【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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In and out of the scene: ways of confronting the common
The article discusses a corpus formed by some of the Brazilian works exhibited at the International Theater Festival of Sao Paulo (MITsp) in 2019. They are creations that inhabit boundary spaces. They are situated among different expressive means (dance,
Notation for an Electric Stage: Twenty Years of Writing about Notation and a Thought Experiment With
This paper is a sprawling document covering practical issues about music notation with more theoretical implications of notation. A distinction between reperformance and preservation is elucidated, and a thought experiment of how to notate a time-based li
Migration, Affinities, and the Everyday Labor of Belonging among Young Burmese Men in Thailand
Fire dancers in Southern Thailand, almost exclusively young, intra-/ international migrant men from rural Thailand and Myanmar, are paid to entertain tourists at nightly beach parties. An unacknowledged economy fueled largely by tips, fire dancing is fast
RAVENS AT PLAY
'We were driving through Death Valley, an American-Australian and two Aussies, taking the scenic route from Las Vegas to Santa Cruz.' This multi-voiced account of multispecies encounters along a highway takes up the challenge of playful and humorous wri
URBAN CULTURES AND RESITANCE OF BLACK YOUTH: DRUM RESONANCES IN THE PERIPHERAL SCHOOLS OF SAO PAULO
Focusing on the construction of new educational practices based on a Southern epistemology, this research developed co-teaching experiences among teachers, popular artists and researchers, in order to provide other perspectives of action in the classroom,
Efficacy of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in protecting ears exposed to loud music
Antioxidants have been reported to be effective in reducing acoustic trauma in animal models but have not been studied in humans. In this study, the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) was evaluated to determine if it would reduce temporary changes in audi
An effective music information retrieval method using three-dimensional continuous DP
This paper describes a music information retrieval system that uses humming as the key for retrieval. Humming is an easy way for a user to input a melody. However, there are several problems with humming that degrade the retrieval of information. One prob
Significance of Broca's area and ventral premotor cortex for music-syntactic processing
This paper suggests that a cortical network comprising inferior frontolateral cortex [IFLC, corresponding to Brodmann's area (BA),44], ventrolateral premotor cortex (vIPMC), and anterior superior temporal gyrus (aSTG) is involved in. the processing of mu
Influence of prenatal noise and music on the spatial memory and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of d
During the prenatal period, the development of individual is influenced by the environmental factors. In the present study, the influence of prenatal noise and music on the spatial memory and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of developing rats was investig
Note segmentation and quantization for music information retrieval
Much research in music information retrieval has focused on query-by-humming systems, which search melodic databases using sung queries. The database retrieval aspect of such systems has received considerable attention, but query processing and the melodi
THE LINK OF ART DIRECTION IN 'DANTZA' FILM
The aim of this article is to analyze the movie Dantza from an art direction point of view. So far, only a very limited number of publications about art direction have been published overall. This article studies the visual and plastic effects, its artist
De-centring the choreographer: Historically inspired interruptions/ disruptions in an exploration be
This article reflects the process of choreographic making where the choreographer actively decentres her choreographic choices by collaborating with participating dancers and historical inspirations. It explores the tine potential of archives - a set of t
Suitability study of certain features and classifiers for Bharatanatyam double-hand mudra images
Bharatanatyam, a traditional Indian classical dance, requires a study under the supervision of experts. At present, there is a scarcity of experts in this fine art, which requires leveraging of technology to make it self-pursuable. This paper presents a t
TURFING, DESIRE PATHING, AND MODES OF REMEMBRANCE AND CREATIVE CITIZENSHIP UNDER SURVEILLANCE: VISUA
Focusing on Oakland as the sociogeographical site, and on turfing as a hood dance practice performed in Oakland, this article discusses modes of resistance, remembrance, as well as the desire to challenge sociocultural and political landscapes. This artic
Sexuality and substance abuse portrayals in item songs in Bollywood movies
The current research examined a specific genre of songs in Bollywood films called 'item songs' which are known for showing prominent Bollywood actresses surrounded by groups of men performing provocative and sexual dances. Specifically, 125 items songs