【Music】Article four: 'Digital music and critical music literacy'
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digi... [more]
【Music】Music-making for music teacher identity: perspectives from novice music teachers in South Korea
Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Kore... [more]
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Archives of the Dance (28): Chisenhale Dance Space
This contribution to the 'Archives of the Dance' series explores Chisenhale Dance Space's collection and my work with it as a PhD researcher. My re...
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Dance matters: dancing in Tunisia
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati...
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Ridiculing the 'white bread original' - The politics of parody and preservation of greatne
The 1994 US Supreme Court decision in Luther Campbell et al. v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., written by Justice David Souter, reversed a lower court decision and argued in favor of the rap group 2 Live Crew's playful critique of Roy Orbison's 'Oh Pretty Wom
Dissociation between melodic and rhythmic processing during piano performance from musical scores
When performing or perceiving music, we experience the melodic (spatial) and rhythmic aspects as a unified whole. Moreover, the motor program theory stipulates that the relative timing and the serial order of the movement are invariant features of a motor
Cross-modal interactions in the perception of musical performance
We investigate the dynamics of sensory integration for perceiving musical performance, a complex natural behavior. Thirty musically trained participants saw, heard, or both saw and heard, performances by two clarinetists. All participants used a sliding p
Rec needs a new rhythm cuz rap is where we're livin'
This research presents an autoethnographic strategy for self-reflection by sharing stories consistent with Indigenous methodologies and establishing a frame for re-mixing leisure theory. As an autoethnographic study, we reflect on how we have been engaged
MEG and EEG source localization in beamspace
Beamspace methods are applied to EEG/MEG source localization problems in this paper. Beamspace processing involves passing the data through a linear transformation that reduces the data dimension prior to applying a desired statistical signal processing a
Physical activity and long-term survival in older men and women: A 21 year longitudinal study
The NLSAA survey was conducted in 1985 with 1,042 participants. As of 31st May 2006 (21?years from baseline), there were 919 recorded deaths (368 men and 551 women). Mortality analyses were from baseline interview to death or censorship (May 2006). Men an
Motion and kinematics parameters of frozen-thawed bovine spermatozoa assessed by Biovis CASA
This study was carried out on semen of nine healthy mature breeding bulls (3 each of Gir, Surti and Murrah breed) to evaluate the motion characteristics and kinematics of their frozen thawed sperms by using computer assisted semen analyzer (CASA). A total
Recognizing Young People's Civic Engagement Practices: Re-Thinking Literacy Ontologies through
In this article I argue that it is important to find a language to describe youth engagement practices in informal settings. I argue that many young people do not have the resources to be heard on visible platforms. but their work, and meaning making prac
Music of the Tabom: An Emblem of Identity
This paper discusses how music functions as an emblem of identity for the Afro-Brazilian community in Accra, Ghana, known as the Tabom. The paper provides a contextual and analytical study of the complete musical enactment as practiced by this community,
Creating an inclusive and participatory way-finding canvas for All
The recent development of the Chinese visual culture has shown the coexistence and the combination of two major trends: a seamless development involving changes and innovation, and a clear break between a before, often not so distinctly defined, and a now
Interactive effects of presentation mode and pitch register on simultaneous consonance
In this study, we tested for interactive effects of presentation mode (diotic vs. dichotic), pitch register, and both harmonicity and spectral interference on simultaneous consonance, the tendency to perceive some combinations of simultaneously sounded mu
Inhospitable Conditions: Hospitality, Kinship and Complaint in Maureen Freely's Angry in Piraeu
This article examines hybrid life writing by literary translators that focuses on the interpersonal relationships between translators and other agents including authors and collaborators. Through a comparative study of Maureen Freely's pamphlet essay Ang
The Significance and Musical Features of Modern Korean Buddhist Hymns through Baek Yong-sung's
Chan-bul-ga ((sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)), which in English means 'songs in praise of the Buddha', refers to a style of Korean Buddhist hymn that emerged during the modernization of Korean Buddhism. Buddhist hymns-which can be considered to be base
Glocalization: The Development and Localization of Chinese Christian Hymns between 1807 and 1949
The global dissemination of Christianity has resulted in diverse singing styles and historical narratives that incorporate different languages and musical traditions. Chinese Christian hymns, in particular, possess distinctive features that reflect the Ch
A twist on the historically authentic musical performance
According to the mainstream view in the philosophy of music, the only way to authentically perform works of past centuries is according to the ideal of Historically Authentic Performance (HAP). This paper aims to show that, despite recent defences of the