Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Russian and International Projects in the Field of the Indigenous Peoples’ Decorative and Applied Art Development

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2017 10 (10)
Authors
Libakova, Natalia M.; Sertakova, Ekaterina A.
Contact information
Libakova, Natalia M.: Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia; ; Sertakova, Ekaterina A.: Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia
Keywords
decorative and applied art; indigenous peoples; indigenous peoples of the North; ethnic museums; festival; ethnic tourism
Abstract

Modern realities contribute to close intercultural interaction and determine its intensity, which, on the one hand, is a positive factor, facilitating a more effective solution of global problems the mankind faces, but, on the other hand, causes the dissolution of the identity of the indigenous peoples’ traditional cultures. Nowadays preservation and development of the decorative and applied art traditions are one of the most successful mechanisms of a positive sign of the uniqueness of culture in the context of multiculturalism. They promote a positive ethnic identity formation, which is particularly important for the indigenous peoples. The article analyses Russian and international projects aimed at the development of the indigenous peoples’ decorative and applied art. It reveals a number of areas in which the projects are implemented: preservation of existing collections of the decorative and applied art memorials, preservation of the traditional skills of creating the decorative and applied art works, training new generations these skills, understanding of the possibilities to integrate traditions and innovations in practice of the decorative and applied art works creation, understanding of value of a traditional decorative and applied art for a modern human, and, finally, arrangement of the events (festivals, fairs) revealing actual meanings of the decorative and applied art works, that, in its turn, generalizes the measures mentioned above

Pages
1525-1541
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/35357

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