Local Cultural Resources Research Articles

Sports poverty alleviation: concept and model innovation for the development of Chinese sports towns in the new Era

In recent years, sports-themed towns have emerged as a key component in China's rural revitalization and poverty alleviation strategy, integrating sports, culture, tourism, and health industries to drive regional economic and social development. However, the literature often overlooks their long-term impact on social, cultural, and community development. Research aims to explore the concept of “sports poverty alleviation” and propose a new development model for sports towns in China, focusing on economic growth as well as social and cultural enhancement, public health, community integration. The study employs mixed methods, including documentary analysis and empirical research, to evaluate the effectiveness of various sports town models in poverty alleviation. Findings reveal that while these towns successfully boost short-term economic growth, especially through tourism and events, their sustainability is challenged by homogenization and a lack of competitiveness. Many towns fail to capitalize on local cultural and natural resources, and while they contribute to immediate economic benefits, they often lack long-term employment and integration strategies for local communities. Successful cases like the Mashan model demonstrate how integrating local resources and cultural identity with sports industries can lead to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. The research concludes that a more holistic approach to the development of sports towns in China is needed. Economic benefits should be complemented by a focus on social, cultural, and community development to ensure long-term success. The proposed innovative development models offer practical solutions to enhance the uniqueness and sustainability of sports towns, contributing to China's rural revitalization and poverty alleviation efforts.

Study on the Innovative Development Path of Rural Characteristic Sports Events in Ganzi Prefecture under the Background of Culture and Tourism Integration

Under the background of cultural and tourism integration, the development of rural characteristic sports events in Ganzi Prefecture faces new opportunities and challenges. By analyzing the rich culture, natural resources and the current situation of characteristic sports events in Ganzi Prefecture, this paper discusses how to innovate the development of these events in order to realize the deep integration of cultural tourism and rural sports and promote the development of local economy and society. The study finds that Ganzi Prefecture has a broad space for innovation in terms of event branding, integration of events and tourism projects, technological empowerment and community participation. To this end, this paper proposes an innovative path based on the excavation of local cultural resources, branding, digital promotion and industry linkage development, specifically including event branding, exploration of the integration mode of culture and tourism, the application of scientific and technological means, and the improvement of the community participation mechanism.

사운드스케이프 개념에서 본 지역문화자원의 관광콘텐츠 활용 방안 연구: 국립대관령치유의숲을 중심으로

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the concept of soundscape through its ecological, social, and cultural characteristics, exploring its value as a local cultural resource and strategizing its utilization as a region-specific resource. This study highlighted the significance of soundscapes as local resources, emphasizing their integration with regional cultural assets and proposing strategies for their expansion and future use to enhance regional interaction. Methods: The study was conducted through field research and focus group interviews (FGI) at the National Center for Forest Therapy, Daegwallyeong, targeting six local cultural activists in the arts sector from August 2, 2021, to December 20, 2021. This study explored the potential connections and utilization strategies between soundscapes and local cultural resources, based on theoretical considerations. Results: The findings revealed a connectivity between local cultural resources and soundscapes. Soundscapes interact with the history, traditions, and cultural activities of communities, suggesting that they can serve as unique tourism content that enhances a region's identity and competitiveness, offering various uses and value. Secondly, soundscapes serve as a bridge between a region's past and present, highlighting their potential for expansion as a local cultural resource. From this foundation, key discussions on scalability generated practical and applicable ideas for using soundscapes as tourism attractions. Conclusion: This research identified a positive correlation between utilizing soundscapes and enhancing regional identity and competitiveness, as well as stimulating the local economy through tourism.

Based on the Design of Regional Cultural Symbols under the Rural Revitalization Policy

The study of design translation of regional cultural symbols based on rural revitalization policy aims to explore how regional cultural symbols can be effectively translated and applied to rural revitalization practice through design means. The study analyzes and excavates local cultural resources and uses modern design concepts and technologies to transform traditional cultural symbols into design works with contemporary value and significance. In this way, it not only enhances rural cultural confidence and promotes cultural inheritance and innovation but also enhances the development of rural tourism and cultural industries, ultimately achieving sustainable revitalization and economic growth in the countryside. China has rich resources of "local specialties," which have cultural and historical value and great market potential. In the background of rural revitalization strategy, this paper analyzes the design ideas of Malu grapes, a local specialty of Shanghai, and explores how to design cultural and creative products combining unique regional culture and local specialties. Tapping and developing these local specialties can effectively promote regional economic development and rural industrial revitalization. Through the creative design around the local specialties, it increases the added value of the products, inherits and carries forward the local culture, creates brand influence, enhances product recognition, strengthens the competitiveness of the products, enriches the consumption experience, and promotes the image and quality of the local specialties.

Assessing Vulnerability and Prioritization of Cultural Assets for Climate Change Planning in Collier County, Southwest Florida

Cultural resources are often overlooked in climate change and resiliency planning, despite them being integral to community identity and the restoration of a sense of normalcy after significant weather events. This vulnerability assessment demonstrates how cultural resources can be included in planning efforts, and how they can be prioritized based on specific criteria. To complete this assessment, a working group with local land managers and cultural resource professionals was formed, and members employed a sophisticated Geo Tool, ACUNE (Adaptation of Coastal Urban and Natural Ecosystems) for climate adaptation, to predict how cultural resources throughout Collier County, Florida, would be impacted in two specific climate scenarios. The working group selected ten significant sites in the county and used ACUNE to prioritize action at these sites, using a matrix of hazard exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity, and the environmental, social, and economic consequences of the loss of these sites. Based on the results of our case study vulnerability assessment of cultural resources in Collier County, the next decade (2020 to 2030) has the potential to increase the number of sites at risk of storm flooding from 267 to 318, alerting managers that immediate action is needed for the sites of greatest value. The analysis of 10 case study sites is presented to demonstrate an approach for land managers and other cultural resource professionals to prioritize action at their own sites.

Citizens’ Perceptions and Assessment of an Urban Mountainous Forest Restoration: Nature, History, and Changes

Background and objective: Most cities in South Korea have mountainous forests as hinterland green space in their centers, which are used as urban parks. This study was conducted to analyze citizens' perceptions of a mountainous forest restoration project being carried out in Jinju City.Methods: The research site is part of Bibongsan Mountain in Jinju City. Visitors' perceptions of the Bibongsan Restoration Project (BRP), carried out since 2015, were surveyed and analyzed regarding nature, history, and changes. The survey was conducted from August to October 2019, and the collected data were statistically analyzed.Results: The main socio-demographic changes were an increase in the proportion of men among visitors, aging, and an increase of unemployed people in the occupational distribution. The overall assessment of BRP implementation was positive. Visitor perceptions of the value, revival, and restoration of historical resources were more vital than in 2015 and had a strong positive correlation with each other. Visitors identified a high need for safety facilities for elderly visitors, improved wireless communication services, facilities for various recreational activities, outdoor learning facilities and programs for nature study, expanded parking lots, and improved transportation services.Conclusion: The urban mountainous forest restoration project is overall satisfactory and needs to be continued. The results showed that urban mountainous forests are not only recognized as spaces for walking and exercise for health but also recently as historical spaces expressing the unique or featured identity of the city, educational spaces for interest and understanding of nature, and recreational spaces that reflect local lifestyle changes. Thus, urban forests need to be restored in the context of local historical and cultural resources as well as natural resources. In addition, there is a need to be aware of various changes in the population, including aging and an increase in retirees.

A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Lingnan Cultural Promotional Videos on Social Media

In recent years, more and more directors of culture and tourism have taken part in the promotion of local cultural tourism resources by cross-dressing, talent shows, and pushing their limits on self-media platforms. This study investigates short videos of Lingnan culture promoted by directors general and deputy directors general of the Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism, and Sports Bureau of counties and cities in Guangdong Province on social media by the method of multimodal critical discourse analysis. The analysis of 33 videos shows that Lingnan culture is a domineering and confident culture, historical culture, graceful and elegant culture, and vibrant and active culture. Domineering and confident culture is embedded in the utterances and behaviors of the directors general or deputy directors general in the video. Historical culture is realized through the conversation with historical figures through time travel. Graceful and elegant culture is constructed in the depiction of sceneries and the depiction of characters’ manners. Vibrant and active culture is represented in the depiction of the characters’ actional process and analytical process.

Improving acute myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania: barrier identification and implementation strategy mapping

BackgroundEvidence-based care for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) reduces morbidity and mortality. Prior studies in Tanzania identified substantial gaps in the uptake of evidence-based AMI care. Implementation science has been used to improve uptake of evidence-based AMI care in high-income settings, but interventions to improve quality of AMI care have not been studied in sub-Saharan Africa.MethodsPurposive sampling was used to recruit participants from key stakeholder groups (patients, providers, and healthcare administrators) in northern Tanzania. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted using a guide informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). Interview transcripts were coded to identify barriers to AMI care, using the 39 CFIR constructs. Barriers relevant to emergency department (ED) AMI care were retained, and the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) tool was used to match barriers with Level 1 recommendations for targeted implementation strategies.ResultsThirty key stakeholders, including 10 patients, 10 providers, and 10 healthcare administrators were enrolled. Thematic analysis identified 11 barriers to ED-based AMI care: complexity of AMI care, cost of high-quality AMI care, local hospital culture, insufficient diagnostic and therapeutic resources, inadequate provider training, limited patient knowledge of AMI, need for formal implementation leaders, need for dedicated champions, failure to provide high-quality care, poor provider-patient communication, and inefficient ED systems. Seven of these barriers had 5 strong ERIC recommendations: access new funding, identify and prepare champions, conduct educational meetings, develop educational materials, and distribute educational materials.ConclusionsMultiple barriers across several domains limit the uptake of evidence-based AMI care in northern Tanzania. The CFIR-ERIC mapping approach identified several targeted implementation strategies for addressing these barriers. A multi-component intervention is planned to improve uptake of evidence-based AMI care in Tanzania.

"The Effect of the Satisfaction for Festival Programs using Local Culture Resources on Attitudes toward Festival and Revisit Intentions : Focus on ‘HansanJumak’ at Hansan-Mosi The Tradition Millennium"

"The Effect of the Satisfaction for Festival Programs using Local Culture Resources on Attitudes toward Festival and Revisit Intentions : Focus on ‘HansanJumak’ at Hansan-Mosi The Tradition Millennium"

Structural Equation Modeling of Cultural Novelty Factors Affecting Attitude and Purchase Intention of Products Processed from Local Cultural Resources in Thailand

Structural Equation Modeling of Cultural Novelty Factors Affecting Attitude and Purchase Intention of Products Processed from Local Cultural Resources in Thailand

Reform and Practice of Civic Teaching in Design Curriculum by Integrating Local Excellent Culture

Abstract To scientifically constitute the reform of Civics teaching in design course, the support structure of Civics network resources in design course is subdivided into Civics theory and network technology. This paper mainly utilizes fuzzy set-based knowledge fusion algorithm and semantic similarity algorithm to realize the knowledge fusion of local cultural resources course ideology and politics, updates local artistic resources by combining the results of fusion of knowledge elements, establishes implicit connection between different knowledge elements, and realizes the knowledge fusion of local cultural resources and design studies course ideology and politics. Taking the design majors of six universities in Guangxi as an example, the information access channels of local excellent cultural resources are discussed in depth, in which the proportion of search engine and social network channels respectively reaches more than 70%, presenting a “strong” dependence level. Based on the data of practical teaching reform, the construction of local excellent culture courses of design majors in Guangxi colleges and universities needs to be further improved to deepen students’ understanding of local excellent culture and encourage them to actively participate in relevant practical activities.

Research on the Dilemmas and Countermeasures of Local Cultural Resources in Cultivating Cultural Confidence in Universities—Taking Taizhou, Jiangsu as an Example

Research on the Dilemmas and Countermeasures of Local Cultural Resources in Cultivating Cultural Confidence in Universities—Taking Taizhou, Jiangsu as an Example

지역 문화자원으로서 불놀이의 의미와 지역민의 인식 연구

The purpose of this study is to examine how Seonyujulbul-nori in Hahoe village is perceived by local residents as a local cultural resource. The research method used was a qualitative research method targeting local residents who had experience watching the Seonyujulbul-nori in Hahoe village. As a result of the study, it was found that the classes that enjoy culture are also becoming more diverse. Second, the play formed based on history could be connected to the interest in traditional culture. Third, it can restore the values of the region and community and create a place where local residents can empathize. Fourth, it was found that the form of the space that contained the memory was maintained and that the locality of culture was created there through the memory of history. Lastly, it was found that through continuous use, it can be used as a resource for creating an environment in harmony with local residents and for local identity. Based on the results of this study, we hope to be able to study a virtuous cycle model that preserves and utilizes local cultural resources from the perspective of sustainability in the future.

주민 중심 지역문화축제와 주체성 변천과정 연구

In 2014, the Korean government and parliament enacted the Local Culture Promotion Act, creating a law to systematically promote local culture beyond the existing piecemeal laws on culture and arts. The purpose of the Act is to enhance the cultural enjoyment rights of local residents through voluntary cultural activities, thereby forming a modern community and creating added value for local competitiveness by using local culture as a resource.
 Even statutory cultural city policies based on the voluntary and original local culture of local residents have been introduced, but even now, there is a strong movement to try cultural policies and projects as economic value creation tools such as tourism and experience products from the perspective of individual leisure and welfare or art and industry. Either way, it is based on the premise that residents are passive and passive objects from the perspective of the administration or producers and suppliers, which misses the basic point that local culture is a way of life formed and shared by local members, and eventually turns into a state that claims to be a cultural city but goes against it. Not only does it not fulfill the purpose of the Local Culture Promotion Act and local self-governance, but it is also distorted into an adverse effect that harms the possibility that it could have been formed naturally due to unilateral and unreasonable intervention.
 In this study, we will analyze local cultural contents in the process of discovering and sharing local unique cultural resources with the community as a mediator as the main actors of local culture at the urban community level, and local festivals, which are the most commonly encountered, as a case study. Currently, most festivals are organized by a few people, such as the local government or an expert or agency working on their behalf, to mobilize residents to participate in the festival. In contrast to this phenomenon, this study examines the evolution of the Ulsan Residents' Representative Festival, which, until relatively recently, was organized by the residents themselves as a community feast. This study will shed light on how the festival, which was organized by the residents of Ulsan, a newly formed region in the modern era, was able to create regional harmony and unique values in the same context as the previous traditional festivals.
 This study examines the 57-year evolution of the newly created Ulsan Residents' Representative Festival in the modern era and the changes in the position of residents by system in relation to the management of the festival. By examining how residents have created a relationship with the new area, we hope to draw out what the changes in residents' identity and agency mean for Korean society and the festival today. A community and organization starts with one person, and the character of a community depends on what kind of people it consists of, so as part of communication and integration, we need to think together about how local festivals should be created and why and how residents should be reintroduced as subjects. This is because local cultural contents are rooted in local culture, and this uniqueness is accumulated and shared over time by voluntary actors.

The role of local economic development in reducing poverty alleviation: Tourism development activity

This study aims to examine the influence of tourism entrepreneurial activity, sustainable tourism development, tourism based on local wisdom, local economic development, and tourism resources/cultural resources on poverty alleviation. In addition, this study also examines the mediating and moderating variables of local economic development and cultural resources, respectively. Questionnaires were distributed online to 110 communities in Bali, Indonesia. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using Partial least squares (PLS). Based on local wisdom, local economic development, and tourism resources, the research findings demonstrate that tourism directly influences poverty alleviation. However, tourism entrepreneurial activity and sustainable tourism development do not affect poverty alleviation. Meanwhile, the relationship between tourism entrepreneurial activity, sustainable tourism development, tourism based on local wisdom, and local economic development is positive and significant. While the moderating variable proved negative in the relationship between the variables, the mediating variable showed the opposite result. This study can theoretically contribute to several factors that can be determinants of poverty alleviation, especially related to the development of tourism based on local wisdom, local economic development, and tourism resources or cultural resources.

Cultural Landscape as a Resource for Urban Regeneration in Rupea (Romania)

Cultural heritage plays a key role in communities’ sustainable development. The culture-led development highlights the local cultural resources and specifics while being assisted by contemporary tourist interest in niche offers. At the same time, culture-led development could reinforce a process of urban regeneration. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the urban regeneration potential of culture-led development in the case of a small town from Transylvania (Romania), Rupea, by identifying local characteristics that define this town and its surroundings as a cultural landscape and also by suggesting methods for capitalizing on this cultural landscape in heritage tourism. Data collected from six interviews with cultural stakeholders, bibliographic research on archaeological discoveries, and local tourism potential, as well as through ethnographic methods, support the approach of the Rupea area as a cultural landscape. The main dimensions of this cultural landscape are the interethnic character of the area and the multitude of archaeological discoveries that indicate its habitation in the Paleolithic. Tourist capitalization could support the urban regeneration of Rupea in a culture-led development approach by arranging routes that highlight the specifics of the Romanian, Saxon, Hungarian, and mixed villages in the Rupea area and/or the points of archaeological interest.

KONSEP WISATA HALAL DI PONDOK PESANTREN

Halal tourism is a form of culture-based tourism that prioritizes the values ​​and norms of Islamic law. Halal tourism is very suitable to be implemented in various Islamic boarding schools because Islamic boarding schools already have an Islamic education label that applies Islamic norms. The existence of halal or sharia tourism in Islamic boarding schools will carry out the function of Islamic boarding schools as centers of local community empowerment. The typology of Islamic boarding school halal tourism can imitate the typology of tourist villages based on the characteristics of the resources and their uniqueness which can be grouped into 4 (four) categories; based on the uniqueness of local cultural resources, based on the uniqueness of natural resources, based on the combination of unique cultural and natural resources and based on the uniqueness of creative economic activities.

Valorizing Community Identity and Social Places to Implement Participatory Processes in San Giovanni a Teduccio (Naples, Italy)

This paper addresses the implementation of an intervention aimed at promoting participatory processes in San Giovanni a Teduccio—a neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Naples—to foster the acknowledgment and valorization of local social, cultural, and identity resources by citizens. Former industrial and marine area, today disused and run-down industrial establishments in the neighborhood and obscure and pollute the sea, weakening local identity and cultural heritages. Interviews were carried out to address citizens’ and stakeholders’ social identity, their civic and social engagement in the community, and the potential and critical issues they identified in it. A split community emerged from their words, with a minority civically and socially engaged in the regeneration of community places and relationships—even though through a fragmented multiplicity of projects—and a “dormant” majority, passive and anesthetized by the nostalgia of the industrial and marine past. Participants were also asked to share pictures about meaningful community places; these showed abandoned and run-down urban spaces, but also places where citizens could meet, share, and identify. An exhibition was organized to share these materials with the broader community, opening up a space for thinking about the need to involve citizens in acknowledging and valorizing local cultural, social, and identity resources through participatory processes.

Overcoming coloniality in adolescent health programmes: harnessing cultural values and the indigenous roles of grandmothers to promote girls’ holistic development in Senegal

ABSTRACT Decolonial and feminist scholars have long pointed out that theory and praxis in global health and gender and development employ models of gender and social change that are Euro-North-American-centric and fit poorly with cultural realities and community dynamics in the global South. Interventions informed by these biases are often minimally effective and can cause backlash or resistance. In this paper, we unpack how coloniality informs some of the dominant approaches used by major organisations to improve the health and well-being of adolescent girls, and why they can result in ineffective and sometimes harmful interventions. The limitations of these approaches include top-down imposed objectives and pathways to change; individualist, sexist, ageist, and modernist biases; and ignorance or denigration of local cultural values, resources, and family and community dynamics. Instead, we present the Girls’ Holistic Development (GHD) programme – implemented by NGO The Grandmother Project – Change Through Culture (GMP) in Senegal since 2009 – as a decolonial alternative. The GHD is informed by theories and methodologies from participatory and community development; anthropology; family and community systems theory; community, cultural, and Indigenous psychology; and transformative learning/adult education. Results show that GMP has contributed to shifting social norms underpinning child and forced marriage, female genital cutting, adolescent pregnancy, and premature school-leaving because its approach offers an alternative decolonial vision of, and method of achieving, adolescent girls’ development. The key facets of this approach are that it is culturally affirming, inter-generational, grandmother-inclusive, assets-based, and rooted in building community capacity and consensus for change towards locally defined objectives.

Research note: An evaluation of potential locations for the Bears Ears National Monument cultural center

Well-planned cultural tourism assets can serve as anchor destinations through which visitors experience and appreciate the cultures, histories, and landscapes of an area; these assets also hold the potential to bolster the regional economy. In this study, we developed a distance-based multi-criteria decision-making model to evaluate the optimal siting for cultural tourism assets. The model incorporates, and allows for the variable weighting of cultural, economic, and environmental characteristics in determining optimal siting locations. As a case study, we utilize the model to evaluate potential locations for the Bears Ears National Monument cultural center in southeastern Utah. Our analysis showed markedly different optimal siting locations depending upon whether cultural, economic, or environmental considerations are given priority. The multi-criteria decision-making model developed here can be adopted and modified to inform the siting decisions of local, state, and federal cultural resource managers. Additionally, the findings from our case study application can be used to stimulate the on-going discussions between the tribal coalition and land management agencies working to shape the future of Bears Ears National Monument.