scholarly journals Brian Cherney as Scholar and Creative Artist

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Robin Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Music Criticism ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Canadian Music ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Harry Somers

While best known as a composer, Cherney has also been active in music scholarship. His doctoral thesis in musicology was on German music criticism during the Weimar era, but in his later career he has made important and timely interventions into Canadian music studies. Among his publications are articles on John Weinzweig and Pierre Mercure, as well as a monograph on Harry Somers, who is the subject of his ongoing research. His course on Canadian music at McGill University has introduced many students to the serious study and understanding of composed music in Canada. This article considers Cherney’s music scholarship and speculates on how this work may have had an impact upon his creative activities as a composer.

Cristóbal Balenciaga. Explorations in Traditional Spanish Aesthetics

Costume ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-185
Author(s):  
Ana Balda Arana
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Religious Iconography

This article investigates how the traditional attire and religious iconography of Cristóbal Balenciaga's (1895–1972) country of origin inspired his designs. The arguments presented here build on what has already been established on the subject, provide new data regarding the cultural context that informed the couturier's creative process (with which the Anglo-Saxon world is less familiar) and conclude by investigating the reasons and timing of his exploration of these fields. They suggest why this Spanish influence is present in his innovations in the 1950s and 1960s and go beyond clichéd interpretations of the ruffles of flamenco dress and bullfighters’ jackets. The findings derive from research for the author's doctoral thesis and her curatorial contribution to the exhibition Coal and Velvet. Balenciaga and Ortiz Echagüe. Views on the Popular Costume (Balenciaga Museum, Getaria, Spain, 7 October 2016–7 May 2017).

In Search of a Radical Discourse for Theatre

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (29) ◽  
pp. 34-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorrian Lambley
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

How to accommodate and utilize the insights and the methodology of marxism – and, simply, its potential as a vehicle for social change – at a time when the popular perception of its political ideology stands discredited? Dorrian Lambley explores the dilemma through the specifics of developments in British theatre since 1968 – the stifling of the early radical impulses under political and economic pressures, which has produced, at best, a sense of marginalization, at worst a conviction of impotence. In proposing ways of working within this situation, Lambley draws on the writings of dramatists such as Edward Bond to suggest that marxism must recognize the most important of the liberal humanist emphases – ‘the presence of the subject’, but perceived within a marxist understanding of social relations. Dorrian Lambley is presently working on her doctoral thesis in the University of Exeter, where she helped to organize the conference ‘Theatre and the Discourses of Power’, on which she wrote in the ‘Reports and Announcements’ section of NTQ28 (1991).

Життєтворчість Іллі Саца у вітчизняному культурному просторі початку ХХ століття

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Badalov
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Music Criticism ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
Humanitarian Space ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Creative Life

The subject of the study is comprehensive understanding of the life and creativity by I. Sats – a significant figure in the national musical life of the early twentieth century.The purpose of the article is exploring the circumstances of I. Sats’ activity in the socio-cultural context of the era.The methodology of the article includes: historical and chronological method – for studying the events of the artist’s biography; source method – for research of archival materials, correspondence, reconstruction of composer’s creative life; hermeneutical analysis method – for interpretation of literary inheritance (libretto, music criticism) by I. Sats in the context of the early twentieth century; logic-generalization method – to summarize the results of the study.As a result of the research, a complex view on the multivectoral creative activity by I. Sats was formed, his significant role in the formation of new genres of musical and theatrical creativity, development of the humanitarian space of Chernihiv, Irkutsk, and Moscow was proved. The application of the results of the research in scientific, music-pedagogical and educational activities will significantly expand the established ideas about the development of the national musical culture.Key words: music for theater, Moscow Art Theater, satirical opera, I. Sats, Chernihiv region, Irkutsk music classes.

The Organization of Life before Death in Two Québec Cultural Configurations

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Luce Des Aulniers
Keyword(s):  
Basic Concept ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Fatal Illness ◽  
Data Gathering And Analysis

This article is based on data from a doctoral thesis about the “anthropology of life-threatening, death and time.” [1] The interpretation is made from twelve life reviews set at homes of people who suffered a serious, but not necessarily fatal illness. Two-cultural configurations are chosen along the axis of rural-urban polarity. It focuses on three types of solidarity, facing the awareness of death: 1) the ethnographic position, in data gathering and analysis. Specific propositions are given concerning the subject and intersubjectivity, cultural generalization of personal experiences, and scientific criteria; 2) what helps cope with illness. Pre-death practices are structured on the basic concept of resistance to illness and preparation for death practices rely on a coherence “test.” The genealogy of practices emerge in six situational and seven historical factors; 3) the conditions of a new type of rite before death and its functions, beside the institutionalization of illness and death.

The Quintessential Englishman? Henry Temple's Town and Country Dress

Costume ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Clatworthy
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Society Symposium ◽  
The Subject

This article examines some of the purchases of personal clothing by Henry Temple, first Viscount Palmerston (1676–1757) recorded in his surviving account books, and goes on to discuss whether he could be said to have had separate town and country wardrobes. A version of this paper was presented at the Costume Society Symposium: Town and Country Style in 2007 and is based on the author's research for a doctoral thesis on the subject of Henry Temple's personal papers at the Broadlands Estate.

The Grierson Testament, 1969–71

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Evans
Keyword(s):  
Documentary Film ◽  
Developing World ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Television Film ◽  
The Subject

From 1969 to 1971, documentary film movement pioneer and founder John Grierson spent his sunset years at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. During that time, the Canadian Radio and Television Commission invited him to Ottawa to advise on the state of television policy and Canadian communications in general. Typically, Grierson cut a wide swathe through the subject, and provided a stimulating analysis of the state of Canada’s public institutions of television, film production, and realist filmmaking. Three volumes of transcripts of his audiotaped sessions stand as his final testament. Using this source, this chapter develops an overview of his position on the industry, on government-sponsored film, and on prospects for expanding realist images in what he acerbically called a developing world of consumerism and inane television. Typically, Grierson’s comments were filled with intelligence, experience, and acumen, while he also seemed to be wrestling with various contradictions and ideas derived from 19th century idealist philosophy. Perhaps Grierson was, as some have said, a curious combination of irreconcilable opposites. These transcripts reveal a visionary who had made things happen, whether as a bull in a china shop or as a fencer whose rapier intelligence demolished or convinced those with whom he engaged. With his death in 1972, this material stands as his last testament.

scholarly journals A Review of Neurotransmitters Sensing Methods for Neuro-Engineering Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 4719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimwe Dominique Niyonambaza ◽  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Paul Xing ◽  
Jessy Mathault ◽  
Paul De Koninck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
In Vivo Detection ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Brain

Neurotransmitters as electrochemical signaling molecules are essential for proper brain function and their dysfunction is involved in several mental disorders. Therefore, the accurate detection and monitoring of these substances are crucial in brain studies. Neurotransmitters are present in the nervous system at very low concentrations, and they mixed with many other biochemical molecules and minerals, thus making their selective detection and measurement difficult. Although numerous techniques to do so have been proposed in the literature, neurotransmitter monitoring in the brain is still a challenge and the subject of ongoing research. This article reviews the current advances and trends in neurotransmitters detection techniques, including in vivo sampling and imaging techniques, electrochemical and nano-object sensing techniques for in vitro and in vivo detection, as well as spectrometric, analytical and derivatization-based methods mainly used for in vitro research. The document analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each method, with the aim to offer selection guidelines for neuro-engineering research.

scholarly journals Traceable and Authenticated Key Negotiations via Blockchain for Vehicular Communications

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yuling Chen ◽  
Xiaohan Hao ◽  
Wei Ren ◽  
Yi Ren
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Vehicular Communications ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Packet Dropping ◽  
Security Scheme ◽  
Diffie Hellman ◽  
Man In The Middle ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Negotiation

While key negotiation schemes, such as those based on Diffie–Hellman, have been the subject of ongoing research, designing an efficient and security scheme remains challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel key negotiation scheme based on blockchain, which can be deployed in blockchain-enabled contexts such as data sharing or facilitating electric transactions between vehicles (e.g., unmanned vehicles). We propose three candidates for flexible selection, namely, key exchanges via transaction currency values through value channels (such as the amount in transactions), automated key exchanges through static scripts,and dynamic scripts, which can not only guarantee key availability with timeliness but also defend against MITM (man-in-the-middle) attacks, packet-dropping attacks, and decryption failure attacks.

scholarly journals ‘Contested Territory’: Colonial Queensland in the Writings of the Late Bill Thorpe (1943–2009)

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Denis Cryle
Keyword(s):  
Early Writing ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Local Study ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
The Subject

This article provides an overview of the contribution to colonial Queensland studies by the late Bill Thorpe, explaining the reasons for his enduring association with Queensland, and reviewing his long-standing collaborations with former PhD supervisor Raymond Evans and members of the Ipswich Aboriginal community. It argues that the belated appearance of his doctoral thesis on the subject was a significant intellectual event in seeking to theorise colonialism in Queensland, drawing upon interdisciplinary insights and examples. The article spans his career, from the ambitious class analysis of his early writing to an assessment of his local study of the Deebing Creek Reserve in late career, in order to identify his strengths as a social and economic historian, and to situate his work in the context of generational change and the reconceptualisation of Queensland studies.

EARLY OBSERVATIONS OF ROTOR CLOUDS BY ANDRIJA MOHOROVIČIĆ

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 693-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanda Grubišić ◽  
Mirko Orlić
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Geophysical Research ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
Short Account ◽  
Rotor Experiment ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Meteorological Observations ◽  
Rotor Type

This article delivers a short history of the early quantitative documentation of a rotor-type circulation in the bora-type flow on the northern Adriatic by Andrija Mohorovičić, an all-around geophysicist and the father of Croatian geophysical research who is widely known as the discoverer of discontinuity between the Earth's crust and mantle. This historical work presents an overview of Mohorovičić's research technique and rotor-related contributions, together with a short account of other observations of rotors contemporary to Mohorovičić as well as those from the 1920s and 1930s, considered to be seminal work on the subject on atmospheric rotors to date. In the year that marks the 150th anniversary of Mohorovičićs birth, his early meteorological observations remain germane for atmospheric rotor research, which is currently experiencing a renaissance with the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX), a recently completed international field campaign and an ongoing research effort focused on atmospheric terrain-induced rotors.

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