Villagers'Participation in Cultural Development:Theoretical Logic,Practical Difficulties and Effective Paths
Rural cultural development requires both top-down government initiatives and bottom-up villager participation.By introducing the Garry Stoker's CLEAR model of participatory governance,this paper examines the dynamic process of villagers'involvement in rural cultural development.The study suggests that villagers face dilemmas in cultural participation,such as being unable to participate,having no intention to participate,ignoring the participation,having no way to participate,and having no mood to participate.These dilemmas are due to the socialization of cultural interaction which makes decision-making more difficult,the administrative organization of cultural events which compresses the cultural autonomy,and the marginalization of villagers'roles which makes them develop a lie-flat mentality.The participation path of"empowerment-identification-organization-mechanism-response"can improve participation capacity,stimulate participation awareness,strengthen participation forces,expand participation channels,and facilitate participation motivation.
cultural developmentvillagers'participationparticipatory governancerural revitalization