Essays about: "role of festivals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words role of festivals.

1. 1. Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Jakob Wondra; [2023]
   Keywords : festivals; prefiguration; three spheres of transformation; sustainability science; leverage points; culture and sustainability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. READ MORE

3. 2. Impacts of a local community event on development of peripheral destination : Entrepreneurial perspective on Aldrei fór ég suður festival in Iceland

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Alina Bavykina; [2021]
   Keywords : periphery; remoteness; peripheral destinations; tourism; events; festivals; event tourism; sustainable destination development; entrepreneurship; tourism management; rural development; collaboration; network; social capital; social embeddedness; sustainability; Iceland; Westfjords; Aldrei fór ég suður; Ísafjörður;

   Abstract : Remote communities stay vulnerable in the face of major socioeconomic challenges. Tourism is often seen as a way to stimulate local economies and increase attractiveness of peripheral destinations, while events are considered to be one of the tools to promote tourism. READ MORE

4. 3. The Role of Arts in Nordic Society: Health and Lifestyle

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Soledad Zamora; [2019]
   Keywords : Arts; Education; Lifestyle; Society; Sustainable development; Welfare;

   Abstract : The role of arts in both formal and non-formal education has been scientifically demonstrated to create positive outcomes in people to deal with all kinds of social problems in daily life. At present, there are international public and private institutions that support this view, such as the International Arts Education Week, celebrated for the first time by UNESCO on 21-27 May 2012 when not only artists participated, but also educators, researchers, NGO actors, and international associations. READ MORE

5. 4. From Low Budget to Big Business : Releasing Strategies for Indeoendent Films and Industry Division

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Jelena Ivanisevic Paunovic; [2019]
   Keywords : independent production; low budget film; Oscar; auteur film; female producer; film industry; Christine Vachon; Boy s Don t Cry;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is observing the process of launching the small independent movie in the context of big film industry and its hegemony. We will observe the differences between low budget, independent, the auteur film and well known ’blockbuster' entertainment cinema products. READ MORE

6. 5. Urban Curation - An explorative study on understandings, roles and functions of curating practices in urban contexts

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Marthe Nehl; [2018]
   Keywords : urban curating; artistic practices; Thirdspace; urban culture; neoliberal planning theory;

   Abstract : Curating practices appear in various fields as a common practice of immaterial labour today. To ‘curate’ is an active verb that suggests ‘doing’ something. Seldom if ever are the implications of curating critically discussed outside the arts, and this provides a reason for this thesis to investigate. READ MORE