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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Cultural festivals"”.
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The Contribution of Festivals to City Branding
The economic contribution of festivals and events has been widely acknowledged, but the relationship between a festival and city branding has received little attention. This thesis explores the role of festival stakeholders in the development of a city brand, providing a detailed account of city …
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Crumbs To Keep Them Full: Neoliberal Spectacle at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
… of advertising. Unlike many other parades and cultural festivals in the world, opposing values and points of view are placed side by side, meant to be consumed as a single package. This thesis argues that today neoliberal ideology engulfs the annual event, as seen in part through token …
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The politics of aesthetics and performance: Visuality and the remaking of culture in the Calabar Festival and Carnival, 2004 -2019
… was inaugurated in 2004. Aspects of Calabar cultural festivals had been appropriated into Caribbean carnivals and were performed from around the second half of the 18th century, particularly in the Trinidadian carnival. In 2004, it returned to Africa and was remade at a time of …
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The role of Morija Arts and Cultural Festival as a mechanism for promoting tourism among local communities
… the view of investigating the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival as tourist attraction. Morija community has staged the event for more than ten (10) years. It was first held in 1999, but it seems that the event has not shown the great potential to the Morija communities. The broad intention of …
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Planning a community cultural festival : the power of politics
… is catalyzed by my interest in the impact that cultural planning has had on the physical and social formation of cities. Beginning with the hypothesis that urban festivals have lasting impacts on cities, I intend to investigate how cultural planning shapes the social and physical form of a city …
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Capacity Enhancement Approaches for Long Term Evolution networks: Capacity Enhancement-Inspired Self-Organized Networking to Enhance Capacity and Fairness of Traffic in Long Term Evolution Networks by Utilising Dynamic Mobile Base-Stations
… malls, worship centres or during religious and cultural festivals. Since most of these events cannot be predicted, modern cellular networks must be scalable in terms of capacity and coverage in such unpredictable demographic surge. Thus, the use of dynamic BTSs is proposed to be used in modern …
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Tourists' and community perceptions on sustainability of Umthayi Marual festival in Kwazulu-Natal.
… Festival is a marula first-fruits-appreciation cultural event organised, planned and staged annually at Manguzi area of Mhlabuyalingana Local Municipality in the northern part of Mkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Festivals possess a potential to generate number of benefits for …
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PERFORMATIVE CORPORATE TRAINING IN TAIWAN
… training programs within organizational and cultural contexts. This model elaborates three characteristics of the Taiwanese corporate culture (harmony, innovation, and teamwork), three features of Taoism (ecology, creativity, and community-building), and three principles of performance …
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Undoing Angashuddhi: Interrogating Indian Classical Dance and the Nation
… of nationalisation, and opportunities at cultural festivals. Angashuddhi replicates existing socio-religious hierarchies through dance. Thus, this thesis argues against the idea that art is divorced from politics, or art for art’s sake. It argues that both dance and the dancer are …
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Forging the Ideological Atlantic: West German-American Fête Diplomacy, 1945-1953
… anniversary of the city of Nuremberg (1950), cultural festivals in Berlin (1951) and Passau (1952), and the centennial of the year that Carl Schurz arrived in the United States (1952). In each of these fêtes, participants – including organizers, historians, journalists, attendees, and cultural …
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Cultural Diplomacy and Arts Festivals. The Case of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland
… the relationship between large-scale arts festivals and cultural diplomacy in the current interdependent world. In an international context of both globalization and cultural diversity, arts festivals are key events acting as catalysts for interactions and exchanges. These can be between …