历史文化名城保护呼唤“理性回归”

进入21世纪,中国历史文化名城、古城的保护要实现理性回归,并使保护形成一种真正地传承和发展民族、地方文化的观念,深入到政府和百姓的心中,除了要消除模糊的认识和误区外,更要有政策引导和法律保障,有必要从法律层面进行一系列的制度建设,要更多地学习国外经验,发动和启示更广泛的民间公众力量参与,使弘扬和保护成为中国民众的一种文化自觉,在中国创造一个历史文化名城、古城保护的全民化时代。     

日本“中途之家”的启迪

中国的社区矫正迅速发展，‘中途之家’成为司法界关注的热点。在日本，这类机构被统称为‘社区更生保护设施’，已有120年的历史，其间经历过创立、兴起、停滞、平稳增长等不同发展阶段，从民间兴办到政府积极投资，制定法律法规规范民间行为。     

西安“世界历史文化名城”的复兴之路

汉唐长安城是举世公认的世界历史文化名城,也是闻名中外的国际大都市。西安人有着浓厚的＂长安情结＂和复兴＂汉唐盛世＂的梦想,尤其在新一轮西部大开发的背景下,西安人以饱满的热情与自信准备用10年时间打造西安国际化大都市。西安＂世界历史文化名城＂之复兴,重现汉唐长安国际化都市的风采,这既是汉唐后裔的期望,更是历史赋予西安人义不容辞的责任。     

都市“非遗”创新：堆金织玉话广彩——陶瓷书画家连泽强先生访谈录

非物质文化遗产是一个民族的＂DNA＂,对都市＂非遗＂的淡忘,会造成我国城市传统文化的缺失。保护＂非遗＂,更要在传承中创新,让＂非遗＂活起来,其生命之树才会常青。广彩是国家级的＂非遗＂,是广州的城市文化名片之一,有过辉煌,亦曾走入衰落。在广州推进新型城市化发展的要求下,广彩如何传承创新,焕发生命力,助推文化强市和世界文化名城建设？     

天津市历史文化名城保护初探

本文阐述了天津市作为历史文化名城的特点，论述了在历史文化名城保护工作中的保护原则和保护内容，从多方面探讨了名城保护的方法。     

以“阳光信访”吸纳民间不满

作为一种“东方经验”，信访制度的创建和发展暗含着化解社会纠纷的政治意图，成为联系党政部门与老百姓之间的桥梁纽带，对于吸纳民间不满、融合官民关系起到了积极作用。但是，随着社会的发展，这一机制本身也面临着改革创新的课题。     

“将军肚”消除记

我没当啥官,却在年逾半百后,长起了＂将军肚＂。从美观和健康出发,我下决心要消除＂将军肚＂。通过比较、筛选,我选择了慢跑加晚餐节食的综合立体方式。 减肥计划开始实施后,饮食方面,我坚持＂早餐吃饱、中餐吃好、晚餐吃少＂的倒金字塔习惯。特别重视晚餐：坚持只吃五到七成饱：晚上八点过后,除了喝点水、偶尔吃点水果,一般不进食。     

师德建设应加强“用心”教育

一、加强＂爱心＂教育,把＂爱心＂通过教师的职业行为传承到下一代 教师要有＂爱心＂是一个老话题,又是新形势下对教育工作者的时代要求。＂爱心＂从大方面来讲有热爱祖国、热爱党、热爱社会主义,从小方面来讲有爱学校、爱集体、爱家,以及爱学生、爱同事、爱亲朋好友,还有热爱教育事业等。     

从“近现代”挖掘“最广州”的文化

广州市地方志办公室副主任胡巧利研究员在2012年2月7日的《广州日报》上谈到，广州建设世界文化名城，需要做好基础性的历史文献的保护整理工作。历史文献记录了历史时期人们的思想活动以及所创造的物质文明和精神文明，是历史文化资源的重要组成部分，更是最基础的部分。保护整理历史文献，实际上是保护城市的思想史和成长史。对于广州来说，尤其是要注意保护和整理民国文献。     

新型城镇化背景下的南京历史文化名城保护

目前,南京历史文化名城保护工作仍处在十分复杂的状态:一方面,经过30年来的努力,其保护规划技术体系日趋完善;另一方面,在现实中又面临城市现代化发展与旧城更新的诸多压力。亟需我们在新型城镇化背景下,走出专业部门、专家精英主宰的现状,由单纯的技术层面转向更为宏观的社会经济层面,从多维视野探索历史文化名城保护的思路、策略与途径。论文正是基于这一观点,总结了前三版南京历史文化名城保护规划编制工作的发展历程,分析了南京大规模发展与旧城结构调整的现实背景,讨论了历史文化保护工作中存在的问题及成因,并从新型城镇化城市文化传承的角度,就南京历史文化名城的地位作用、格局保护、疏散政策以及保障机制等方面提出新的规划应对建议。     

Utilizing Social Work Skills to Enhance Entrepreneurship Training for Women: A Ghanaian Perspective

ABSTRACT

This article describes a women's entrepreneurship exchange program that was designed and facilitated with the cooperation of various governmental and nongovernmental entities in Ghana for Ghanaian women. The article briefly reviews the entrepreneurship development literature from an international perspective and discusses the Entrepreneurship Program as a targeted approach for empowering and sustaining women's economic situation in Ghana. Emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of cultural and social networks and the women's ability to succeed as entrepreneurs through the use of social work skills.     

‘A commitment to cultural pluralism’. Diversity practices in two Amsterdam venues: Paradiso and De Meervaart

Cultural policy has traditionally had close ties with the construction of the society as a nation state, which has been marked by its built-in tendency towards cultural homogenisation. Post-World War II, multicultural societies pose profound challenges to these traditional forms of cultural policy. Although, in the last decades, western democracies have been designing cultural diversity plans, this does not mean that governmental policies have successfully been translated in institutional practice. In the Netherlands, mainly established cultural institutions have failed to integrate diversity into their core business. Yet, there have been a few exceptions that continue to make attempts to adapt their programmes to address new populations. In this article, we use Parekh’s view of a multiculturalism that reconciles unity and diversity, as a heuristic device that allows us to explore and examine the bottom-up diversity policies and practices of two Amsterdam-based cultural institutions: Paradiso and De Meervaart.     

城郊社区外来工文化生活状况的调查研究——以浙江绍兴城郊社区为例

关注城市农民工生活现状，保障他们的合法权益，使他们在异乡能安居乐业，更好地为当地经济建设和社会发展服务，深受各级政府组织关注。本调查的关注点是城郊社区外来工的文化生活状况。调查显示，该市城郊社区外来工收入相对较高，但影响外来工文化生活质量的主、客观因素依然存在，仍迫切需要政府、社会和用工单位的关心帮助和积极引导。     

国家中心城市文化软实力评价研究——以港京沪津穗城市为例

城市文化软实力是城市综合竞争力巨系统下的子系统,由文化核心价值水平、城市制度健全程度、城市政府管理效率及创新、城市国际化水平、城市文化中心影响力等指标组成。本文对港京沪津穗五大国家中心城市的文化软实力进行了分析,并就城市如何提升文化软实力提出了建议。     

Toward Culturally Democratic Citizens: Nongovernmental Organizations and the State

This study investigates the relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and the state. It demonstrates that Colombian state institutions aim to foster “culturally democratic citizens” through decentralization initiatives and participation mechanisms at the local level. The National Culture Plan is an overarching national policy that intends to be a reference for governance and civil society participation looking particularly to the players involved in the provision and consumption of cultural activities for its implementation. It marks a change at the national level as it launches civil society into the formulation of cultural policies and political participation in general. By examining local nongovernmental organizations through document and qualitative analysis, the study identifies four types of nongovernmental organizations that self-identified as working in cultural activities in Bogotá—insiders, yearners, dismissers, and outsiders. These types of NGOs emerged in personal interviews and illustrate that NGO–state relationships vary across the sector. Participation among the nongovernmental sector is uneven despite institutional reforms and initiatives supported by national legislation. This article provides data to add to a growing and innovative body of research necessary for professionals in public policy and nongovernmental management fields.     

NGOs and Their Vulnerabilities During the Time of Transition: The Case of Poland

This paper focuses on the development of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Poland, as a case study of the sector's development in the Central and Eastern European countries of transition. It is argued that, in this situation, the development and growth of the NGO sector though shaped, as in the West, by a set of legislative, political, economic, cultural, and historical forces, nevertheless is circumscribed by the specific conditions of political transformation. The nature of and the power with which legislative, fiscal, or organizational forces condition the development of the sector varies according to the scale at which they operate (local, national, or international). Moreover, it is argued that the position of NGOs is significantly regulated by the state's political ideology, and the formative and evolving character of the latter translates into instability in states' actions vis-à-vis the nonprofit sector.     

Street art in non-capital urban centres: between exploiting commercial appeal and expressing social concerns

ABSTRACT

How do local cultural agents in particular places adopt new policies towards street art as having commercial and political value? The present article takes up this question through a discussion of street art festivals and their role within urban culture and cultural policies in two large Russian cities. It considers the activities of cultural intermediaries promoting street art vis-à-vis the existing constellation of over-centralized politics, creative industries, urban development and precarious labour. Drawing on fieldwork in these cities and conducting critical sociological analysis of the street art curating, I show how the appropriation of street art by cultural intermediaries is subtly changing its ecology and values and argue that this change contributes to the range of ambivalences of neoliberal cultural politics. The article also sheds light on cultural policy and practice in Russia at a juncture characterised by the impact of globalization, on the one hand, and the country's isolationist and conservative politics, on the other.     

论发展文化创意产业——基于建设国家中心城市的视角对广州文化创意产业发展的研究

本文从建设国家中心城市的视角,就广州发展文化创意产业的必要性进行了理论探讨,对广州发展文化创意产业的基础条件进行了实证分析,并提出广州大力发展文化创意产业关键在于解放与发展文化创意产业领域的生产力。     

有机更新：历史文化名城走出保护性衰败与建设性破坏困境之路

历史文化名城或城市的历史街区经常陷于保护性衰败或建设性破坏两大文化和社会困境之中。两大困境的突破之路在于通过有机更新实现城市的文脉延续、文化传承、文化再生与城市复兴。有机更新就是集物质更新、生活改善、文化再生和社会活化为一体的综合性更新。有机更新要求以谨慎的渐进式更新取代草率的激进式更新,以＂自下而上＂的自愿式更新取代＂自上而下＂的指令式更新,以多个主体的合作行动取代强势集团的单边行动。