The potential of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) is highly anticipated, particularly in the realm of visual arts. However, current applications within fine arts often involve trivial processes, such as creating digital versions of artworks or replicas of masterpieces as NFT images, and selling only...

Coercion and Wage Labour presents novel histories of people who experienced physical, social, political or cultural compulsion in the course of paid work. Broad in scope, the chapters examine diverse areas of work including textile production, war industries, civil service and domestic labour,...

Amidst Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union has stood strong in solidarity, offering vital assistance to Ukraine's cultural and creative sectors. This publication highlights EU initiatives and collaborations that aid in mitigating the conflict's impact on culture. From...

Amidst Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union has stood strong in solidarity, offering vital assistance to Ukraine's cultural and creative sectors. This publication highlights EU initiatives and collaborations that aid in mitigating the conflict's impact on culture. From...

The "economic" naturally meets the "cultural" because both spheres deal, differently albeit convergingly, with "values" and "valuations". Materially crafted and spiritually charged, tactile/tangible and ineffable/intangible, privately owned and collectively enjoyed, nourished currently and...

This paper explores how art and spirituality are connected and examines how art-based pedagogy, including art appreciation and art making, can facilitate not only developing emotional skills, but also cultivating spirituality and spiritual wisdom in management education. It further proposes that...

In this review of ten years of social innovation research (2012–2022), we define and explore three paradigms in the field: instrumentalist, strong, and democratic. We investigate how language usage and geography play a central role in identifying which paradigms recently published scholarship...

This article contextualises the transition to an open access publishing future and sets it against the background of the current state of decline in arts and humanities research funding in the US and UK. It outlines the problems which have stymied and slowed the move towards open research and it...

In this project, we analyze whether the arts can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing and isolation on mental health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of solidarity and trust. Using the SOEP-CoV questionnaire, we...

Purpose: Global cultural and arts festivals are often cited to enhance the image of a region and stimulate its economy. However, research and discussions regarding these global cultural and arts festivals have mainly focused on their outcomes and strategies for activation, with limited emphasis...

The present study investigated the impact of trust, perceived value, emotional value, attitude, and relationship proneness on the purchase intention towards visual arts and the mediating effect of trust between relationship proneness and purchase intention in the UAE. Three hundred...

In this project, we analyze whether the arts can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing and isolation on mental health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of solidarity and trust. Using the SOEP-CoV questionnaire, we...

Europe's cultural heritage bears testimony to centuries of contact. Not only were its defining features shaped by cultural transfer but artworks were also brought along as people moved across the continent. BELLUM & ARTES explores the traces left by the Thirty Years' War on the continent, on its...

Europe's cultural heritage bears testimony to centuries of contact. Not only were its defining features shaped by cultural transfer but artworks were also brought along as people moved across the continent. BELLUM & ARTES explores the traces left by the Thirty Years' War on the continent, on its...

This study addresses a significant gap in the existing literature by conducting a comprehensive systematic review of the art market over the past 50 years, utilizing big data analysis and bibliometric methods. Through descriptive statistical analysis, we gained insights into research trends,...

This course on "The Art of Portfolio Management" explores the intersection of finance, mathematics, business, computer science, and economics in the context of portfolio management. The course is designed to provide the audience with a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical foundations,...

The exercise of the right to hunt in certain areas can be suppressed (as a result of a full ban) or limited (as a result of a partial ban). The right to hunt in certain places may be limited depending on the type of hunting, the method or the tool applied for the purpose of hunting. The status...

Suppose a reasonably wealthy country did not have an arts council that granted public funds to select artists and arts organizations. Would it be advisable to create one? One reason to do so, which comes from economic analysis, is that there might be market failures in the arts, whether public...

Vesalius wrote nothing about the aesthetics of the anatomical illustrations found in his De humani corporis fabrica (1543). There are, however, two passages in this work that offer a starting point for an investigation into the illustration’s idealised style. In discussing the body that is...

While much has been said regarding the anti-money laundering treatment of crypto-assets, NFTs seem to have remained on the sidelines of such a debate. Collectible NFTs, however, present a distinct AML risk. Eminently, they mix the risk-factor connected with crypto-assets and fine art. As the...

This paper examines the level of speculation associated with art non-fungible tokens (NFTs), comprehends the characteristics that confer value on them and designs a profitable trading strategy based on our findings. We analyze 860,067 art NFTs that have been deployed on the Ethereum blockchain...

Fashion upcycling offers unprecedented opportunities for the sustainable reuse of clothing: using second-hand garments as raw materials for new creations, upcyclers can transform used pieces of clothing into new fashion products that may become even more sought-after than the source material....