Cultural characteristics of rural public spaces and implications for cultural governance:A case study of Dong Villages in Southeast Guizhou Province
Accompanied by the impact of industrialization and urbanization,the urban-rural gap continues to widen,presenting a development challenge faced by countries globally.Addressing the imbalance in urban-rural development and the inadequate development of rural areas is a crucial task in China's rural governance.Since the twentieth century,China has sequentially implemented key initiatives such as the construction of a new socialist countryside,the development of beautiful villages,and the integration of urban and rural areas.These efforts have effectively addressed issues like environmental pollution,public facility shortages,and rural hollowing-out,while also improving the overall rural environment.Rural cultural governance is proposed against the backdrop of a modernization transformation aimed at harmonizing the development of material civilization and spiritual culture,becoming an important means to achieve urban-rural integration and promote the sustainable development of rural society.Rural public spaces,as the core domain of rural cultural governance,play an irreplaceable role in maintaining and inheriting excellent rural culture and nurturing the spiritual lives of residents.Currently,an increasing number of public spaces are engaging in rural cultural governance,yet there is a lack of interpretive tools in the related research to elucidate the specific pathways for the transformation of the actual effects of rural public spaces on cultural governance.Additionally,the key spatial elements and organizational forms that play a crucial role in rural cultural governance have not been clearly identified.This study constructs a theoretical framework for the relationship between rural public spaces and rural cultural governance with culture as the intermediary.Within the system of rural public spaces,the form of public spaces provides physical space support for public daily life and social relations,serving the spiritual cohesion of villagers'daily use needs and social interaction processes.Simultaneously,public spaces are increasingly valued by rural culture,enabling the spatial representation of rural culture through the rural public space system,thus forming a cultural representation system of space.Rural cultural governance utilizes the different attribute characteristics of the public space system to implement effective protective measures and reasonable planning and construction of public spaces in the material space.It also strengthens the connection of social relations and the effective infusion of culture in the social and spiritual spaces,thereby forming four governance pathways:spatial production,service delivery,governance embedding,and community cohesion.The cultural characteristics of public spaces can provide insights for rural cultural governance,which treats public spaces as the object of governance,stimulating the vitality of rural public spaces and thus forming a virtuous cycle of governance.The study conducts empirical research on the above framework through the case of public spaces in the Dong villages of Southeast Guizhou.It specifically analyzes the characteristics of the elements and organizational forms of the public spaces in Dong villages.Based on key cultural connotations such as spatial centripetalism,organizational hierarchy,psychological identification with cultural symbols,and intergenerational transmission of local knowledge,the study further summarizes the specific content of the four governance pathways:systematic protection of rural public spaces as cultural carriers,emphasis on the organizational construction of the rural public life supply system,provision of ideal locations for cultural governance,and enhancement of cultural identity and community cohesion.The research suggests that rural public spaces are not only important venues for daily life but also a key medium for intervening in and influencing villagers'private lives,improving intergenerational relationships,and maintaining and strengthening the sense of community in villages.They are the cornerstone of rural cultural heritage and social vitality.Achieving"good cultural governance"through the reshaping of rural public spaces lies in organizing spatial elements with cultural influence,providing the soil for the development of a soft governance model.Through the combined effect of the four pathways,public spaces become an effective platform for rural governance,ultimately forming a positive feedback pattern between rural cultural subjectivity and the effectiveness of rural governance.Furthermore,given the strong"empirical"nature of rural cultural governance,future research on rural public spaces should also develop towards diachronic,dynamic,and reflective research,truly improving rural society through collaborative cultural governance.
rural public spacecultural featurecultural governancegood governancedong village cluster
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