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1 Cultural Policies and the Bolivarian Revolution in the Socialist Venezuela of Hugo Chávez (1999–2013)

Kozak‐Rovero, Gisela

Bulletin of Latin American research, 2019-05, Vol.38 (S1), p.20-37 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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  • Título:
    1 Cultural Policies and the Bolivarian Revolution in the Socialist Venezuela of Hugo Chávez (1999–2013)
  • Autor: Kozak‐Rovero, Gisela
  • Assuntos: Academic freedom ; Arts ; Beliefs ; Chavez, Hugo ; Conservation ; Cultural heritage ; Cultural policy ; Cultural values ; Culture ; Defiance ; Democracy ; Distribution ; Humanities ; Languages ; Legislation ; Literature ; Multiculturalism & pluralism ; Music ; Nation states ; Organizational culture ; Performing arts ; Production ; Scholarship ; Social groups ; Social processes ; Socialism ; Speech ; Traditions ; Visual arts
  • É parte de: Bulletin of Latin American research, 2019-05, Vol.38 (S1), p.20-37
  • Notas: Translated by Rebecca Jarman
  • Descrição: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines culture as 'the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of a society or social group, and that it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs' (UNESCO, 1972). Culture is our lifeblood: throughout history, it has connected individuals with the wider world in every corner of the globe. Many modern nation-states have passed legislation that protects the cultural practices deemed most important for their populations. In times of democracy, such policies designed to protect certain traditions and practices should not be confused with efforts to condition or channel the creative and social processes that feed into the circulation, production and transmission of what we known as culture. Indeed, the rich and fertile cultural terrains that often flourish at the margins or in defiance of dominant powers evidence that limitations of state control in this arena. These terrains have been cultivated by the creative and political actions of men and women in the fields of literature, visual arts, theatre, music and scholarship, and safeguarded by their defence of languages, political ideas of religious convictions. In democracy, the values that are attributed to the freedoms of speech, thought and creation guarantee diversity of cultural expression alongside the nation-state. As such, national cultural policies should recognise and support investigative research, conservation, funding, administration, creative production and distribution in the following areas: cultural heritage (Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage), literature and the written word, music, performing arts, plastic...
  • Editor: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês

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