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Open AccessPublished: 9 August 2024

Contextualization of IsiXhosa Language Speech Acts Through Art Practice

Nombeko P Mpako

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 80-87 · 10.55121/card.v2i2.48

This article represents an iconographic analysis of a selection of artworks from the author’s recent solo exhibition entitled Obu bubomi bam 8 out of 8: I teach Art, 2021. The selected artworks were titled using isiXhosa language speech acts which complement their visual narratives and expand their iconographic meanings. IsiXhos

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Open AccessPublished: 9 December 2022

Cultural Thought in the Caribbean? Arts’ Theory in Cuba, And Its Epistemic Status from a Historical Sociology of Scientific Knowledge Perspective

Yaneidys Arencibia Coloma

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 18-30 · 10.55121/card.v3i1.44

Although History of Art studies within academia, began in the late thirties of the Twentieth Century, Arts’ Theory in Cuba has been an underdeveloped discipline. For this paper, we use the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge in its historical perspective, as a tool for analyzing Jorge Mañach’s cultural thought. This was one of the

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Open AccessPublished: 1 November 2022

The New Incorporation of Video Art and Video Poetry during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Matter of Myth or Existing Reality

Diego Bernaschina

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 96-104 · 10.55121/card.v2i2.51

This paper corresponds to an interdisciplinary investigation based on literature, art and new media to involve own experiences of video work and study of the health crisis between 2020 and 2021 in Spain. The main goal is to investigate the sample of the three videos produced on the coronavirus pandemic, creating a social dialogu

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Open AccessPublished: 25 July 2025

AI-Powered Innovations for Documenting and Revitalizing African Languages

Jackton Midigo

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 26-41 · 10.55121/card.v5i2.517

The documentation and revitalization of African languages are crucial for preserving the continent’s linguistic and cultural heritage amid increasing threats of language endangerment. This study presents a systematic review of existing literature on artificial intelligence (AI)-driven approaches to language documentation and rev

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Open AccessPublished: 21 April 2025

Performing the “Roots” and “Routes” of Cultural Identity: A Study of YouTube ‘Patriotism Pop’ in India

Mimasha Pandit

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 24-34 · 10.55121/card.v4i1.178

Following the abrogation of article 370 in 2019 Indian public sphere became a hotbed of debate. Various mediums were deployed to make public voices heard. Opinion of the civil society expressed through newspapers, television news channels verbally opposed, and sometimes supported, the act. Marches and processions were organised

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Open AccessPublished: 18 October 2022

Music, Culture and Society: Ideal Environments for Adults

Ana M. Vernia-Carrasco

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 88-95 · 10.55121/card.v2i2.49

Music, as the backbone of artistic projects, can provide ideal spaces for adults, improving their quality of life. This proposal is part of a larger investigation, from a research stay. This research, of a synchronous and descriptive nature, used the narrative and descriptive perspective, but from the lived artistic experiences.

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Open AccessPublished: 20 June 2026

Representation of the European Woman as an Intercultural Agent in the Western Film Genre: Archetypal and Genre Analysis

Olga Kosachova

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 71-104 · 10.55121/card.v6i2.101915

The Western film genre has long functioned as a marker of American identity, and recent cinematic trends increasingly foreground female protagonists, particularly European women as intercultural agents within frontier narratives. This study investigates the intersection of mythology, archetypes, and Westerns, focusing on the way

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Open AccessPublished: 16 June 2026

Ink, Paper, Bodyminds and Ideas: Material Consciousness in Architectural Sketching

Otto Paans

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 43-70 · 10.55121/card.v6i2.101881

Sketching in the context of architecture has often been framed as either the intellectual development of an idea by visual means, or more recently as a heuristic instrument. In both cases, the influence of the lived body and subjective experience have been sidelined. This article investigates these material conditions of archite

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Open AccessPublished: 20 March 2026

Values as Phenomena of Truth: The Mythopoetic Aesthetics of Thought as Highest Act

Siyana Vitalievna Shchepanovskaya

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 70-86 · 10.55121/card.v6i1.1020

This theoretical-philosophical investigation proposes a synthesis of mythopoetic, phenomenological, and ethical discourses to reconceptualize value-formation. It posits that the “Other” (alterity) operates in a dual capacity: as the radical unknown challenging the Self, and as the elevated dimension within communication where th

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Open AccessPublished: 15 March 2026

How Does Palestinian Popular Culture Shape and Influence Leadership Imagery?

Raed Atef

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 59-69 · 10.55121/card.v6i1.674

This study explores how Palestinian proverbs shape leadership imagery within a sociopolitical context defined by resistance, occupation, and national struggle. Drawing on an interdisciplinary cultural studies framework, it examines proverbs not merely as linguistic expressions but as symbolic, aesthetic, and performative artifac

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