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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"Cultural institutions."”.
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Essays of Political and Cultural Institutions
… The second essay examines the role of a cultural trait—individualism-collectivism—in shaping microeconomic preferences at the individual level. I adopt the “priming” method from social psychology to exogenously vary the salience of individualism and collectivism in laboratory settings. …
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Instituting Dissensus: The Democratisation of Cultural Institutions in the 21st Century
… by the increasing erosion of democratic institutions, processes of depoliticisation, and the imposition of a consensual order, this PhD thesis explores different modes of engagement with cultural institutions, focusing specifically on instituting practices as a model for the reinvention …
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Beyond the Screen: The Integration of XR Media in Canadian Cultural Institutions
… estate, advertising to education, its foray into cultural institutions like film festivals and artist-run centres (ARCs) remains an underexplored research area. Furthermore, existing literature often examines the technological facets of XR, overlooking its cultural impact. Addressing this gap, …
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Power to the People: A Comprehensive Look at Crowdsourcing Initiatives in Cultural Institutions
… and/or staff restraints. Through crowdsourcing, cultural institutions have the ability to outsource these tasks to volunteers, who can complete them at much faster rates. Although staff members are needed to validate and supervise these projects, crowdsourcing remains a useful tool in increasing …
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INSPIRING PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: ARCHIVES, PUBLIC HISTORY, AND THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA
… years have created an ethos of caution in our cultural institutions. Museums often avoid exhibits and programming that might prove controversial for fear of public backlash. This paper examines how public historians and archivists might work together to devise strategies for positive public …
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Expositions, museums, and technological display : building cultural institutions for the "inventor citizen" in the late nineteenth century United States
… This research explores technology and its cultural roles, how technology related to or differed from other aspects of American culture, and how this may have precluded the establishment of a national museum dedicated to mechanical arts, technology and America's inventor citizens, even while …
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New Reality Resembles Old: An Examination of the American Public's Social Construction of Reality Following September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
… created which focused on beliefs, behaviors, and cultural institutions in the United States. Data regarding specific beliefs and behaviors was collected from numerous survey sources, and content analysis was performed on media literature from September 11, 2001 to September 11, 2003. Findings from …
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On the nomological relations of culture and market orientation : the case of the German and South African automotive industries
The current research examines the effects of cultural institutions on the relationships of market orientation and its theorized antecedents. Market orientation (MO) is one of the most prominent topics in scholarly marketing research.
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The Political economy of the Film Industry in Tanzania: From Socialism to an Open Market economy, 1961-2010
… how government policies, legislation, and cultural institutions have impacted filmmaking in Tanzania. By employing a critical political economy theoretical framework, the study explores succeeding administrations, from President Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1961-1985) to President Mrisho …
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No Node Left Behind: Digital Transformation and Cultural Analytics at BanRepCultural
… integration of digital transformation and cultural analytics frameworks in public sector cultural institutions. This research focuses on how digital transformation, and cultural analytics as a component of it, can support public value creation at BanRepCultural, the cultural arm of Banco de …
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How Informal Education Programs Can Learn From Higher Education Assessment: Evaluating the Morton Arboretum's N-ACT Program
… for the different backgrounds of students. Cultural institutions like museums, zoos, aquariums, and public gardens face similar questions about the value they bring to their communities, and traditionally have relied on attendance-based data as a matter of convenience that falls well short …
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The digital classification of “unknown maker(s)” of cultural objects: A case study of Iziko South African National Gallery
Throughout history, cultural institutions like the Iziko Museums of South Africa have preserved, catalogued, researched and displayed a diverse collection of cultural objects. The renewed interest in digital media has revived the move to reclaim cultural identities, bringing with it the associated …
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Vestir poder e poder vestir: o tecido social e a trama cultural nas imagens do traje negro (Rio de Janeiro, século XVIII)
… xolony of Brazil, to recreate original cultural institutions, capable of keeping alive, in exile, although transfigured, their ancestral heritage. Among these institutions, clothes and cloths, part of the material culture imbued with values and memories, matrix of Brazilian culture.
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Beyond binaries
This thesis examines the creative cultural production, consumption and representation of individuals within Britain, classified as of ethnic minority backgrounds. It draws together the fields of 'race', ethnicity and nationality and argues that these wide ranging themes have been conflated to …
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The Famished Road: Oil Dependency and Socioeconomic Underdevelopment in the Niger Delta
… correlation between the broader issues of sociocultural sovereignty, representation of ethnic minorities in the body politic and infrastructural development of the country. Furthermore, the thesis explores trends such as the development of native-led cultural institutions that foster the …
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Navigating Barriers in Taiwanese Museums
… by a look at how legislation and specifically cultural institutions have adapted to the needs of people with disabilities. The social responsibility of museums as cultural institutions to be inclusive has been widely discussed. To cement that fact the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has …
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"A Great Civilizing Agent": Architecture at MIT, Drawing Education, and Boston's Cultural Elite, 1865-1881
… through the creation of pedagogical programs and cultural institutions. Drawing simultaneously negotiated a multifarious identity as an industrial skill, a leisure activity, and a specialized profession. Bolstered by the rise in disposable wealth, Boston-based elites invested in drawing as a …
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Achieving Access: Designing a Museum Accessibility Consulting Firm
… consulting firm to help museums and cultural institutions implement Americans with Disabilities Act policy adherence, universal design and accessible programming that increases the inclusion of people with disabilities in their organizations. The paper begins with a literature review …
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Corner Culture: Corner Stores in the Black Pearl Neighborhood of New Orleans
… businesses still exist today as neighborhood cultural institutions throughout the city. Many more, however, have faced conversions to residential buildings, abandonment, or demolition. This case study addresses the significance of the corner store, identifies a number of factors leading to its …
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