Culture is part of our everyday life; it can be anything from sports, food, clothing or even lifestyle. On the onset, the support of arts and culture should not be limited to the cultural argument alone, as one cannot deny that arts and culture is important for the growth of society. Apart from the financial aspect of a society, arts and culture go a long way towards making the society more holistic.
With this in mind, the author will firstly examine the two different approaches to arts and culture; namely cultural arguments as opposed to the creative industries or economic arguments. Secondly, the author will discuss about why arts and culture should live on and be funded, without putting creative industries approach towards it.
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With this approach, arts and culture is being used in many schools and institutions as a opening for inter-ethnic interaction where their students could use different ways of arts performance to showcase the traditional ethnic dances and display symptomatic of multiculturalism.
Second example would be the ‘Global City for the Arts’ project, this project happened after the 1985 economic recession, in hopes to form new industries with potential growth. Arts and culture was not only recognized as an ideological state, but also an attraction to attract more foreigners, investors and tourist in Singapore. The project aims to infuse the nation with large cultural and entertainment value so that the state can ensure that it can retain its own skilled Singaporeans, and at the same time, attract more skilled foreign labour. Young English-educated Singaporeans led the local theatre community and they managed to grow it fully by early 1990s. . In order to attract more viewers and allow room for creativity, these young people constantly push the boundaries of censorship. The industry is mainly supported by middle class Singaporeans whom are able to spend extra time and money to execute leisure activities and shows
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On the other hand, creative industry takes the view of economic boom of creative work such in any type of industry. “Creative industries were defined as those activities which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have the potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property” (DCMS, 1998) (Quoted from Ozga, Seddon, Popkewitz, 2006)
As Paul Keating suggests,
"This cultural policy is also an economic policy. Culture creates wealth. Broadly defined, our cultural industries generate 13 billion dollars a year. Culture [employs and] adds value; it makes an essential contribution to innovation, marketing and design. It is a badge of our industry. The level of our creativity substantially determines our ability to adapt to new economic imperatives. It is a valuable export in itself and an essential accompaniment to the export of other commodities. It attracts tourists and students. It is essential to our economic success." (Paul Keating,
Culture is the invisible bond which ties people together. People in a culture might share a religion or language and often have similar attitudes, behaviors, or beliefs. Cultures have been spread around, developed, and changed over time. The art, literature, language, and religion of a community represent its culture. Our cultural values and beliefs manifest themselves through our lifestyle. Our moral values represent our culture. The importance of culture lies in its close association with the ways of thinking and living. Our culture gives us an identity, and helps build our character. The cultural values shared across our community or social group, give us a sense of belonging towards society. Our culture unites us and gives us a sense of security. The importance of culture cannot be stressed enough, as it is something that lies within us, around us, and is an integral part of our being. It defines the way we treat others and
Culture is one of the most relevant elements that can define not only a society but also a country’s cumulative beliefs and system. Often noted as the origins of a country, culture is definitive in the sense that it harbors all the elements that can provide justification on the traditions and norms set by the society for its members. More often than not, the society members follow norms in order to create a harmonious community, and the beliefs and the traditions serve as the poles or grounding rules for each member to follow. Culture is very dynamic in the way that it can change over a variety of foreign influences but what is permanent about it is that original elements about it often lingers with the influences, therefore making it multi-faceted and broad. More importantly, culture serves as an individual and unique trait each society has, and therefore sets it apart from other countries and other societies.
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Culture is a large part of every person’s life, it is what makes each person unique. Within culture there are many aspects such as food, music, clothing, tradition, and many more. Since culture makes up such a large part of our day to day lives, it is almost always responsible shaping and informing our view on the world.
Art is important to culture and our society. Society is culture, or more accurately, society is the people who make up a
Kemi Llesanmi, director of the laundromat project(a project that tries to increase value of art in neighbourhoods in New York City) once said: “Through culture, new ideas are generated, diverse perspectives are unearthed, bridges are built between them, and civilization moves forward.” I think he couldn’t be more right.
Creativity, the creative expressions in various forms of art and in new ideas, as well as the creative production of scientific and technological change, is what has shaped and influenced the world’s history
As with many states, cities, and public school systems, there is constantly a debate over how and why the arts should be presented in schools. Olivia Cercone takes her stand with this essay concerning Music Education in California public schools by clearly stating her thesis at the end of her first paragraph. As we know from our reading, a clear and unified thesis or argument drives an essay and reappears throughout while consistently reminding the audience why they are reading (McAlpin 77- 80). Cercone completes this step with a concise statement that is easily identified as the focus of the essay. Overall, Cercone successfully persuades and grasps the attention of the people who already have music in their lives and perceive it as
This is a universal truth that majority of artist are not earning substantial income, and consequently to carry out their creativity ought to gain endowment from government. I agree to the statement, that government is expected to support the artists beside the fact to give them quality of life and save culture, as well to encourage them to provide a stable neighbourhood.
The era of accountability has heavily swayed public schools towards narrowing the curriculum across content and disciplines. Student test scores have become the measure in which states, districts, schools, classrooms, and teachers are deemed “excellent.” Also, many schools have been confronted with budget cuts that determine the content offered in schools. Unfortunately, arts programming across the United States’ K-12 public education has been minimized and/or not given the proper attention it deserves. To strengthen the argument for arts education, researchers have developed the integration of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to curriculum and lesson planning. I argue that the integration of the arts in classroom curriculum with early childhoods students can provide benefits not only for students but teachers. Arts education centers on allowing both students and teachers to engage in creativity and bring out their multiple intelligence. I recognize four reasons why arts education is a valuable tool with young children: (1) arts can be used across subjects and context (interdisciplinary), (2) it touches on the needs of different learners (multiple intelligence), (3) flexibility that allows creativity in the classroom, and (4) shifts away from traditional methods of rote learning.
Dr. Dana Gioia in his 2007 Commencement address to Stanford University states, "The role of the culture, however, must go beyond economics. It is not focused on the price of things, but on their value. And, above all, culture should tell us what is beyond pride, including what does not belong in the market. A culture should also provide some cogent view of the good life beyond mass accumulation."
Schools that offer fine arts classes have lower dropout rates and raised attendance. The fine arts positively impact students of lower socioeconomic status more those of a higher status. The fine arts have no barriers for race, religion, and culture when it comes to being involved in the arts. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to be involved (Katy Independent School District). Without the arts these students have no outlet for creative capabilities and no way to express their talents. Students who need this way of expressing themselves are overlooked and they are the ones who need it the most (Dickson). When viewing the participation of arts in the eyes of a ten-year old, “It cools kids down after all the other hard stuff they have to think about” (Arts and Smarts: Test Scores and Cognitive Development).
The relationship between art and commerce has always been subject of hot discussion. Many people look at creativity as a vehicle for economic interest, while others view it as pure dedication for personal creative needs. The world as we live in today sees the creative industry, including visual and performing arts, sound recording, book publishing, and movie making, a highly commercialized global enterprise. People constantly buy and sell art products in a highly active market. Although it is difficult to conclude whether art and commerce is perfectly compatible or mutually exclusive, one thing is true, that the relationship between the two has not stayed constant throughout the history of art. From the early Renaissance period to contemporary and modern time, we see art gets intertwined with business more and more. There are multiple well known historical examples demonstrate the dynamic evolution of creative expression, though new system also brought challenges.
As an efficient organization, cultural enterprise is the significant component in the cultural economy .The cultural economy comprises all those sectors in modern capitalism that caters to consumer demands for amusement, ornamentation, self-affirmation, social display and so on. These sectors comprise various craft, fashion, media, and entertainment and service industries with outputs like jewelry, perfume, clothing, films, and recorded music or tourist services. Such outputs have high symbolic value relative to utilitarian purpose. (Bourdieu, 1971,Lash and Urry, 1994). In addition, Culture as embodied in the everyday artifacts that constitute the materiality of social life, but also as it is expressed in such domains of human activity as
Thorough analytic research on the impacts of culture risks are hampered by complexity of such concepts of art and culture. Culture is by no means easy to master. There are major obstacles in efforts to streamline the information for the economic impacts of culture. In most general terms, culture is defined as set of beliefs and values, shared way of doing and understanding things which ties a community and is formed by the development of that community. Apart from art and heritage culture includes tradition and religious, way of life, human rights and values.