Cultural Significance Research Articles

Unraveling Indonesian heritage through pattern recognition using YOLOv5

This research focuses on three iconic Indonesian batik patterns-Kawung, Mega Mendung, and Parang-due to their cultural significance and recognition. Kawung symbolizes harmony, Mega Mendung represents power, and Parang signifies protection and spiritual power. Using the YOLOv5 deep learning model, the study aimed to accurately identify these patterns. Results showed mean average precision (mAP) scores of 77% for Kawung, 80% for Parang, and an impressive 99% for Mega Mendung. The highest precision results were 91% for Kawung, 88% for Parang, and 77% for Mega Mendung. These findings highlight the potential of pattern recognition in preserving cultural heritage. Understanding these designs contributes to the appreciation of Indonesia s culture. The research suggests applications in cultural studies, digital archiving, and the textile industry, ensuring the legacy of these patterns endures.

Innovative Protection and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age

Innovative Protection and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age

Research on the protection of intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development of city brands—Taking Jingdezhen as an example

This research aims to examine the intricate connection between the preservation of intangible cultural assets and the promotion of city brands, using Jingdezhen, known as the “Porcelain Capital” of China, as a case study. Through an exploratory investigation, the study highlighted two distinct yet significant issues: the recognition of Jingdezhen’s intangible cultural assets, encompassing folklore, rituals, traditional ceramic skills, and artwork, and the economic effects resulting from cultural tourism. The research delineates the obstacles encountered by Jingdezhen in relation to urbanization, industrialization, and globalization subsequent to its establishment as the principal production hub for Chinese blue and white porcelain. Additionally, it highlights the decline of traditional ceramic skills and expertise, as community members who relied on handicrafts for their livelihoods were affected by the closure of companies. Subsequently, it elucidates the potential prospects arising from cultural tourism and the consequential economic influence of this progress on the local economy and the community’s quality of life. The report delineates community engagement initiatives and collaborative partnerships with local enterprises, colleges, government agencies, and Jingdezhen communities to use the city’s abundant cultural legacy. This research provides a comprehensive overview and assessment of the most effective methods, as identified by international studies, for incorporating the safeguarding of intangible cultural assets into sustainable urban development. Concisely, the paper offers guidance to stakeholders, the local administration, and its legislators. The statement emphasizes the necessity of implementing a comprehensive policy framework in Jingdezhen to safeguard its intangible cultural heritage and promote urban development. The objective is to achieve sustainable growth by leveraging the city’s cultural assets. The results serve as a benchmark for other cities and towns to use their cultural legacy in order to establish a sustainable city brand. Additionally, they make a valuable addition to the worldwide discourse on striking a balance between cultural preservation and economic development.

Value-based optimization model for cultural route design: Ancient Water Supply Heritage of Istanbul (Türkiye)

Cultural tourism has become an increasingly growing human activity in today's world. Therefore, various cultural/natural heritage areas or buildings face large tourist crowds, causing physical, social, or cultural deterioration. Cultural routes, which provide a systematic approach and planned tourists move, can reduce the negative effects of overtourism. This study aims to develop an optimization model as a supportive tool for the cultural route design process. The proposed optimization model aims to maximize cultural experience while satisfying constraints on heritage values, building types, historical eras, and general routing rules. Moreover, this model, creating optimized cultural routes, is expected to contribute to regulating economic income and tourist density. As a case study, the ancient water supply systems of Istanbul, inherited from the Roman and the Ottoman empires and currently overlooked, are investigated. Heritage values, mentioned in the extensive literature, are reviewed and the values/attributes for this study are appointed according to the characteristics of the case heritage assets, and their environment. The values of the case structures are evaluated with value analysis after field study. An optimum cultural route for Istanbul's historical water supply heritage, according to the objective and the constraints of the model, is obtained by solving the model with the case data. The resulting route can make this overlooked heritage of Istanbul recognized and spread the tourist density in the city center. The model is flexible, allowing for easy modification of the objective function, constraints, and values when designing routes across various heritage sites. This model can be used not only in the design of new cultural routes but also in optimizing existing routes.

Computer-Aided Design in Digital Protection of Cultural Heritage in Big Data Environment

Computer-Aided Design in Digital Protection of Cultural Heritage in Big Data Environment

The literal meaning of Slur

This research explores the complex and multifaceted nature of slurs within modern sociolinguistic contexts. The study aims to dissect the power dynamics embedded in these terms, examining how slurs function as instruments of social control, perpetuating stereotypes and reinforcing social hierarchies. Through a combination of qualitative analysis and case studies, this research investigates the historical origins, evolution, and contemporary usage of slurs across different cultures and communities. The findings reveal that slurs are not merely offensive words but are laden with historical and cultural significance, often reflecting broader societal attitudes towards race, gender, sexuality, and other identity markers. The study also considers the psychological impact of slurs on individuals and groups, demonstrating how these terms can inflict lasting emotional harm and contribute to a hostile social environment. In addition, the research addresses the phenomenon of reappropriation, where marginalized groups reclaim slurs as a form of empowerment and resistance. This process is analyzed to understand its potential in challenging and subverting the oppressive connotations traditionally associated with these terms. Ultimately, this paper underscores the importance of recognizing the deep-seated implications of slurs in everyday language and advocates for a more nuanced approach to addressing linguistic discrimination. The research concludes with recommendations for fostering more inclusive and respectful communication practices in diverse social settings.

Engagement Guidelines for Cultural Tourism Mobile Applications

Cultural tourism is an essential sector for ensuring the preservation of cultural heritage. Although there is a stigma that learning about culture is bland experience, the growth of digital games in this context proves the opposite. Digital games can enhance visitor engagement and foster heritage preservation by integrating game, narrative, and creativity elements into the touristic experience. This study aims to provide guidelines for developing mobile applications that enrich visitor experiences and promote cultural heritage learning. To achieve this, an online questionnaire was conducted to understand potential users' preferences regarding game, narrative, and creativity elements. The results indicated that historical narratives, missions and treasure hunts, and personalized walking routes and gastronomic recreation are the most engaging elements.

Exploration of Strategies and Learning Experience Process of Mompreneurs: Case Studies in the Halal Certification

This study aims to explore the strategies and learning experiences process of mompreneurs. The halal certification process was chosen as the point of this because the process of obtaining halal certification is a process that requires preparation and time. In addition, obtaining halal certification is a legality that is considered to reflect the needs of Muslims. This study uses a multi-case study methodology. Data were obtained through observation and interviews. Meanwhile, data triangulation was carried out by digital tracking. This study reveals that the learning experiences process of mompreneurs is utilizing programs from various government agencies to overcome cost challenges and build a network through which to obtain halal certification. Certification experience increases the mompreneur’s ability in good production processes but does not directly impact sales. Momprenaurs' commitment is built on the motivation to protect the family heritage. In all cases, they did not apply a low-cost strategy, so they prioritized the sales channel for souvenir centers and did not take advantage of the online market because prices could not compete in the online market.

Consumer behavior and spending patterns on cultural goods and services

This study investigates the factors influencing consumer behavior and spending patterns on cultural goods and services. Using a quantitative research approach with Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), data were gathered through a structured survey of 350 respondents from diverse demographic backgrounds. The results reveal that cultural interest, social influence, and perceived value have a significant and positive impact on consumer spending behavior, with cultural interest showing the strongest influence (β = 0.45, p < 0.01). Additionally, the study highlights the mediating role of perceived value in the relationship between social influence and spending behavior. These findings provide practical insights for marketers and cultural institutions aiming to better understand consumer motivations in the cultural sector. Future research should consider expanding the sample size and exploring other potential mediating variables.

Stabilization system for solar loading thermography applied on cultural heritage objects exposed outdoors: the contribution of advanced algorithms and dual-branch U-Net

AbstractThis study investigates the use of solar loading thermography (SLT) for thermal non-destructive testing (TNDT) and image stabilization of cultural heritage objects, specifically focusing on a century-old ancient book. The irregular contours and deteriorated areas of the book posed significant challenges for feature extraction due to non-uniform temperature variations. To address these challenges, a convolutional neural network (CNN) based dual-branch network of U-Net was used to stabilize the dataset across three degrees of freedom with the ancient book. The stabilization process involved tracking feature lines across each frame of the time-domain datasets, correcting for frame misalignment caused by sample movement during prolonged data acquisition. The effectiveness of this stabilization technique was evaluated by comparing the results of principal component analysis (PCA), fast Fourier transform (FFT), and fast iterative filtering (FIF) algorithms before and after stabilization. Significant improvements were observed, particularly in the clarity and accuracy of defect detection, indicating that this technique provides a robust foundation for further analysis and processing of SLT datasets in cultural heritage preservation. This research demonstrates the potential of combining advanced image processing techniques with SLT to enhance the quality and reliability of NDT in preserving valuable historical artifacts.

Exploring the Cultural Inheritance and Artistic Innovation of Cloisonné Filigree Craft Paintings in the New Art Field

This paper thoroughly discusses the cultural inheritance and artistic innovation of cloisonné filigree craft paintings in the new art field. Through analyzing their historical origins and craft characteristics, it expounds on their applications in fields such as modern decorative paintings and environmental art. It also proposes methods for inheritance and innovation as well as prospects for future development.

Seroprevalence of Avian Influenza in Guinea Fowls in Some Districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) holds significant agricultural importance in Ghana, particularly in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions. Despite their economic and cultural significance, guinea fowls face a potential threat from avian influenza, a global concern for its adverse impact on poultry populations. This study assessed the seroprevalence of the virus in mature guinea fowls in the Upper East Region. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three districts within the Upper East Region from April to June 2023. Blood samples were collected from 397 guinea fowls that are over 4 weeks old, and seroprevalence was determined using ID Screen Influenza A Antibody Competition Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The study analysed demographic factors such as sex, age and source of birds, employing statistical methods to establish associations. Among the sampled guinea fowls, 24.7% tested positive for avian influenza antibodies, whereas 75.3% were seronegative. Age did not show statistically significant associations with seroprevalence, but intriguing patterns were observed. Adult guinea fowls exhibited higher seroprevalence (23.7%) compared to growers (1.0%). The source of birds showed no significant association, but birds from slaughter points demonstrated higher seroprevalence (11.6%) compared to households (5.0%) and live bird markets (8.1%). In conclusion, the study underscores the importance of monitoring avian influenza in guinea fowls to implement effective control measures. The presence of antibodies suggests guinea fowls may contribute to virus transmission in the Upper East Region. The study recommends ongoing nationwide surveillance to assess the true prevalence of avian influenza in guinea fowls across Ghana.

A brief review on effect of heavy metals in fish fauna

The variety of fish species is essential for the well-being and stability of aquatic environments. Fishes are one of the most important aquatic creatures that are directly or indirectly related to human health and wealth. With thousands of different species inhabiting various water bodies around the world, each fish contributes to the overall biodiversity and sustainability of these environments. Humans have long relied on aquatic resources for food, medicines, and materials. Fish species are adapted to a variety of environments such as freshwater lakes, rivers, reservoirs, oceans, and estuaries. The diversity of habitats available allows a variety of fish species to thrive in different environments. Fish diversity is a vital component of aquatic ecosystems, supporting ecosystem stability, economic value, and cultural significance. India's inland water resources are abundant and diverse, including reservoirs that play an important role in the country's inland fisheries sector.Biodiversity and its conservation are considered one of the key issues to enable sustainable use of natural resources. Protecting ichthyophan diversity in its natural habitat is essential and the need of the hour. By understanding the factors that influence fish diversity and the importance of preserving biodiversity, we can work towards protecting and protecting these priceless resources for upcoming generations.

The Practice Path of Integrating Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture into Ideological and Political Education in Colleges

The excellent traditional Chinese culture has the educational value of never fading. Integrating the excellent traditional Chinese culture resources into ideological and political education can not only provide rich nourishment for college students to practice the socialist core values, but also provide a solid foundation for teachers and students to enhance their cultural self-confidence, and provide useful reference for colleges and universities to improve the quality of ideological and political work. Colleges and universities should create a strong traditional culture environment, into the practice activities of college students; Strengthen the construction of ideological and political teachers and integrate them into the ideological and political theory courses; To innovate the ways and methods of ideological and political education, integrate excellent traditional Chinese culture into various media and other ways to achieve effective integration, so as to innovate the practice path of integrating excellent traditional Chinese culture into ideological and political education, promote the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture and continue to burst out the vitality of The Times, and promote the high-quality development and enhancement of ideological and political education in the new era.

Innovative Exploration of Integrating Chinese Traditional Culture into University Curriculum Systems

Chinese traditional culture is the root and soul of our nation, containing rich moral and intellectual resources. Traditional culture encompasses a wide spectrum, including technology, literature, and philosophy, and serves as an effective pathway for guiding college students to form correct outlooks on life, values, and the world. By deeply exploring the contemporary value of traditional culture and integrating it into university curriculum systems through the medium of “curriculum project packages,” we can construct a new type of curriculum system of “traditional culture + project package” in higher education. This initiative holds significant practical importance for the inheritance of traditional culture, the promotion of curriculum reform, the enhancement of teaching effectiveness, and the improvement of students' overall qualities.

New Approaches for Regeneration of an Outstanding Baroque Living Heritage, the Széchenyi Linden Allée in Hungary

Allées used to be the essential artistic tools and indispensable parts of the strictly architectural, formal Baroque gardens. Beyond the practical purposes of edging paths and garden ways for walking, hunting, or horse and carriage riding, allées played a vital role in marking visual and landscape connections and thus the spatial projection of the noble estate, its wealth, and social rank. In Historical Hungary, Baroque architecture and garden art appeared in German-Austrian and French examples in the 18th century. The Széchenyi Linden Allée is an outstanding linear garden space of Baroque Garden art at Nagycenk, West Hungary. The generous composition, created by the prominent Count Széchenyi family in the mid-18th century, has remained a magnificent entity in the landscape ever since. Despite barely two hundred years of detected or unknown environmental or habitat changes, as early as 1942, the allée received a nature conservation nomination. More than a half-century later, in 2002, the allée became a historical and landscape aesthetical heritage within the Fertő-Hanság Cultural Landscape World Heritage site. Unfortunately, the once magnificent tree lines have severely eroded in recent decades due to mature trees’ subsequent death, inadequate replacement, lack of regular maintenance and tree care, and effects of climate change. In recent years (2011, 2018), landscape and horticultural analyses and visual and instrumental tree assessments were performed to help the conservation and rebirth of the allée, maintain the mature trees, and restore the landscape within a long-term renewal plan. Along with the 2018 survey and plan, the short-term maintenance works were completed in 2019–2020. This study, based on site surveys in 2022 and 2024, aims to identify the results of the primary management, analyses the vitality of mature trees after crown reductions, and then proposes a resilient and sustainable regeneration method with the habitat, cultural, natural, and genetic heritage, and the feasible maintenance contexts in focus. As proposed in the 2018 plan, the reproduction of mature trees started in 2020 and resulted in well-developing grafts for a later allée restoration. Due to the challenges of climate change, the regeneration project requires a special, long-term restoration management plan with a special focus on the still vital and possible remaining mature trees, the well-growing individuals from previous replanting, and the nursery school seedlings conserving the genetic heritage of the Széchenyi lime trees with long-viability capacity.

Research on Spatial Morphological Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Industrial Heritage: A Case Study of Nine Industrial Heritages in Guizhou Province

Industrial heritage, recognized as a significant aspect of historical and cultural heritage, has garnered considerable attention from scholars globally. To elucidate the spatial morphological characteristics and the underlying influencing factors of industrial heritage within karst regions, this study employs methods such as the interstice index, fractal dimension analysis, and spatial syntax. It conducts research on the spatial morphological characteristics of nine typical industrial heritages in Guizhou Province. The primary factors contributing to the variations in layout forms are the intricate karst topography and the functional requirements of production. The functional zoning of industrial heritage aligns with its layout, characterized by straightforward functional zones that have not developed into composite spaces. The overall connectivity of industrial heritage is relatively low, exhibiting weak integration, significant disparities in control values, low average depth values, and a deficiency in comprehensibility and diversity of options. This indicates that the internal connectivity of industrial heritage spaces is generally inadequate, with low accessibility, strong interrelations, average convenience, limited connectivity, and generally acceptable passage. The overall spatial, architectural, and roadway configurations of industrial heritage predominantly exhibit a uniform pattern. Importantly, industrial heritage reveals a highly variable overall spatial form, with an average fractal dimension of 1.57, complex architectural layouts (average fractal dimension of 1.50), and simplistic road network designs (average fractal dimension of 1.43), which collectively suggest high spatial complexity and irregular characteristics. This study can provide a reference for the analysis of spatial characteristics and influencing factors of other material cultural heritages, and it is of great significance for the systematic protection and revitalization of industrial heritage.

Contemporary approach to preserve and repurpose Mongolian temples

AbstractThis paper explores innovative and contemporary approaches to preserving and repurposing Mongolian temples, with a focus on maintaining their cultural and historical significance while adapting to modern needs. It examines the unique architectural and cultural aspects of these temples, the challenges they face, and presents design and preservation strategies that can ensure their continued relevance.

Research on Digital Empowerment of Liao Dynasty Ancient Pagoda Cultural Heritage Protection Strategy

Research on Digital Empowerment of Liao Dynasty Ancient Pagoda Cultural Heritage Protection Strategy

Exploration of Liangzhu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance Path Based on Semiotics Theory

Exploration of Liangzhu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance Path Based on Semiotics Theory