Sustaining Living Culture
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While it is indisputable that the Earth’s physical resources are being depleted, distinct cultural practices are also being eroded by forces of development and homogenization. The central question addressed in this book is how to sustain cultural practices that are still active today but are, nevertheless, vulnerable. This is a time when many unique cultures are threatened; practitioners of rare arts are aging, young people are being integrated into larger communities, languages are disappearing, and cultural memories are being lost. Sadly, once the integrity of cultural knowledge is lost, it can never be fully restored. These articles embody dynamic contemporary efforts to sustain ongoing, and therefore, ever-changing cultural practices, not merely closed histories of past events. The lessons learned in these pages can be passed on to future generations to nourish living cultures.
ISBN
9781612291185
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
Common Ground Publishing
City
Champaign, IL
Disciplines
Philosophy
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Social Practices and Rituals
Chapter 1: Toleration, Multiculturalism and Cultural Sustainability: Are They Compatible? / Ian Alexander Young
Chapter 2: Communication of Culture: Culinary Arts / Denis Rudd and Richard Mills
Part II: The Arts
Chapter 3: The Role of the Arts in Sustaining Living Cultures / Frieda Holland Gebert
Chapter 4: Music and the Sustainability of Diasporic Identity: Considering the Black Atlantic / Adam Zanolini
Part III: Traditional Crafts
Chapter 5: Oomingmak: Sustaining Alaskan Native Culture through the Qiviut Industry / Amy Russell
Chapter 6: When Traditional Craftsmanship Encounters Technology: A Retrospective Presentation of a Biennale Artist's Artistic Path Over the Last 25 Years / Eva Man-Way Yuen
Part IV: Language and Oral Tradition
Chapter 7: The Sustainability of Languages / Lindsay J. Whaley and James N. Stanford
Chapter 8: Languages at the Precipice: Sustainability in a Context of Globalization / Peter Heffernan
Chapter 9: Learning through the Traditional Tale: An Holistic Approach to Work with Groups and Individuals in Therapy, Education, Empowerment, and Dialogue / Shai Schwartz, Yehuda Bar Shalom and Tamar Ascher Shai
Part V: Knowledge, Nature and Practices
Chapter 10: The Sustainable Aesthetic: Nature, Culture and Architecture / David Crutchfield
Chapter 11: Indigenous People's Art and Architecture / Preeti Singh and Krishna Dhote
Part VI: From Theory to Practice
Chapter 12: Rediscovering "Roots": The Immersion Stage of Cultural Identity Development / Gina Zanolini Morrison
Chapter 13: Tibetan Identity: Transformations within the Diaspora / Yosay Wangdi
Part VII: Summary
Chapter 14: Valuing Living Heritage / Kevin Gibson