National Cultural Center Research Articles

Providing International Solidarity In The Fergana Valley In The Years Of Independence Is A Guarantee Of Sustainable Development

The article analyzes the activity of national cultural centers in the regions of Ferghana Valley during the years of independence, the spiritual and educational activities conducted by them using materials from primary sources and periodical press publications

НАЦИОНАЛЬНО-КУЛЬТУРНОЕ САМООПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ ЭТНИЧЕСКИХ СООБЩЕСТВ КАБАРДИНО-БАЛКАРСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАК СОСТАВЛЯЮЩАЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ГРАЖДАНСКОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ

The study investigates the phenomena of national-cultural self-determination of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic ethnic communities in the framework of Russian civic identity. The main di-rections of scientific research devoted to national-cultural self-determination and its relationship with civil identity are examined, as well as how the wide diversity of the ethnic composition of the country’s population or its individual region necessarily places the task of maintaining stabil-ity in the sphere of interethnic relations on the shoulders of the leadership. The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic’s legal backing and control of national relations, as well as the operation of national cultural centers, are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the activities of the Ka-bardino-Balkarian Republic’s Ministry of National Affairs and public projects aimed at achieving civil, interethnic, and interfaith harmony in the region.

The Korean Diaspora of the Republic of Karakalpakstan

The promotion of interethnic harmony plays a crucial role in fostering socio–economic growth within a society, as it ensures that the rights and interests of all individuals, irrespective of their nationality, are legally protected. Presently, due to the implementation of the state policy pertaining to inter–ethnic relations, favorable circumstances have been established to facilitate the educational pursuits of individuals belonging to various ethnicities in their respective native languages. This inclusive approach aims to enable individuals to fully harness their capabilities and actively participate in the advancement of our shared homeland. This article examines the involvement of representatives from the Korean nation within the national framework of the Republic of Karakalpakstan during the period of independence. It explores their geographical distribution, conducts a year–by–year analysis of their activities, and evaluates the significance of the Korean National Cultural Center in fostering inter–ethnic relations.

Placing African American museums in the American tourism landscape

According to the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), there are more than 200 African American history and cultural museums—or other sites with substantial African American collections such as libraries and archives—across the U.S. Many of these museums had their start shortly after the height of the Civil Rights Movement, with a surge in establishments in the 1970s. Black museums serve to decenter White stories of America and refocus on Black experiences. While geographers have studied an array of memory, heritage, and tourism sites, museums remain understudied and under-theorized. Building upon the subfields of Museum geographies—particularly by considering the concept of museums as theatres of pain—and Black geographies, our research examines the ways these museums are integral to the relationships between Black placemaking and the tourism landscape, which remains steeped in anti-Black racism. Using museum exhibit documentation, semi-structured interviews of museum staff, and content analysis of online travel reviews (primarily TripAdvisor and Google Reviews), this paper analyzes two case studies: The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio, and The Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through our two case studies, we show how Black museums enact curatorial practices of commemorative geographies and create redemptive spaces that cultivate not only a homeplace for visitors, particularly for Black Americans and people of the African diaspora but also serve as sites of belonging and joy.

Activities of Prosvita and the Volyn ukrainian association in Volyn in the interwar period

According to the authors, the current aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine permanently deprives Ukrainians of any hope of compromise with their north-eastern neighbour, which is trying to prove the invalidity of a self-sufficient Ukrainian statehood in any way, failure of Ukrainians to create and develop their sovereign state. It has done this throughout all previous centuries, in every way destroying any attempts by Ukrainians to cultivate their own identity. This undoubtedly applies to the use of the mother tongue, the activities of all cultural and educational centres, etc. Attempts by Ukrainians to recreate the Ukrainian state after World War I failed due to internal and external factors, among which the Russian played not a minor role. Russia, then a Bolshevik state, saw no other path to its development than ownership of Ukrainian lands and domination of the Ukrainians. To this end, the most brutal methods of persecution of rebellious Ukrainians were used - from the liquidation of any public organizations to the mass destruction of their carriers. During the interwar period, the part of the Ukrainian lands which later, during and after World War II, the USSR (the same Russia, only under a pseudonymise of the federation of "independent" states) seized, in agreement with then Hitler’s Germany, belonged to other states, including Poland. Taking into account what is happening now, the authors would like to dwell briefly on the activities of Ukrainian educational organizations of the time in Volyn, which was under the authority of Poland. The article analyzes the activity and significance of the Ukrainian national cultural centers in Volyn – Prosvita and Prosvita Houses. It is noted that due to the implementation of the “Volyn experiment” voivod H. Yuzevsky destroyed the cultural and educational society Prosvita in the province under various acutenesses and created societies that were supposed to implement the program of governorates. On the basis of the analysis of many facts, the authors came to the conclusion that cultural and educational organizations subordinated to the Volyn Ukrainian Association, contrary to the hopes of the Polish authorities, had little beneficial influence on the development of culture, education, and literature in Volyn. Further experience showed that after the annexation of Volyn to the USSR, using the slogans of liberation of Ukrainians from the Polish oppression, led to the extermination of all centers of both Polish, and Ukrainian cultural and educational activity, because they did not fit into the Soviet interpretation of human rights and democracy as such. There is no doubt that after the end of the current unprovoked bloody war, which Ukraine will eventually win, with the direct comprehensive assistance of the same Poland and the entire civilized world, the problem of eliminating the layers of alienation between Ukrainians and Poles will be viewed from the perspective of what brings us closer rather than separate.

«ПЕРИФЕРИЙНАЯ СТОЛИЦА» ИЛИ ОБЩЕСОЮЗНЫЙ ЦЕНТР? ВЕКТОРЫ КУЛЬТУРНОГО РАЗВИТИЯ СВЕРДЛОВСКАВ 1940–1980-Х ГОДАХ

The paper examines the process of forming a cultural center of national level in Sverdlovsk, that is, a stable community of cultural actors working in one city and producing art which is measurably famous across throughout the country. The authors state that such cultural center arose in Sverdlovsk in the 1930s–1960s based on the acquired status of a “peripheral capital”, with Pavel P. Bazhov became the first Sverdlovsk literary figure possessing national popularity. Although local art and literary workers enjoyed certain popularity in the 1940s–1950s, it remained within a strict hierarchy of culture and was aimed at producing a “quasi-ethnic” Ural specificity. However, due to the socio-economic change of the 1960s, which led to the rapid growth of intelligentsia and bureaucracy (mainly in the fields of science, technology, planning, and projecting) in the city, Sverdlovsk cultural actors started to pursue innovative strategies, based on fashion, humanism, environmentalism, and historicism, to satisfy the growing non-market demand. Thus, in a planned economy, for the emergence of a national cultural center, not only stably funded cultural institutions were required, but also the presence of scientific and technical non-market demand, which would allow one to go beyond the strict hierarchy of cultural centers in a centralized Soviet system.

Aspects of preserving cultural diversity in modern conditions

The paper addresses the issues of preserving cultural diversity on the example of the Chechen Republic. Cultural values play an important role in the development of education, science, cultural life of peoples and cooperation, so each state strives to preserve these values for future generations. Representatives of more than 190 peoples live in the Russian Federation; hence, preservation of cultural diversity is one of the priorities of the state cultural policy. In modern conditions, the cultural diversity of civil nations is increasing, and the peoples are seeking more and more means, including political and legal ones, to preserve and develop their integrity and cultural image. One of the main factors that indicates the state of the ethnopolitical situation and the nature of interethnic relations is the balance of ethnic forces. Owing to stabilization of the socio-political situation in Chechnya, the need for revival of multi-ethnicity as the most important factor and condition for the republic development is a priority. Chechen society includes more than 40 peoples and nationalities. There are 11 national cultural centers and 6 national cultural autonomies in the Chechen Republic. Members of these organizations are actively involved in the public life of the region, promoting traditions and culture of their ethnic group. Modern nations are culturally, religiously and politically more pluralistic than traditional communities that have maintained their unity through fundamental traditions in culture or religion. The ethnocultural policy pursued in the Chechen Republic provides the conditions for representatives of ethnic communities to satisfy their national and cultural needs, and to preserve their religious and national identities.

ЯЗЫКИ И КУЛЬТУРЫ ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛЕЙ ОСНОВНЫХ ЭТНОСОВ КАЗАХСТАНА ЧЕРЕЗ ПРИЗМУ КАЗАХСТАНСКОЙ МОДЕЛИ МЕЖЭТНИЧЕСКОГО СОГЛАСИЯ

In sovereign Kazakhstan, a purposeful state policy is being carried out to form a unified Kazakh people on the basis of a single Kazakh identity while preserving linguistic and cultural pluralism. Ethnopolitics strengthens interfaith and interethnic harmony as the basis of national security.The state policy of the development of the Kazakh language, migration and demographic processes have led to the approval of a general trend in the field of the education system for a gradual increase in the number of students and schools with the Kazakh language of instruction. Representatives of large ethnic groups of Kazakhstan also have the opportunity to receive secondary education in their native languages, but the process of reducing national schools is increasing, causing discontent among many ethnic groups. During the ethno-linguistic processes, the formation of a bilingual social and communicative space with the predominance of Kazakh and Russian languages is observed. However, the presence of contradictions in the language sphere, national-linguistic dissatisfaction on the part of non-indigenous ethnic groups remains the main conflict-causing factor in the republic. In the field of media, the Kazakh language has begun to compete with the Russian language, which has a significant political resource, but it is necessary to expand the rights of ethnic minorities to access media broadcasting in their native languages. Great work on the preservation and development of ethnic cultures is carried out by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan and regional and national cultural centers.

A ROLE OF AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER AS A FACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTER-ETHNIC IN UZBEKISTAN

This article describes the Azerbaijan National Cultural Center in the Republic of Uzbekistan, attention to azerbaijani diaspora, the activities of azerbaijan national cultural centers, the history of the establishment of azerbaijan national culture centers, their goals and other issues.

TOLERANCE ON THE EXAMPLE OF NATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTERS IN UZBEKISTAN

The idea of interethnic harmony is the idea of peaceful coexistence of more than 1600 ethnic groups living on the planet, based on equality, mutual respect and cooperation. The idea of interethnic harmony is considered the idea of nationalism. It requires the development of the language, customs, traditions and holidays of all nations and peoples. Nationalism is the only enlightened idea that opposes fascism, ethnic and international wars. Since ancient times in Uzbekistan, people of different nationalities and ethnic groups have lived in friendly relations. The creation of national cultural centers based on the ideas of tolerance, such as the development of a culture of tolerance and humanity, the strengthening of interethnic and interfaith harmony, civil harmony in society, equal rights and opportunities for all citizens, regardless of nationality or religion, and its functioning is an important factor in ensuring sustainable development of the multinational state of Uzbekistan.

ЯЗЫКИ И КУЛЬТУРЫ ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛЕЙ ОСНОВНЫХ ЭТНОСОВ КАЗАХСТАНА ЧЕРЕЗ ПРИЗМУ КАЗАХСТАНСКОЙ МОДЕЛИ МЕЖЭТНИЧЕСКОГО СОГЛАСИЯ

In sovereign Kazakhstan, a purposeful state policy is being carried out to form a unified Kazakh people on the basis of a single Kazakh identity while preserving linguistic and cultural pluralism. Ethnopolitics strengthens interfaith and interethnic harmony as the basis of national security. The state policy of the development of the Kazakh language, migration and demographic processes have led to the approval of a general trend in the field of the education system for a gradual increase in the number of students and schools with the Kazakh language of instruction. Representatives of large ethnic groups of Kazakhstan also have the opportunity to receive secondary education in their native languages, but the process of reducing national schools is increasing, causing discontent among many ethnic groups. During the ethno-linguistic processes, the formation of a bilingual social and communicative space with the predominance of Kazakh and Russian languages is observed. However, the presence of contradictions in the language sphere, national-linguistic dissatisfaction on the part of non-indigenous ethnic groups remains the main conflict-causing factor in the republic. In the field of media, the Kazakh language has begun to compete with the Russian language, which has a significant political resource, but it is necessary to expand the rights of ethnic minorities to access media broadcasting in their native languages. Great work on the preservation and development of ethnic cultures is carried out by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan and regional and national cultural centers.

ҚАЗАҚСТАНДАҒЫ ПОЛИЭТНИКАЛЫҚ ҚОҒАМ ТАРИХЫНЫҢ МӘСЕЛЕЛЕРІ: ТАРИХНАМАЛЫҚ ШОЛУ

The article is devoted to the issues of interethnic relations, which have not lost their relevance in the multiethnic Kazakhstani society. The study contains information on the history of the population, quantitative data, characteristics, language and culture of ethnic groups. In particular, special attention is paid to the historical stages of the settlement of ethnic groups in the Kazakh land and the level of ethnocultural development. The article provides a comparative analysis of studies and data on demographic changes, ethnic history and culture of ethnic groups, their location in the country. In addition, are provided on the activities of ethnocultural centers and public associations operating in the country. Thus, the role of public associations and national-cultural centers in maintaining interethnic unity and harmony is clarified. The results of the study of this topic allows us to trace the unity in our multi-ethnic society and clarify the historical socio-political, socio-cultural life of ethnic groups.Thus, the results of studying this topic will make it possible in the future to create prerequisites for establishing unity in the multinational society of Kazakhstan via language policy and to clarify the historical socio-political, socio-cultural life of ethnic groups.

HISTORY OF THE AZERBAIJANI DIASPORA IN UZBEKISTAN

The article summarizes the essence of interethnic relations in Uzbekistan, the growth of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Uzbekistan on the basis of scientific sources. Activists of the Azerbaijan National Cultural Center, striving to strengthen and develop interethnic relations, are making a worthy contribution to the exchange and enrichment of Uzbek and Azerbaijani cultures, further strengthening the ties of friendship between peoples.

Modelling the Impact of RCEP Agreement on the Economic and Trade Environment of Beijing

As a national economic, political, and cultural center that ranks first in terms of openness to the outside world, the signing of the RCEP agreement has undoubtedly brought a series of opportunities and challenges to Beijing. Based on the analysis of the two main features embodied in the RCEP agreement, this paper precisely analyzes the areas where the RCEP agreement has a key impact on Beijing’s economy and trade and points out the opportunities and challenges brought by the RCEP agreement to Beijing’s economic and trade development.

ҚОРАҚАЛПОҒИСТОНРЕСПУБЛИКАСИ ТУРКМАН МИЛЛИЙ МАДАНИЙ МАРКАЗИ

Interethnic harmony is one of the priority directions of every state policy, and all conditions havebeen created for the representatives of every nation living in our country to find their place in society. In studying the sphere of interethnic relations, it is of great importance to study the social role of each ethnic group, the activities of nationaland cultural centers.The article examines the role of the Turkmen nation in the national composition of the Republic of Karakalpakstan during the years of independence, its geographical position, analysis by year, the activities of the Turkmen National Cultural Center, the role of the center in strengthening interethnic relations

Hearing Beyond What Is Spoken: Collective Grief at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

ABSTRACT For museums and historic sites that grapple with the legacies of historical trauma, collective and intergenerational grief can become embedded in both the museum’s identity and practices. In this article, the authors discuss collective loss and grief through the case of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in British Columbia, Canada. We discuss the lasting legacies of racial trauma experienced by Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. We draw from psychological research about empathy, grief, and trauma to offer approaches of self-awareness, nonverbal attending, and reflective listening that will support museum educators in their encounters with grief at the museum.

Сільськогосподарський факультет Кам’янецьПодільського українського університету в особах: Іван Андрійович Олійник

Introduction. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Kamianets-Podilskyi was one of the citiesof Ukraine where national cultural and educational centers were formed, which contributed to the awakening ofnational consciousness in Ukraine in 1917-1921. The revolution opened up great opportunities for the developmentof Ukrainian education and culture. In October 1918, the State Ukrainian University was founded in KamianetsPodilskyi, the fi rst national higher educational institution created by the independent Ukrainian state. A year later,the University opened an agricultural faculty, the faculty created departments: crop, agronomic, horticulturaland horticultural, livestock. The opening of the faculty was important, at which time the Directorate began landreform, which required specialists with agricultural education. One of the founders of the Faculty of Agricultureat Kamyanets-Podilsky State Ukrainian University was Ivan Andriyovych Oliynyk - a famous agronomist, the fi rstdean of the Faculty of Agronomy of Kamyanets-Podilsky Agricultural Institute. In modern historiography thereare no special comprehensive studies of social life and organizational activities of the founders of agriculturaleducation in Podolia.The рurpose is to analyze the fi gure of I. Oliynyk – one of the organizers of agricultural education inPodillya.The methods of investigation: problem-searching, historical-comparative, systems thinking, chronological,analysis and synthesis.Results. І. А. Oliynyk was born on June 23, 1879 in the town of Studenytsia, Ushytsya district, Podolskprovince, into a peasant family. In April 1919, the Faculty of Agriculture was established at Kamyanets-PodilskyState Ukrainian University. There was an urgent need for his professional support, because there were not enoughteachers who could teach lectures to students in the Ukrainian language and had the necessary specialty. I.Oliynyk had extensive practical experience in the agricultural sector and the necessary education, so the universitymanagement invited to teach. With the advent of Soviet power I. Oliynyk remained in Kam ‘Yanka-Podilskyi,became the fi rst dean of the agronomic faculty of the institute. In the summer of 1930, the Kamyanets-PodilskyAgricultural Institute was reorganized into the Institute of Technical Cultures and the All-Ukrainian ResearchInstitute of Poultry. I.A. Oliynyk started working but he didn’t have to teach there for a long time. The punitiveauthorities began to fabricate the case of the Ukrainian branch of the Labor Peasant Party with its center inKharkiv. He was arrested by local Chekists for allegedly «counter-revolutionary activities» in agronomy andconvicted. And only on September 16, 1960, by the decision of the Judicial Board for Criminal Cases of theVerkhovna Rada of the USSR, the case of I.A. Oliynyk was interrupted due to the lack of evidence of the accusationand he was rehabilitated.Novelty of the results of the research. Investigating the history of agricultural education in Ukraine, inparticular in Podillya through the fi gure of Ivan Andreevich Oliynyk traces the general trend of the era, theattitude of political regimes to educators, scientists, public and political fi gures. Everyone’s biography will givean opportunity to recreate their own face in history, and then make a holistic picture of events, time and system.Conclusions. For the short period of time that falls on the scientifi c and pedagogical activities of I.A. Oliynykcan trace the history of formation and development of agricultural education in Ukraine. The historical period ofthe 20s-30s of the XX century under the infl uence of political events and realities of that time formed a system thatinfl uenced not only the socio-political relations, but also the personal life of each person.

Activities of national cultural centers in the Republic of Karakalpakstan

Ensuring interethnic harmony is one of the main directions of any state policy in the current era of globalization, which is characterized by geopolitical and ideological processes, as well as in the context of growing economic, political, national, religious and other conflicts in the world. One of the urgent problems of history is the large-scale reforms in the field of interethnic relations in the Republic of Uzbekistan, including the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the scientific study of the activities of national cultural centers. This article discusses the activities of national and cultural centers in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the work carried out by the centers, the role of national cultural centers in preserving the ethnic identity of each nation.

Ethnic relations in a multinational country (Uzbekistan)

The article covers the issues of preserving the language, customs, traditions and cultures, unique values over the years of independence, the further development of interethnic relations of more than 130 nations and peoples living in a multinational Uzbekistan. The reasons for the arrival of people of other nationalities, hospitality and tolerance of the Uzbek people were revealed to the Uzbekistan. The article also notes that equal conditions have been created in Uzbekistan to preserve the national identity of nationalities - for this there are 138 national cultural centers in the country, coordinated by the State Organization - the International National Center, classes in the Schools of the Republic are conducted in 8 languages, the media are published in 12 languages. All this is explained by the fact that in Uzbekistan, there is a mutual understanding in the interethnic relations, all nations and peoples living in the republic live in peace and harmony on the basis of the idea of “Uzbekistan - our common house”.

Development on Foreign Trade of Beijing’s Cultural Industry

Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, cultural and creative industry has become more and more important in national economic development. Cultural and creative industry plays an important role in promoting economic development, prosperity and rejuvenation in both countries and regions. Beijing is in the key stage of the construction of the national cultural center, and the foreign trade of cultural and creative industry is an important aspect of the construction of the national cultural center. Based on the analysis of the current situation of Beijing’s cultural and creative industry, this paper points out three urgent problems in the foreign trade of Beijing’s cultural and creative industry from the micro and macro aspects. They are small scale, single form, and the pattern has not yet formed. Finally, the paper puts forward suggestions on the foreign trade of Beijing’s cultural and creative industry: expand the international market, promote foreign investment of cultural enterprises, and form a new pattern of factor market and product market of cultural and creative industry.