Cultural Factors In Development Research Articles

아리랑 축제 활성화를 위한 가상현실(VR) 전시 공간의 개발 연구

This study aims to propose a plan for developing an Arirang Festival exhibition space using the virtual reality of the metaverse to preserve Arirang and promote local cultural development. Arirang is a unique music of the Korean people, and preserving and passing it down is an important factor in cultural development. However, several problems were raised at the Arirang Festival, which plays a big role in revitalizing Arirang. Therefore, this study aims to develop an exhibition space for the Arirang Festival based on virtual reality, a core technology of the metaverse. Based on the Mil-ryang Arirang Festival, which has the longest history, and the Jeongseon Arirang Festival, this study aims to identify issues and propose a new virtual reality exhibition space to address them. We analyze examples of VR exhibition spaces revitalizing local culture, propose themes and components for the Arirang VR space. Additionally, we prepare experiential contents highlighting regional characteristics for a harmonious virtual space. To enhance participation across generations, promote Arirang's heritage and tourism, and expand engaging contents, we offer 3D Arirang experiences, storytelling videos, traditional avatar games, and virtual tours. Through these efforts, we aim to promote the sustainable development of the Arirang Festival and hope that Arirang can expand to a wider audience across generations.

The Event as a Value Factor in the Development of Art-Market

The article explores the problems of the art market through the prism of philosophical and cultural consideration of the phenomenon of the event. The attending of art fairs and biennials has become an important part of the cultural life of modern people, so cultural study of these events make it possible to identify them as a factor in the development of contemporary art and a tool to expand the understanding of current art trends in the 21st century by visitors. The author of the article investigates the phenomenon of the events in the context of the art market as a value-semantic factor of the development of contemporary culture. Justifying and developing the thesis on the meaningful aspect of the art market event, the event is considered as a unit of cultural experience and the factor of cultural development. The art has long been instrumental in imparting the meaning and the value to the group meetings of people, so the cultural study of the event as a value and semantic factor in the development of the art market will help to understand visitors’ values and meanings. The conceptualization of the events is possible thanks to cultural anthropology, which is the source of knowledge about the culture, including holidays, customs and rituals. The analysis of the biennials and the art fairs as the events will help to understand the essence of the art market, its gravitas for the development of modern society.

Group size determines cultural complexity

Many animals use culture, the ability to learn from others, but only humans create complex culture. A laboratory experiment tests which characteristics of our social networks give us this capacity. See Letter p.389 An important human attribute is the capacity for cumulative culture — the ability to pass on learned behaviours from generation to generation. Theoretical work has suggested that population size is an important factor in cultural development, with information being eroded in populations that are too small and added to in populations that are sufficiently large. Working with groups of volunteers playing an experimental cultural game, Maxime Derex et al. find evidence to support this prediction. They show that, during an iterated process, small groups are unable to maintain the ability to complete a complex task or improve on a simple one, whereas larger groups can improve both types of task over time.

Management and Cultural Development

There are the different approaches about the way of achieving to cultural development. Some say that: peopleand their participation are most important factor in cultural development of a community. In other words, theybelieve that: a community participation plays very important role in cultural development (Alhagh, 1989). Butsome believe that: the educational system and technology are more important than people of a community. Andthey play more important role in cultural development of a community (Asadi, 1990; Etaat, 1999; Nonejad,1998). In addition to these two above cases, some express that: in this connection, mass media are mostimportant (Legzeian, 2002; Postman, 1992; Zolfaghari, 2004) while from the others point of view, the effect ofcivil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in cultural development are more important than massmedia(Amirahmadi, 1995). Management is another effective factor in cultural development. It has beendiscussed in some writings of community development and management (Christenson & Robinson, 1989;Lassey & Sashkin, 1983; Sariolghalam, 1992; Shatar Sabran, 2003). Overall, although, there are many factorsthat have the basic role in cultural development but, the management is less under attention globally, especiallyin developing countries. Therefore, this paper is going to explore the status of management in culturaldevelopment. And it explains how management can affect on the cultural development. The purpose of this paperis to explore the role of management in cultural development and outcomes of management’s role in culturaldevelopment. For investigation of the management role in cultural development, it is necessary to define,management, culture and cultural development terms. Therefore, at first, this paper defines management, cultureand cultural development and then, investigates the role of management in cultural development and itsoutcomes.

Addressing Cultural Factors in Development of System Interventions

SUMMARY The purpose of this article is to address various issues concerning multicultural interventions at a system level. Diversity is presented through a different conceptual approach and specific implications for school psychological practice are addressed. In this theoretical context an alternative model of school psychological services that was developed in the Greek educational system is presented and a primary intervention program is described as a paradigm of multicultural system/community intervention. Finally, the components of a transnational approach to multicultural system/community interventions that provides the basic procedural guidelines to developing effective, culturally sensitive interventions in the school environment is proposed.

Comparative ageing research: a flourishing field in need of theoretical cultivation.

Comparative ageing research is a flourishing field, partly because of European funding in this area. Comparing different societies and cultures seems especially fruitful for the analysis of societal and cultural factors in development over the life course. From a nomothetic perspective, the aim of comparisons is the search for similarities and communalities in different societies and cultures; from an idiographic perspective, researchers are looking for societal and cultural specificity and distinctiveness. However, the potentials of comparative ageing research are not fully realized for the time being. In many cases, there is little theorizing as to whether there should be differences (or similarities) in ageing processes across countries, societies, or cultures. This paper discusses theoretical aims and ambitions of comparative ageing research in general. Comparative theories are sketched which could serve as a basis for comparative ageing research, and ageing theories are discussed which could be modified to be used in comparative research. The rationale of comparative ageing research is described and illustrated through empirical examples. Epistemological and methodological pitfalls (problems of conceptual, operational, functional, and measurement equivalence) are a substantial obstacle to comparative ageing research. Hence, merits and limitations of comparative designs and sampling procedures are considered.

Yet another 'magic bullet': the case of social capital

The argument in this paper is that the present fashion for invoking ’social capital’ in development thought is dangerous. As an analytical concept, social capital lacks clear definition and is used as a means of ignoring or eliding social and cultural factors. It is argued that the present popularity of the term derives from the growing hegemony of economists in development thought and practice and does little to further analytical rigour. Rather, analysis of social and cultural factors in development should be nonreductionist and recognise the complex nature of social and cultural factors.

Cross-Cultural Studies in Child Development in Asian Contexts

Over a number of years, the author has been involved in crosscultural research with Asian and Australian children and adolescents. This article will review some of the work done with and by some of the author's colleagues in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and China. These countries are all multicultural, yet the contributions of these Asian researchers to the role of cultural factors in development are not as well known as they should be. Some reasons for this situation will be discussed. In each of these countries, far-reaching changes now challenge traditional cultural values in family relations and child-rearing practices. The author highlights some of the most significant differences in Asian and Western approaches to child-rearing practices and discusses these in the context of some dominant religious, social, philosophical, and ideological positions.

The Significance of Culture for Development Studies

SUMMARY Though many arguments for the role of cultural factors in development have been circular or ideological, development is necessarily a culturally determined process. It is an attempt to realize certain aspirations which, however universal, are still held in the context of other goals particular to national or religious traditions which the subjects of development wish to preserve. Cultures also provide particular institutional means (sex roles, forms of organization, etc.) of development. As a precipitate of history, culture also includes people's ideas about the conditions of development itself. If we are seriously to engage with the subjects of development, these above all cannot be ignored.RESUME L'Impact de la Tradition Culturelle sur le DéveloppementSi maintes arguments apportés a l'appui du rôle culturel dans le développement sont de nature péremptoire ou idéologique, le processus de développement reste essentiellement conditionné par la culture. Ce processus vise à la réalisation de certaines aspirations, si universelles qu'elles soient, qui demeurent toujours axées sur d'autres objectifs particuliers à la culture, nationale ou réligieuse que les intéressés en voie de développement tiennent à conserver. La culture inspire la forme des instruments institutionnels de développement (rôles sexuels, modèles d'organisation); sur le plan historique, elle représente les notions humaines sur la nature même du développement. Aucun chercheur sérieux, se consacrant à l'étude du développement ne peut se permettre d'ignorer ces considérations.RESUMEN La Importancia de la Cultura para los Estudios del DesarrolloAunque es cierto que muchos de los argumentos relacionados con el rol de los factores culturales en el desarrollo han sido de carácter circular o ideológico, el desarrollo es por necesidad un proceso determinado culturalmente. Es un intento de llevar a cab o ciertas aspiraciones que, si bien son universales, están sin embargo envueltas en el contexto de otras metas, correspondientes a las tradiciones nacionales o religiosas que los sujetos del desarrollo desean preservar. Las diferentes culturas proveen además medios institucionales específicos para el desarrollo (rol de los sexos, formas de organización, etc. . . .). Como un precipitado de la historia, la cultura también incluye las ideas que la gente tiene acerca de las condiciones del desarrollo mismo. Si se trata de interesarse seriamente en los sujetos del desarrollo, éstos, por sobre todo, no pueden ser ignorados.

The Alcoholic Agringado

T HE etiology of alcoholism has not been accurately determined despite wealth of hypotheses on subject. Claims have been made for both biological and psychological origins of pathological drinking. Today most workers in field of alcoholic studies are becoming increasingly aware of importance of cultural factors in development of alcoholism. The authors of one of leading textbooks on abnormal psychology suggest that sociocultural considerations may outweigh both biological and psychological in certain cases. Landis and Bolles state that is conceivable that social and cultural factors may act on any type of constitution and personality to bring about either addiction or abnormal drinking (1950:229). This paper will analyze a sociocultural environment which tends to produce a high proportion of problem drinkers among agringados or inglesados of south Texas.' Both Spanish terms refer in a derogatory sense to Mexican-American attempting cultural transfer to Anglo-American way of life. The analysis is based on data collected by research staff of Hidalgo Project on Differential Culture Change and Mental Health. Field work was carried out during a four-year period along Mexican-Texas border.2 Until early part of this century, Hidalgo County was primarily a livestock area worked by descendants of land-grant families of New Spain. During first decade of 1900's land investment firms began to buy up area and develop it through irrigation for production of vegetables and citrus fruit. From a semi-desert area it was converted into present land of palm trees, rich agricultural harvests, and tourists. The change was dramatic enough to lead local chambers of commerce to label this part of Texas the Magic Valley. The transformation of land resulted in a heavy influx of two major ethnic groups. The land was purchased by farmers from north and midwest whose ancestry was primarily northern European. Cheap labor recruited from Mexico cleared and irrigated land. Most of these manual laborers remained to work as field hands. Their ranks were swelled by refugees from Mexican Revolution of 1910. Company planned towns in Hidalgo County were carefully laid out to separate Anglo and Latin groups. Today each town is still composed of Latin and Anglo communities which are geographically and socially distinct. The Latin community inherits its way of life from Mestizo culture of Mexico while Anglo community is derived from U. S. middle-class culture. Each community is strongly ethnocentric and contemptuous of its opposite. Each linguistic group has a collection of derogatory terms to designate members of other group. Anglos may be referred to in a Spanish-speaking group as bolillos or gringos. The Anglos, among themselves, customarily call Mexican-Americans meskins. This term carries implication of a child-like and unreliable personality.