Creative Work Research Articles

Dobri Chintulov and the Bulgarian National Revival

The article explores the life path, creative work and public activity of Dobri Chintulov. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to continue scholarly research on the life and activities of the poet, composer, pedagogue and public figure Dobri Chintulov, because the memory of his personality should not fade in the minds of the Bulgarians.

Artificial intelligence as a collaborative tool for script development

ABSTRACT In early 2023, as the release of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT became more widespread, concerns arose in the higher education sector regarding how students might use generative AI (gen-AI), not only for writing critical essays, but for producing creative works. Multiple gen-AI tools appeared specifically targeting the application to writing screenplays. This prompted the question: what are the ethical and pedagogical implications of integrating gen-AI within the context of teaching and learning screenwriting within the academy? The research design for this project applied a practice-based approach to script development, embedding critical reflection on the iterative process of engaging with gen-AI to write a short screenplay. The gen-AI was also prompted to self-critique the story it generated. The research identified ethical concerns regarding equitable access to technology, the potential for bias and theft of works used to train the AI. The study also found that engaging with gen-AI privileged analytical thinking over emotional engagement with the creative process. The findings suggest that creative confidence and an awareness of one’s own creative process are critical to effectively engage with gen-AI.

The Role of Talent Management Practices in Enhancing the Creative Work Behavior of Employees

The current research aims to verify the relationship between talent management practices represented by (attracting talent, investing talent, localizing talent, retaining talent) and the creative work behavior of employees represented by (exploratory creative work behavior, investment creative work behavior), among a sample of teaching staff in private universities and colleges in the Middle Euphrates region, numbering (276) instructors. The researchers adopted the descriptive analytical approach, taking the questionnaire as a basic mechanism for collecting the necessary data for the practical aspect of the study. The study concluded that there is a relationship between talent management practices and the creative work behavior of employees. As a result, the study reached a set of recommendations, the most prominent of which is that private universities and colleges must create a flexible academic environment that encourages innovation, such as remote work options or flexible work schedules, which supports work-life balance and makes room for creative thinking, in addition to implementing a periodic evaluation system to measure the level of employee engagement and creative behavior, and using the evaluation results to improve programs and practices. Continuously.

STEM application in education: Implication of STEM computational paradigm on employment prospects

The rapidly advancing fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have contributed to the largely automated diversities in educational technologies. This has impacted several industries and fundamentally changed how academic businesses are conducted. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have completely changed how services are distributed across the digital ecosystem. Base on the STEM-related technologies, the global digital economy and the educational sector are becoming increasingly computerized. Computers are extensively used as educational pedagogy tools to improve learning quality and student participation. Teachers can use computer-based audio, video, and visual aids to build lesson plans. Using Microsoft Power Point to produce and deliver electronic presentations to audiences is a great example of interactive education. These electronic presentations will be displayed on the screen with multimedia projectors in the classrooms where all students will be engaged in the modern teaching methodology. Video effects make lectures more impactful, and multimedia presentations are entertaining to watch and listen to. The use of computers in classrooms will also have an impact on teaching and learning methodologies and technological breakthroughs. Since computer technology now integrates all forms of media for interactive interaction, it has seen advances in all aspects of human managing responsibility. By employing ChatGPT as a writing coach, students can improve their written communication abilities. With ChatGPT, students can write essays, reports, or creative works by creating outlines, receiving feedback on their drafts, and refining their language and style. For example, when composing a persuasive essay, a student may consult ChatGPT for guidance on how to strengthen their argument or clarify their understandings. This paper provided STEM computational view on the academic business in the ongoing educational technology extreme automation.

A biomechanics-oriented study on the impact of AIGC on user interaction and ergonomics in visual communication design

This study investigates the biomechanical implications and ergonomic impacts of AI-generated content (AIGC) integration in visual communication design workflows. Through a comprehensive analysis of 23 professional designers in Chengdu, China, we examined the physical stress patterns, user interaction dynamics, and overall ergonomic outcomes when transitioning from traditional to AIGC-assisted design processes. The research employed a mixed-method approach combining quantitative biomechanical measurements with qualitative user experience assessments over 12 weeks. Results revealed significant reductions in muscle activity across key muscle groups, with the upper trapezius showing the most significant decrease (−3.6% MVC, p < 0.001) during AIGC-assisted tasks. This change in muscle activity can be further linked to alterations in the body's postural stability and load distribution, which are core considerations in biomechanics. Movement efficiency metrics, which are inherently related to biomechanical performance, demonstrated a 27.9% reduction in task completion time (p < 0.001) and a 33.3% decrease in design iterations. Quality assessment scores improved across all dimensions, with Creative Innovation showing the highest enhancement (+1.8 points, p < 0.001). User satisfaction metrics indicated significant improvements, with consistent gains of 1.1 points (on a 5-point scale) across all measured dimensions (p < 0.001). Notably, the study identified distinct adaptation patterns between novice and experienced users in terms of their biomechanical responses. Experienced users demonstrated significantly faster response times in AIGC prompt input (8.94 ± 1.87 s vs 18.62 ± 3.15 s, p < 0.001), which can be associated with differences in their neuromuscular coordination and motor learning abilities. While AIGC integration initially increased certain types of errors (+51.2% in input errors), it led to substantial reductions in tool misuse (−40.4%) and design revisions (−39.9%). These findings suggest that AIGC integration can significantly reduce physical stress while improving design efficiency and quality outcomes, all of which are intertwined with the biomechanical functioning of the body during the design process. The research provides evidence-based recommendations for optimizing AIGC implementation in professional design workflows, taking into account the biomechanical and ergonomic factors that contribute to the overall well-being and creative productivity. This study has important implications for software development, workplace health policies, and the future direction of AI-assisted creative work, as it highlights the significance of considering biomechanics in the integration of advanced technologies within creative domains.

Russian language and literature lessons strategies for the formation of reader literacy

Reading has always played an important role in the history of human development. This is one of the main ways to socialize a person, his development, upbringing and education. As scientists have found, about 200 factors affect a student’s academic performance. Factor № 1 is reading skill, which has a much stronger impact on academic performance than all of them combined. But recently there has been a decrease in the level of reading literacy, a decrease in interest in reading, skills and abilities to work with both scientific and artistic texts. At the same time, the number of information flows and the volume of information itself are increasing in the modern world. All this creates objective difficulties in selecting, understanding, storing and transmitting information. And as a result, there are difficulties in preparing and passing the OGE and USE in various subjects. And reading in the modern information society is «meta-objective» or «over-objective » in nature, and reading skills belong to universal educational activities. Reading is the foundation of all educational outcomes outlined in the Federal State Educational Standard. Russian Russian literature The purpose of this article is to consider the main forms and strategies for the formation of reader literacy in the lessons of the Russian language and Russian literature. They are discussed in detail in the article. The authors emphasize that creative work of students plays an important role in the formation of reader’s literacy: writing essays and expositions, where the text of the presentation is detailed during work, a plan is drawn up, a retelling is created, and the element of the composition makes one deeply comprehend the text, analyze it, interpret it. Based on the results of the conducted research with elements of including practical experience in it, the necessary conclusions have been drawn.

Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade

Introduction The pace of change in healthcare and throughout the world will only continue to escalate. This evolution of continuously changing information requires us to be responsive and innovative. There are more ways than ever to share information, and more need than ever to share best practices for leadership related to pharmacy. In keeping with the mission of INNOVATIONS in pharmacy (Iip), we invite you to share creative and dynamic scholarly leadership work. MethodsThe traditional written manuscript is an author-centric form of scholarly output; the format, process, expediency, and familiarity of written manuscripts benefit authors, but may not be as easily consumed as more user-centric forms of information. The Iip leadership section team investigated alternative ways to disseminate the results of research work that don't include a traditional written manuscript. Findings We reached out to leaders across a variety of pharmacy work and practice settings to understand the importance of leadership today and the importance for leadership in pharmacy. Responses were common across pharmacy professionals in all settings; nearly every response mentioned that leadership is important to help motivate a team toward a shared goal or vision and to be a role model. Pharmacy leaders feel that leadership is needed to make decisions, take accountability and, especially in an area as highly regulated as healthcare, ensure regulations and procedures are followed and standards are upheld. At the same time, our current environment requires attention to new challenges such as a multigenerational workforce and artificial intelligence. Call to Action Through our work as scholars, we can provide evidence-based, pertinent, timely solutions to address these issues, in ways that make it easily transferable to broad audiences. The future of pharmacy leadership is in our hands and awaits our unique insights. Traditional written manuscripts are valuable but may not fully connect with some people. The evolving landscape of healthcare leadership demands novel perspectives, creative applications, and open-minded evaluations. Join us on this transformative journey. Submit your Innovative scholarly works to Iip. This scholarship is connected to the following forms of scholarly works: Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v15i4.6262 Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade an Interactive Poster: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v15i4.6264

Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade

Introduction The pace of change in healthcare and throughout the world will only continue to escalate. This evolution of continuously changing information requires us to be responsive and innovative. There are more ways than ever to share information, and more need than ever to share best practices for leadership related to pharmacy. In keeping with the mission of INNOVATIONS in pharmacy (Iip), we invite you to share creative and dynamic scholarly leadership work. MethodsThe traditional written manuscript is an author-centric form of scholarly output; the format, process, expediency, and familiarity of written manuscripts benefit authors, but may not be as easily consumed as more user-centric forms of information. The Iip leadership section team investigated alternative ways to disseminate the results of research work that don't include a traditional written manuscript. Findings We reached out to leaders across a variety of pharmacy work and practice settings to understand the importance of leadership today and the importance for leadership in pharmacy. Responses were common across pharmacy professionals in all settings; nearly every response mentioned that leadership is important to help motivate a team toward a shared goal or vision and to be a role model. Pharmacy leaders feel that leadership is needed to make decisions, take accountability and, especially in an area as highly regulated as healthcare, ensure regulations and procedures are followed and standards are upheld. At the same time, our current environment requires attention to new challenges such as a multigenerational workforce and artificial intelligence. Call to Action Through our work as scholars, we can provide evidence-based, pertinent, timely solutions to address these issues, in ways that make it easily transferable to broad audiences. The future of pharmacy leadership is in our hands and awaits our unique insights. Traditional written manuscripts are valuable but may not fully connect with some people. The evolving landscape of healthcare leadership demands novel perspectives, creative applications, and open-minded evaluations. Join us on this transformative journey. Submit your Innovative scholarly works to Iip. This scholarship is connected to the following forms of scholarly works: Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade an Interactive Poster: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v15i4.6264 Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade a Scholarly Narration: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v15i4.6265

Видный российский педагог И. Н. Жуков: «Любите Родину, боритесь за неё и будьте первыми в труде!»

The purpose of the study is to characterize the pedagogical activity of a prominent Russian teacher of the first half of the 20th century Innokenty Nikolaevich Zhukov (1875-1948) on the organization of the scout and pioneer movement in Russia. The study presents the circumstances of the emergence of scouting in Russia, and then the pioneer movement. Little-known facts of Zhukov's biography are established. The content of his organizational, literary and creative (in the field of sculpture) work is revealed. Innokenty Nikolaevich's contribution to each of these fields of activity is assessed. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the introduction into scientific circulation of little-known factual material relating to the initial period of development of scouting in Russia, and subsequently the pioneer organization. The results of the research are disclosure of little-known facts of Zhukov's biography, assessment of his pedagogical projects in the field of education of children and adolescents, analysis of his multifaceted organizational and practical educational activities. Zhukov is also shown as a writer and cultural figure who, through his work, contributed to solving the tasks of educating the younger generation that were relevant for his time. The text includes statements about him by famous contemporaries (O. Rodin, A. V. Lunacharsky, A.M. Gorky) and teachers (A. V. Vakhtin, E. Ya. Grobin, I. I. Zhukova-Plotnikova). The study is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of I. N. Zhukov.

Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade

Introduction The pace of change in healthcare and throughout the world will only continue to escalate. This evolution of continuously changing information requires us to be responsive and innovative. There are more ways than ever to share information, and more need than ever to share best practices for leadership related to pharmacy. In keeping with the mission of INNOVATIONS in pharmacy (Iip), we invite you to share creative and dynamic scholarly leadership work. MethodsThe traditional written manuscript is an author-centric form of scholarly output; the format, process, expediency, and familiarity of written manuscripts benefit authors, but may not be as easily consumed as more user-centric forms of information. The Iip leadership section team investigated alternative ways to disseminate the results of research work that don't include a traditional written manuscript. Findings We reached out to leaders across a variety of pharmacy work and practice settings to understand the importance of leadership today and the importance for leadership in pharmacy. Responses were common across pharmacy professionals in all settings; nearly every response mentioned that leadership is important to help motivate a team toward a shared goal or vision and to be a role model. Pharmacy leaders feel that leadership is needed to make decisions, take accountability and, especially in an area as highly regulated as healthcare, ensure regulations and procedures are followed and standards are upheld. At the same time, our current environment requires attention to new challenges such as a multigenerational workforce and artificial intelligence. Call to Action Through our work as scholars, we can provide evidence-based, pertinent, timely solutions to address these issues, in ways that make it easily transferable to broad audiences. The future of pharmacy leadership is in our hands and awaits our unique insights. Traditional written manuscripts are valuable but may not fully connect with some people. The evolving landscape of healthcare leadership demands novel perspectives, creative applications, and open-minded evaluations. Join us on this transformative journey. Submit your Innovative scholarly works to Iip. This scholarship is connected to the following forms of scholarly works: Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v15i4.6262 Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade a Scholarly Narration: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v15i4.6265

Arts Entrepreneurial Work in Changing Contexts

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shifted the context of artistic and creative work, forcing individuals to adapt to wide-reaching changes in the way they operated in both work and life. Relying on interviews with data from 66 U.S.-based arts graduates, this article speaks to needs in sustaining creative life and work after the first year of the pandemic. Interviewees related that their needs for a sustainable creative work and life were primarily that they needed the social and physical distancing restrictions of the pandemic to end, more time and capacity to be creative, and monetary support. Ultimately, we argue that the changing context of the pandemic required substantial entrepreneurial ability toward being adaptable, superseding capacity for creativity during the first year of the pandemic. Our findings reflect that when arts entrepreneurs’ self-structured careers required new or intensified effort toward non-arts aspects of their work, their feelings of, or capacity for, creativity may be diminished.

Transnational academic mobility and knowledge production: learning and being differently in the global education policy field through multiple selves

ABSTRACT Enthused by the invitation to bring narrative and autoethnographic data to engage critically (with) key global education policy issues, I present a rather unconventional way of scholarly writing, in which there is neither a showcase of a generic formulaic academic article nor an exclusive report of a specific research study. Instead, anchored in my original theorisation of ‘multiple selves' informed by my academic and creative works, this article shapes itself through multiple conversations and interactions between me and my Inner-Voice. We engage each other and others in debates, observations and scholarly developments central to transnational academic mobility/ies – one of the most written/talked about phenomena in global higher education. The means and mode of engagement present in the article show the importance of learning and being differently in the global education policy field and the associated knowledge production.

The Philosophy of Indonesian Nationality in the Digital Age in the Thought of Buya Syafii Ma'arif

As one of Indonesia's leading Islamic thinkers, Buya Syafii Ma'arif offers an interesting perspective on the philosophy of nationality in the digital era. In his view, the advancement of digital technology must be accompanied by the strengthening of the nation's identity and noble values derived from religious teachings and Indonesian culture. Buya emphasized the importance of maintaining national unity in the midst of increasingly complex diversity due to the openness of digital information. The spirit of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika must be revitalized as a strong national adhesive to face the onslaught of global culture. The purpose of this article is to reveal Buya Syafii Ma'arif's thoughts related to the Indonesian National Philosophy. The method used is qualitative, this type of article is a study of the thoughts of figures, primary data sources are obtained from books by Buya Syafii Ma'arif related to the philosophy of Nationality. The results of the analysis found that Buya Syafii Ma'arif emphasized the importance of maintaining and defending the identity of the Indonesian nation which comes from noble religious and cultural values. He called for the need to revitalize the spirit of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika as an adhesive of unity in diversity that is increasingly complex due to digital globalization. Nationalism needs to be contextualized in the digital realm by building pride in creative works and domestic technological innovation.

Assessing the Influence of Mobile Apps Betting Advertising on the Habit of Youth in Enugu Urban

The study assessed the influence of mobile apps betting advertisements on the habit of youth in Enugu urban. The objectives were to determine if the Enugu urban youth residents are exposed to the mobile apps betting advertisements; check the advertisements they are most often exposed to; ascertain whether the advertisement influenced their behavioural pattern and finally know if the betting companies fulfilled the desires of the Enugu urban youth as stated in their advertisements. Survey research design was used for the execution of the study. Taro Yamane statistical formula helped the researchers to get the sample size of 400 from the population of 1,138,918 validated by the National Bureau of Statistics. Systematic sampling procedure was used to administer 28 copies of the questionnaire in each of the 14 layouts in Enugu urban which equalled to 392 copies while eight (8) copies of the questionnaire were not useful for the analysis. Findings indicated that the youth are strongly exposed to such mobile apps betting advertisements, have more interest in sports betting, influenced their behavioural pattern greatly and betting companies did not fulfil the desires of the majority of the youth in Enugu urban yet the youth fail to understand the game of the business. In conclusion, the betting advertisements actually influenced the youth greatly which affected the youth behavioural pattern against positive thinking of creativity and hard work. The paper recommended the closure of betting shops in the metropolis, rehabilitate the youth with workshops and varied skills, as well as introducing entrepreneurship skills from the primary to the tertiary institutions in Enugu metropolis.

Effect of Hairdresser’s Work-Life Balance and Self-efficacy on Job Satisfaction

This study aims to increase job satisfaction of hairdressers by analyzing the impact of work-life balance and self-efficacy on job satisfaction, which can lead to an increase in their professional success rate. We also sought to present basic data that can improve productivity through efficient human resource management in personnel administration. The results are as follows: First, the proportion of women among hairdressers was much higher than that of men. In order for these hairdressers to be faithful to their jobs and not change jobs, each individual must be highly satisfied with their job. Therefore, there must be continuous measures to increase their job satisfaction. Second, both work-life balance and self-efficacy had a significant impact on job satisfaction. Also, work-family, one of the three sub-factors that constitutes work-life balance, was seen to have the greatest impact on job satisfaction. Although growth at work was important, it was found that family relationships and family support were also important factors in improving job satisfaction. Therefore, in order to improve work-life balance, not only companies need to establish necessary systems, but hair designers also need to manage their own time and mental health care. It is also important to have emotional support through communication with family or colleagues. Third, self-efficacy had a priority on job satisfaction rather than work-life balance. Ultimately, for job satisfaction, it is essential to improve self-efficacy before improving work-life balance. Hairdressers must strive to achieve job satisfaction by increasing their confidence through improving their skills by learning new technologies or trends and strengthening their expertise by attending seminars and workshops, or by building confidence through small successes. To help hairdressers achieve these goals, the hair beauty companies need to create a positive work environment, come up with realistic measures to provide appropriate rewards and incentives, and especially provide autonomy for hair designers to do creative work. With these measures in place, we hope to see high-quality improvement in the hair beauty industry by increasing the professional success and customer satisfaction of hair designers. Infuture research, in-depth qualitative research to determine the standards, systems, and implementation plans of the proposed measures will be needed.

Соціокомунікативна практика Юрія Федьковича як діалог культур

The history of Yuriy Fedkovych is represented not so much in a global sense as in an existential one – considering that every individual we communicate with represents a new distinct culture. Initially, the specific system of the writer’s connections with his closest environment, especially his father, A. Hordynsky de Fedkovych, is examined, indicating the validity of purely ethnic peculiarities of Bukovynian Hutsuls’ communication in the discussed situation and the “textual”, dialogic openness of Y. Fedkovych’s literary and public activities to Others. Then, various forms of the artist’s relationships with Others are distinguished. These are primarily relationships of unity, dialogic communication, subordinated to high democratic-cultural goals and connected with literature and creative practice. This refers to contacts with his sister Mariia, selected representatives of creative intelligentsia (R. Rothkähl, E.-R. Neibauer, A. Kobyliansky and K. Horbal, E. Maroshani, D. Taniachkevych, M. Drahomanov, S. Smal-Stotsky). In relationships with peasants and fellow soldiers, Y. Fedkovych similarly demonstrated not an authoritarian, imperative, but a subject-to-subject style of communication and received high humanistic values in return. However, sometimes these dialogues, due to the utilitarian human nature of some Others, were unable to develop into a full-fledged dialogue of cultures. The circumstances of Y. Fedkovych’s complicated communication with the native intelligentsia and himself in the second half of his life (from the mid-1860s) are examined, which was a reaction to lower forms of relationships between communicants – pseudo-dialogical, even utilitarian, but not complete. Then, conversations with books compensated for the deficit of human attention, which was a form of genuine dialogue of cultures. It is concluded that Y. Fedkovych’s limited communication with contemporaries largely prompted him to communicate with them and all Others through his creative work. The writer possessed a high level of culturological thinking, effectively received and transmitted values of native and foreign cultures, thus he can be considered perhaps the brightest carrier of his ethnic community’s cultural code into the broadest cultural context.

Formation of the reading culture of children of Primary school age through the study of foreign children’s fairy tales

The article is devoted to the problems of studying foreign children's fairy tales. The author considers the features of the perception of foreign literary fairy tales by children of primary school age. In order to form a reading culture of students, the author of the article presented the stages of work on the perception of a foreign literary fairy tale, showed a variety of types of creative work aimed at developing the emotional and moral sphere of children of primary school age. The author of the article emphasizes the special role of the fairy tale not only in the formation of the reader's culture, but also in high moral qualities. Based on the study of the formation of a reading culture in the process of reading children's foreign fairy tales, the author comes to the following interesting conclusions: the effective use of creative works for the purpose of a full-fledged perception of the fairy-tale genre, their use makes it possible to increase the level of perception of the fairy tale. The fairy tale contributes to the formation of the emotional and moral sphere of children of primary school age, teaches to distinguish between good and evil, forms the culture of the reader, while it does not require a rich education and rich life experience from the child.

THE CREATIVE WORLD OF GEVORG DEVRIKYAN

The present article presents the general description of the creative work of Gevorg Devrikyan, one of the original figures of the new period of Armenian prose of the 20th century. The article provides an overview of the works of writers of the 1960-80s, indicates their place and role in the Armenian literature, as well as highlights the significance of the creative work of Gevorg Devrikyan. The connection between G. Devrikyan’s works and outstanding figures of the Armenian culture is emphasized, and the problem of aestheticization of history is also presented. The works of the first period of the creative work of the writer, essays and stories, novels and historical novels, the collections of stories on historical and satirical themes are listed, indicating their place and role in the Armenian Soviet prose. Gevorg Devrikyan’s historical novels, which occupy a special place among the Armenian Soviet historical novels, have been also emphasized. The issues raised in these historical novels are relevant and portray the contemporary life. The importance of G. Devrikyan's historical novels, their educational and didactic nature, as well as the vivid manifestation of patriotism in them are emphasized. The article also examines the writer's popular and scientific works, stressing the author's great contribution to this area. When reading popular and scientific works and articles, it is immediately noticeable that they came from the writer’s pen: when considering any issue or phenomenon, in addition to the conclusion itself, artistic summaries are presented here, and the portraits of great figures of the Armenian history and culture develop into artistic images. An important place is given to the work “The Great Armenian Figures”, intended for the readers being interested in the Armenian history, literature and culture. The article also examines the collections of stories based on the medieval evidences. Depicting medieval copyists and manuscript illustrators in almost all of his works, G. Devrikian describes the conditions under which medieval parchment scrolls, tags (chants) and antunis (songs of homeless) were copied and created.

CREATION OF THE DANCE MUSIC FOR THE PUCUK BANG MASCOT OF BANGLI REGENCY

Pucuk Bang, or Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis, was established as the identity and mascot of Bangli Regency during the leadership of Regent I.B. Gede Agung Ladip (1990–1995, 1995–2000) and officially declared on Bangli's 771st anniversary on May 10, 1991. Regent Sang Nyoman Sedana Arta (2021–2026) aimed to revive Bangli's taksu through the creation of the Pucuk Bang Dance as a visual icon, communication medium, identity symbol, and representation of Bangli’s vision and mission, fostering emotional connections and broad acceptance. The Pucuk Bang flower embodies purity, love, sincerity, and courage. "Pucuk" symbolizes the peak or forefront, and "Bang" (red) represents bravery, spirit, and the deity Brahma, a manifestation of God. It reflects courage and rising to the top with purity, love, and sincerity. The Pucuk Bang concept was transformed into a creative work integrating music, dance, and technology, deeply exploring textures, shapes, colors, and meanings. Inspired by Bangli’s heritage, such as Baris dances and Gong Gede gamelans, it uses the Tri Angga structure (kawitan, pangawak, pangecet). The musical work is united by nine dancers symbolizing the Universe's greatness as Sarining Padma Bhuwana. The Pucuk Bang flower embodies purity, love, sincerity, and courage. "Pucuk" symbolizes the peak or forefront, and "Bang" (red) represents bravery, spirit, and the deity Brahma, a manifestation of God. It reflects courage and rising to the top with purity, love, and sincerity. The Pucuk Bang concept was transformed into a creative work integrating music, dance, and technology, deeply exploring textures, shapes, colors, and meanings. Inspired by Bangli’s heritage, such as Baris dances and Gong Gede gamelans, it uses the Tri Angga structure (kawitan, pangawak, pangecet). The musical work is united by nine dancers symbolizing the Universe's greatness as Sarining Padma Bhuwana.

Telling stories that cannot be told: remembering mothers and daughters in métis narratives from Rwanda

ABSTRACT On the eve of independence in Ruanda-Urundi, hundreds of Métis children were taken from Catholic missions and flown to Belgium where they would be fostered, adopted, or sent to local boarding schools. These illegitimate children of white European fathers and Black African mothers were viewed by the colonial authorities as ‘children of sin’. Most of the Métis never saw their birth mothers again and remained illegitimate, unacknowledged by their white European fathers. In 2019, the Belgian government issued a formal apology for the abduction of these children but, for almost sixty years, the stories of the Métis and their mothers had been conveniently forgotten. This article discusses creative attempts to tell the missing stories of the Métis and their mothers by two mixed-‘race’ authors born in Rwanda: Georges Kamanayo, also a filmmaker, was removed from his mother in the late 1950s and taken to Belgium for adoption; Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse imagines the story of an ageing Métis woman with dementia in her novel, Consolée. Drawing on Saidiya Hartman’s concept of ‘critical fabulation’, we consider the role of creative works in repositioning Métis mothers and daughters at the centre of their own history and telling stories that cannot be told.