【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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A taxonomy of artists' ' postures to grasp the plurality of cultural production practices:
The rooted dichotomy between art and economy tends to simplify our understanding of the conditions under which makers of cultural products operate. The contingencies of the last decades, leading to a greater plurality of artists' practices, urge us to cr
A third player: Chinese linguistic and cultural influence at a UAE university
As part of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a series of large-scale projects have been launched in the Arab Gulf due to its geopolitically strategic position. We examine the influence of Chinese as a third player, in addition to Arabic and English
The transmission and reception of biblical discourse in Africa: The language of the oppressor in Hym
Singing is central in African life and among the many reasons provided is that traditionally it is believed that people who can sing have a very special connection with the spiritual world. Songs are celebratory and could convey the message of joy and hap
Subjects of tradition: cultural construction and Irish comprador capitalism
Author：Cook, Marta
Article Title：Subjects of tradition: cultural construction and Irish comprador capitalism
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On the weekend of the 50th anniversary of
Daughters Opera: an epistemic representation of feminist solidarities
Daughters Opera (2020), an inter-cultural Indian-Australian opera, offers possibilities of solidarities through a unique interdisciplinary and experimental encounter using text, music, movement, and site. Women artists from the Global North and Global Sou
Necro-branding: Elvis Presley as a necro-celebrity
A myriad of investigations has examined the life and works of Elvis Presley from music, entertainment, and cultural perspectives. There is little doubt about his remarkable longevity and marketability. Yet, surprisingly, there has been little scholarly wo
The Neural Basis of Our Responses to Reading Novels4 On Being Moved, the Motion in Emotion
Telling tales and reading have been a part of human activity for a very long time. We review in brief the anthropological evidence, then the emergence of the 'modern novel'. This explores in narratives the psychological reflections of the characters con
Modernization and Inheritance of Folk Beliefs in the Digital Age: A Case Study in the Southeastern C
With the processes of urbanization and population migration in China, local traditional folk beliefs are facing a crisis of inheritance, including the loss of believers and the decline of religious buildings. However, in the southeastern coastal areas of
In PLACE OF SHOUTING
Fides Krucker is a singer of contemporary opera who specializes in extended vocal sound. For three decades, her passion has been interdisciplinary co-creation. Extended, or 'expanded,' voice is an effective mode of expression and communication. It can m
A Romani woman in Eurovision: ethnic and gender stereotypes in the reception of Remedios Amaya (1983
Remedios Amaya was the first Roma woman to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest. Chosen because of her ethnicity, Amaya's Romani heritage was meant to commemorate the Samudaripen/Porajmos (Romani Holocaust) in the year Munich hosted Eurovision
The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural train
This article, which is intended as a contribution to wider conversations around music literacy, explores current conceptions of music literacy within the UK, using the area of aural skills training as a focus. Specifically, it considers the nature of musi
Musical mood induction: The relative influences of music type and the importance of music preference
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of music type on mood and the influence of music preference for predicting mood induction. Ninety undergraduate participants (Mage = 22.19 years, SD = 6) completed a music preference inventor
Heritage language revitalisation and music
In this introduction to the special issue 'Heritage Language Revitalisation and Music', we consider how viewing the complex challenge of language precarity through the lens of music and music-making - and related modes of expression culture - reveals ne
Music, marbling and multisensory trancing
Subjective experiences of participatory arts are inevitably multisensory and multimodal, arising from systemic interactions between individuals, stimulus attributes (affordances of the artform(s) with which they engage) and environment. This article consi
Is music a drug? How music listening may trigger neurochemical responses in the brain
In this article, we explore the idea that music listening can achieve neurological and psychological effects that are somewhat similar to those facilitated by psychoactive substances. To motivate this claim, we delve into the mechanisms behind music perce