R. Murray Schafer (1933–2021) and the World Soundscape Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-421
Author(s):  
Barry Truax
Keyword(s):  
Seminal Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Soundscape Studies ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
Critical Responses ◽  
Intellectual Legacy

This in memoriam tribute for Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer focuses on his seminal work in establishing soundscape studies and the World Soundscape Project. It discusses his intellectual legacy in terms of emphasising a perceptually based approach and the importance of soundscape design, along with critical responses to his ideas.

scholarly journals In Memoriam Dietrich Hoffmann

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 254-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Klus ◽  
M Kunze ◽  
Beiträge Editors of
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
World Health ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
International Agency ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
National Governments

AbstractDietrich Hoffmann passed away on April 20, 2011, at his home in Larchmont, New York. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease for more than 20 years. With Dietrich Hoffmann's death the tobacco community lost one of its most prominent scientists, who was familiar with all areas of tobacco research. His work guided and influenced a whole generation of scientists working in the tobacco industry, universities, regulatory agencies, national governments or international organizations, such as the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It is an obligation of honor for the authors M. Kunze, H. Klus, and the editors of BeiträgezurTabakforschung International publish a short tribute in memory of Dietrich Hoffmann.

“The most beautiful profession in the world…” In memoriam Klaus Kalmring (1931–2015)

2017 ◽  
Vol 203 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
Hannelore Hoch ◽  
Andrej Čokl ◽  
Martin Jatho ◽  
Reinhard Lakes-Harlan ◽  
Wolfgang Rössler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Paul S. Minear

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
C. Clifton Black
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Yale University ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Prolific Author ◽  
Standard Version ◽  
The World ◽  
World Council ◽  
Divinity School ◽  
In Memoriam

AbstractPaul S. Minear was one of the pre-eminent American biblical scholars of the 20th century. He died just after his 101st birthday in February 2007. Minear retired as a professor in 1971 from Yale University Divinity School. He was a prolific author and a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches; President of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (1964-65); President of The American Theological Society (1965-66); and member of the committee that produced the New Revised Standard Version (1967-88). The summary of his life and commitments introduces his last article, written at the age of 100. It is followed by a comprehensive bibliography of his books and published articles compiled by Laura Sweat.

scholarly journals In Memoriam: RAYMOND REITER June 12, 1939 – September 16, 2002

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. i-ix
Author(s):  
Jack Minker
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Knowledge Representation ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Theorem Proving ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Scientist ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
The University

Raymond Reiter, Professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and winner of the 1993 – IJCAI Outstanding Research Scientist Award, died September 16, 2002, after a year-long struggle with cancer. Reiter, known throughout the world as “Ray,” made foundational contributions to artificial intelligence, knowledge representation and databases, and theorem proving.

Sound, Listening and Place: The aesthetic dilemma

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Truax
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
External World ◽  
The World ◽  
Soundscape Studies ◽  
Acoustic Space ◽  
The Aesthetic

A purely aesthetic approach may be problematic when artists wish to deal with the external world as part of their work. The work of R. Murray Schafer in formulating soundscape studies is described, as well as the author's extension of that work within a communicational framework. Soundscape composition is situated within a continuum of possibilities, each with its own practice of mapping or representing the world. Current technological possibilities as well as ethical issues involved in the production process are discussed, along with the author's work in creating a multi-channel imaginary soundscape. The evolving nature of the listener's relationship to acoustic space over the last century is discussed in comparison to developments in soundscape composition.

scholarly journals In memoriam Bruno Nettl

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Svanibor Pettan
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Board ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
The University ◽  
International Advisory

With Bruno Nettl’s passing on 15 January this year, the world of ethnomusicology lost one of its major figures, a scholar who significantly contributed to its affirmation as an academic field worldwide, and who inspired and kept supporting generations of ethnomusicologists on their way to new heights. His lectures at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts in 2007 raised lots of interest among the professors and students; at that occasion, he presented the Department of Musicology his collection of abstracts. Musicological Annual lost a respected member of its International Advisory Board and the author of the article “What Are the Great Discoveries of Your Field? Informal Comments About the Contributions of Ethnomusicology,” published in 2015. Nettl’s crossdisciplinary scholarship provides a broad and multi-layered picture of both selected musics and of ethnomusicology as a discipline.

scholarly journals In memoriam Jacques Tixier (1925–2018)

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-11
Author(s):  
Zsolt Mester
Keyword(s):  
Prehistoric Archaeology ◽  
World War ◽  
World War 2 ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam

On 3rd April 2018, the world-famous scholar Jacques Tixier died at the age of 93. He was the last one of the three great French prehistorians who made fundamental imprints on prehistoric archaeology after World War 2.

scholarly journals In Memoriam

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-109
Author(s):  
Abraham D. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Actual World ◽  
David Lewis ◽  
Counterpart Theory ◽  
Postdoctoral Fellow ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Transworld Identity

I remember distinctly the moment I learned that David Lewis had died. It was during my years as a postdoctoral fellow, when I was more than a little isolated, and so it turned out to have been some time—months, maybe—since the event. I recall thinking: the world in which I thought I was living, during those months, turned out not to be the actual world, and so I turned out not to be the person I thought I was, but merely a counterpart of that person. And thus arose the half-formed thought (still only half-formed now, alas) that therein lay some insight into what is actually at stake in the conflict between counterpart theory and transworld identity.

Categories for the Working Philosopher

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Category Theory ◽  
Proof Theory ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
General Audience ◽  
Seminal Work ◽  
The World

Borrowing from the title of Saunders Mac Lane’s seminal work Categories for the Working Mathematician, this book aims to bring the concepts of category theory to philosophers working in areas ranging from mathematics to proof theory to computer science to ontology, from physics to biology to cognition, from mathematical modeling to the structure of scientific theories to the structure of the world. Moreover, it aims to do this in a way that is accessible to a general audience. Each chapter is written by either a category-theorist or a philosopher working in one of the represented areas, and in a way that is accessible and is intended to build on the concepts already familiar to those philosophers working in these areas.

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