Some Musical (and Other) Readings

Oklahoma! ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 171-212
Author(s):  
Tim Carter
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Manifest Destiny ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
American Opera ◽  
Broadway Musical ◽  
The Way

The “landmark” status of Oklahoma! prompts examining it through a series of case studies in terms of how musicals work in dramatic terms (not least given their inherent lack of verisimilitude); the problems of reconciling convention with innovation; the way the show plays with pastoral tropes; its connection with notions of Manifest Destiny; the treatment of characters according to gender and ethnicity; the role of Oklahoma! as wartime propaganda; and the question of how close the Broadway musical might come to being a form of “American opera.” These issues reveal the cultural work that the show did in 1943, and still does today.

The Role of Music and Allied Arts in Public Writings on Cultural Diversity: “People of Sri Lanka”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Gisa Jähnichen
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Culturally Different ◽  
The World ◽  
Official Languages ◽  
The Way

The Sri Lankan Ministry of National Coexistence, Dialogue, and Official Languages published the work “People of Sri Lanka” in 2017. In this comprehensive publication, 21 invited Sri Lankan scholars introduced 19 different people’s groups to public readers in English, mainly targeted at a growing number of foreign visitors in need of understanding the cultural diversity Sri Lanka has to offer. This paper will observe the presentation of these different groups of people, the role music and allied arts play in this context. Considering the non-scholarly design of the publication, a discussion of the role of music and allied arts has to be supplemented through additional analyses based on sources mentioned by the 21 participating scholars and their fragmented application of available knowledge. In result, this paper might help improve the way facts about groups of people, the way of grouping people, and the way of presenting these groupings are displayed to the world beyond South Asia. This fieldwork and literature guided investigation should also lead to suggestions for ethical principles in teaching and presenting of culturally different music practices within Sri Lanka, thus adding an example for other case studies.

scholarly journals Role of research psychology in defence and security

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
Fiona Butcher
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Real World ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Way

The following article provides an overview of the research psychology capabilities within MOD's Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl). An explanation is provided of the role of Dstl psychologists and the way they work to deliver impacting applied scientific research to address 'real world' defence and security challenges. Three short case studies are provided to illustrate the range of work they delivered.

Worldwide Diffusion of E-Parliament within the Framework of Policy Transfer

2012 ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Mehmet Zahid Sobaci
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Process ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
International Level ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
The Way

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the worldwide diffusion of e-parliament and the role played by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament (GCIP), within the framework of policy transfer. There are two main reasons why it is necessary to focus on the role of GCIP in the diffusion of e-parliament: 1) The GCIP is one of the most active actors in this process; and 2) Activities undertaken by the GCIP and its relations with its partners give important clues about the big picture of e-parliament transfer at the international level. In the analysis of worldwide diffusion process of e-parliament in this study, policy transfer literature is used. This chapter goes beyond the conceptual framework and case studies pave the way for the evaluation of e-parliament from a different perspective by focusing on the transfer of e-parliament as an innovation.

Collaborative Imaginaries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiying Ng
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Transformative Experiences ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The Way ◽  
Spatial Needs

In a climate of growing ecological awareness and a rising ‘counterpublic’, spaces to imagine a different city are emerging against an entrenched culture of competition, materialism and forms of alienation. Three case studies (Growell, Babel and Foodscape Collective) offer counter-narratives to Singapore’s image as an ahistorical, politically apathetic city. The role of capital and consumer culture is examined by looking at spaces that attempt to offer alternatives to capitalist alienation. I discuss the case studies in terms of the way imaginaries offer transformative experiences and the form that these initiatives took, considering the temporal and spatial needs they addressed by enabling new niches for fledgling efforts and cultures to form. I frame these within discussions of the capacities needed for collaborative imaginaries and participatory co-governance in Singapore.

scholarly journals Manajemen Komunikasi Proyek: Studi Kasus Perusahaan Berbasis Engineering, Procurement, Construction dan Manufacturing (EPCM) Kawasan Industri Jababeka Cikarang

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 026-034
Author(s):  
Annisa Annisa
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Information Distribution ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Industrial Estate ◽  
Internal Information ◽  
The Way

This study aims to find out how far the role of communication is a success factor of a project and what are the communication variables that support the success of a project. Case studies were conducted at an EPCM-based company in the Jababeka Industrial Estate, PT. IPK. The approach used is qualitative, with methods of observation, interviews, and literature studies. Observation is carried out in order to observe the way the team communicates, interviews carried out on key persona. The literature study was conducted aimed at collecting data and for understanding the study object. Direct observation in the field is carried out without disrupting the project. The results of the study show that the method of electronic communication is an effective method to use. In general, the use of methods for communicating is quite good. Internal information distribution using email, and WhatsApp.

Introduction: France as a Laboratory of Culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
Michael Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
World Literature ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
World Cinema ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Way

This article introduces the special issue of the journal on France as a Laboratory of Culture. It asks whether France continues to foster creativity and innovation in the cultural realm. Six articles examine case studies, including the role of women in the making of modern Paris, France’s role in world cinema through international co-production, French conceptions of world literature, recent fictional works by Alice Zeniter and Bessora, the rapper Abd al Malik as a complex example of hybrid music, and the state-funded project to create ÉcoQuartiers, or green neighbourhoods. These examples provide challenges to the way things are, whether in changing behaviours, tastes, perceptions or understandings, and demonstrate convincingly that France remains a vibrant laboratory of culture in the modern world.

scholarly journals Distributing Leadership or Distributing Tasks? The Practice of Distributed Leadership by Management and Its Limitations in Two Spanish Secondary Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Gómez-Hurtado ◽  
Inmaculada González-Falcón ◽  
Jose M. Coronel-Llamas ◽  
María del Pilar García-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Distributed Leadership ◽  
Individual Action ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

The need to explore new forms of leadership in schools, among other available alternatives, leads to the reflection upon the way in which—specifically from the principal’s office—it is developed, implemented and distributed. This paper presents two case studies in Spanish secondary schools in which the practices are analyzed and the limitations recognized in the exercise of distributed leadership by their principals. This study used interviews and shadowing of the principals, recording the observations of meetings and interviews with other influential agents from each school. Despite the particular differences in each case and a greater role of social interaction processes, the outcomes reflect the persistent focus on the individual action of the principals and the pre-eminence of formal and bureaucratic components in the development of distributed leadership. This situation prevents progress beyond the mere distribution of management tasks and hinders the possibilities of consolidating other forms of leadership expression that involve more agents and groups.

Reconfiguring nature: Resource security and the limits of expert knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 512-523
Author(s):  
Christian Kehrt ◽  
John Martin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Global South ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global North ◽  
Competition For Resources ◽  
Resource Security ◽  
The Way

The central aim of this special issue is to explore the role of expert knowledge in shaping the way countries have sought to ensure a continuing supply of natural resources in order to feed and fuel processes of industrialisation. These case studies illustrate the way in which the competition for resources not only profoundly affects those countries in the Global North which are the beneficiaries of the resources but also the populations of the countries (often in the Global South) from which the resources are extracted.

Prepress Doing Illness

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lenemark
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Stomach Cancer ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Small Child ◽  
Open Source Project ◽  
The Way

Through three case studies, thearticleexploreshow digital media have been used in recentyears to depict and comprehend experiences of cancer.Itfirstinvestigatesthe illness blog,specificallySwedish journalist and musician Kristian Gidlund’s immensely popular blogInMy Body, in which he,from 2011 to2013,shared the narrativeofhis struggle with anaggressive,incurable,andultimatelydeadly stomach cancer. ItcontinuesbydiscussingItalianengineer, artist, and hackerSalvatore Iaconesi’sdigital open-source projectLa Cura–TheCure(2012),whichhasgreat relevancefromboththedigital andthemedical humanitiesperspectivesin the way Iaconesi useshispersonal narrative ofbraincancerto encouragepeople tojoinhis struggletofind a cure.Finally,it analyzesthe American coupleRyanandAmyGreen’svideogameThat Dragon, Cancer(2016).Agamedifferingsignificantlyfromvideo and computer games in general andfrom othergames taking cancer as their subjectbyletting the player enter the role of caregiver to a small child dyingofcancer.Expanding onLisa Diedrich’s theoretical concept of “doing illness”, thearticleemphasizes theperformativedimension ofnarratingillnessin digital media, consideringhowtheseauthorsandcreatorsnegotiatewith narrative, cultural,and medialscripts when portrayingtheircancerexperiences.Ithighlights the interactive and participatory dimension of doing illnessin digitalmedia, by exploring howthe blog,open-source project, and videogamebothinviteand limittheaudience’s opportunitiesto interact and participatewith the illness narrativeconveyed.

MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE FOR ALPHABET-SWITCHING IN THE WORKS OF CICERO: COMMON NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 498-516
Author(s):  
Neil O'Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Consistent Pattern ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
Reliable Transmission ◽  
Accurate Record ◽  
The Way

Of the hundreds of Greek common nouns and adjectives preserved in our MSS of Cicero, about three dozen are found written in the Latin alphabet as well as in the Greek. So we find, alongside συμπάθεια, also sympathia, and ἱστορικός as well as historicus. This sort of variation has been termed alphabet-switching; it has received little attention in connection with Cicero, even though it is relevant to subjects of current interest such as his bilingualism and the role of code-switching and loanwords in his works. Rather than addressing these issues directly, this discussion sets out information about the way in which the words are written in our surviving MSS of Cicero and takes further some recent work on the presentation of Greek words in Latin texts. It argues that, for the most part, coherent patterns and explanations can be found in the alphabetic choices exhibited by them, or at least by the earliest of them when there is conflict in the paradosis, and that this coherence is evidence for a generally reliable transmission of Cicero's original choices. While a lack of coherence might indicate unreliable transmission, or even an indifference on Cicero's part, a consistent pattern can only really be explained as an accurate record of coherent alphabet choice made by Cicero when writing Greek words.

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