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Open AccessPublished: 3 February 2026

Emergence: A Parameter of the Effectiveness of Artistic Creativity—A Study of Dance Improvisation

Alessandra Florentina Randazzo

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 33-45 · 10.55121/card.v6i1.878

When discussing artistic improvisation, effectiveness is generally dismissed for at least two main reasons. On the one hand, an improviser cannot anticipate the appropriate means to achieve an end that, by definition, they do not set in advance—hence the inherent risk of failure. On the other hand, an improviser does not aim to

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Open AccessPublished: 7 July 2024

Discussing Social Media Using Affordance of Young Chinese Ethnic Minority Group Users

Lifu Li, Kyeong Kang

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 12-23 · 10.55121/card.v4i1.64

The study explores young Chinese ethnic minority group (EMG) users’ social media using affordance for engagement when they engage in intercultural contact on social media platforms. Grounded on the affordances theory, the relationships between influencing factors and using affordance have been presented in the research framework

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Open AccessPublished: 9 August 2024

The Multiple Meanings of the Shona Traditional Performance Theatre (dariro): Unpacking the Concept

Perminus Matiure

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 1-10 · 10.55121/card.v1i1.10

The paper discusses the multiple meanings of the Shona traditional theatre, commonly known as dariro. In this paper, dariro is taken to refer to traditional theatre in which socialization, singing, instrument playing, incantations, dance and other artistic skills are enacted, especially during social or religious events. The dat

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Open AccessPublished: 16 November 2023

Zhuang Song Preservation Efforts

Gisa Jähnichen, Lin Zhi

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 31-38 · 10.55121/card.v3i2.81

Songs are at the centre of music transmission in many educational institutions around the world. People in China say ‘song’, but they may mean “music and dance” or they just mean all consciously produced sounds they are confronted with in their daily lives, such as rap coming out of a technical device or the noise of birds aroun

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