, Theories, Enactments)Victimhood and the Chinese Cultural RevolutionThe Chinese Cultural Revolution, despite being generally referred to as the “Ten Years of Chaos,” was in fact preceded by a much larger human disaster - at least in terms of death toll. The Great Famine (1959-1961), which accompanied the Great Leap Forward (1958-1962), resulted in an estimated 40... (Memory, Trauma, Asia: Recall, Affect, and Orientalism in Contemporary Narratives)Cultural Revolution, Cultural TraumaAs observed by Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, “the CCP was both instrumental in launching the Cultural Revolution and in bringing it to an end,” and as such, “we are confronted with a very complicated situation regarding the political elite in the PRC [People’s Republic of China]” (“Coping... (Memory, Trauma, Asia: Recall, Affect, and Orientalism in Contemporary Narratives)The Sixteen Points: Decision of the Central Committee of the CCP Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (August 8, 1966)Perhaps no document so clearly lays out the entire scope and goals of the Cultural Revolution than the Sixteen Point decision of 1966. While Mao's "Little Red Book" may have provided the means by which the Red Guards and other leaders could defend their own actions (and attack those of their rivals),... (Sources in Chinese History: Diverse Perspectives from 1644 to the Present)Chairman Mao Joins a Million People to Celebrate the Great Cultural Revolution (August 18, 1966)From August 18 to November 26,1966, Mao Zedong greeted more than 12 million Red Guards in eight massive rallies in Tiananmen Square. During those months, millions of Chinese youth, Red Guards, middle school and university students, and workers from across the country rushed to Beijing for the chance... (Sources in Chinese History: Diverse Perspectives from 1644 to the Present)Arts, Business, and Culture (ABC)There are lessons to be learned in how to merge arts and business together. This section provides some of reflections on the transformation of a dilapidated industrial corridor to a culturally vibrant arts and industry district. First and foremost, pursuing a culture and arts-based development strategy... (Culture, Community, and Development)The “social impacts of the arts” by animating democracy (a program of Americans for the Arts)In the “Continuum of Impact” guide, Animating Democracy (2017) proposed a framework to provide a way for organisers to articulate clear and realistic outcomes and to enable them to both design effective arts programmes and initiatives and collect evidence of the social impact of those programmes.... (Community Arts and Culture Initiatives in Singapore: Understanding the Nodal Approach) |