In general the basic trend of cultural development at the corner of the century can be summarized as following five aspects.1.“Globalization”or“Integration”trend.It prominently manifests itself in the increasing i...In general the basic trend of cultural development at the corner of the century can be summarized as following five aspects.1.“Globalization”or“Integration”trend.It prominently manifests itself in the increasing internationalization of sports competition and literary and art rewards,and increasing identification of many social views and principles,such as market economy principles,intellectual value principle,economic (social) development concept,idea of relations between man and nature.2.Industrialization and personalization. Because of the development and change in world political and economical situation since 1990s, market economy and cultural industry have over the category of “capitalism” and become something of the cosmopolitanism.3.The centralization of flourescent screen culture. The screen culture represented by Internet,satellite TV,multimedia PC has occupied and will continue to occupy the central position, greatly pushed the other cultural forms into margin,even some categories and varieties will disappear in a large scale.4.Consumelization.It expresses in the increasing of prominent bubble culture phenomenon which is in large quantity,high repetition rate, low sediment quantity,snack culture consumption for only once emerges in a large number .5.“Matthew Effect”on the cultural development,namely the trend of powerful culture became stronger while the weak culture reduced to disappearance.展开更多
Tradition has been defined as practices brought forward from the past into the present. In the context of enslavement and the cultural dislocation that accompanied it, memory became critical in the recreation of tradi...Tradition has been defined as practices brought forward from the past into the present. In the context of enslavement and the cultural dislocation that accompanied it, memory became critical in the recreation of tradition. Individual memory contributed to the practices that created new traditions to be carried forward by subsequent generations. Archaeological evidence from Clifton Plantation, Bahamas, illustrates how memory and tradition shaped the identities of both enslaver and enslaved, and influenced the construction of an African Bahamian identity in the early nineteenth-century. In their consumer selections, the enslaved people of Clifton were constructing artifact assemblages that reflected their memories of their traditional cultural background. In the process they were creating an Afro-Bahamian aesthetic that would become a tradition for future generations of Bahamians. While the goods were not of their own manufacture, the choices were theirs from the selection available to them. At the same time, those of British heritage were signaling their British identity through their consumer choices. However, Clifton was unusual in being owned by a reformer who sought to ameliorate the conditions of slavery. The paper also briefly discusses whether these concepts are useful in understanding the material culture of enslaved Africans at other sites.展开更多
文摘In general the basic trend of cultural development at the corner of the century can be summarized as following five aspects.1.“Globalization”or“Integration”trend.It prominently manifests itself in the increasing internationalization of sports competition and literary and art rewards,and increasing identification of many social views and principles,such as market economy principles,intellectual value principle,economic (social) development concept,idea of relations between man and nature.2.Industrialization and personalization. Because of the development and change in world political and economical situation since 1990s, market economy and cultural industry have over the category of “capitalism” and become something of the cosmopolitanism.3.The centralization of flourescent screen culture. The screen culture represented by Internet,satellite TV,multimedia PC has occupied and will continue to occupy the central position, greatly pushed the other cultural forms into margin,even some categories and varieties will disappear in a large scale.4.Consumelization.It expresses in the increasing of prominent bubble culture phenomenon which is in large quantity,high repetition rate, low sediment quantity,snack culture consumption for only once emerges in a large number .5.“Matthew Effect”on the cultural development,namely the trend of powerful culture became stronger while the weak culture reduced to disappearance.
文摘Tradition has been defined as practices brought forward from the past into the present. In the context of enslavement and the cultural dislocation that accompanied it, memory became critical in the recreation of tradition. Individual memory contributed to the practices that created new traditions to be carried forward by subsequent generations. Archaeological evidence from Clifton Plantation, Bahamas, illustrates how memory and tradition shaped the identities of both enslaver and enslaved, and influenced the construction of an African Bahamian identity in the early nineteenth-century. In their consumer selections, the enslaved people of Clifton were constructing artifact assemblages that reflected their memories of their traditional cultural background. In the process they were creating an Afro-Bahamian aesthetic that would become a tradition for future generations of Bahamians. While the goods were not of their own manufacture, the choices were theirs from the selection available to them. At the same time, those of British heritage were signaling their British identity through their consumer choices. However, Clifton was unusual in being owned by a reformer who sought to ameliorate the conditions of slavery. The paper also briefly discusses whether these concepts are useful in understanding the material culture of enslaved Africans at other sites.
