Essays about: "Country music"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Country music.

  1. 1. Yes, country for white men : A thematic analysis of racial relations within country music

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zacharias Fallesen; [2024]
    Keywords : Country music; Identity politics; Contemporary USA; White Supremacy; Racial relations; Racism;

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  3. 2. 'Ukraine Is Alive' Ukrainian Music-Making in Swedish Emergency Residencies : The impact of war, displacement, migration and networks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Hellström; [2023]
    Keywords : artist residencies; forced migration; music; displacement; Ukraine; identity; belonging; non-belonging; translocality; transcultural capital; social inclusion; refugee experience;

    Abstract : In February 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the war that would lead to the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. In response to the war, SWAN, the Swedish Artists Residency Network, initiated the project Emergency residencies. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Gunnlod Dataset : Engineering a dataset for multi-modal music generation

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Emil Johansson; Joel Lindgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Computer generated music; machine learning; musical instrument digital interfaces; ethics;

    Abstract : This report details the creation of a new dataset named the Gunnlod dataset (after the Norse giantess who guarded the mead of poetry) for use in research in the field of machine learning as applied to music creation, particularly multi-modal music in the MIDI format of symbolic music representation. The dataset is based on a subset of approximately four fifths of the Lakh MIDI dataset. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Songs for ELL in Extramural Contexts

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Johanna Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : ESL; ELL; Extramural language learning; Vocabulary acquisition; Songs; Motivation; Andraspråksinlärning; Engelska som andraspråk; extramural engelska; sånger; motivation; extramural inlärning;

    Abstract : Investigations of the Swedish upper secondary school show that almost one fifth of the students struggle with low motivation. Hence, this paper concentrates on two different contexts in which increased motivation for ESL has been highlighted: contexts where songs and music are used, and extramural contexts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Female Hip-Hop in the Sufi Community of Taalibe Bay : Interpretative analysis of the Sufi symbolism and meaning behind two music videos

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Elisabeth Perra; [2022]
    Keywords : Sufism; Islam; Hip-Hop; Women; rapper; Senegal; Ibrahim Niasse; Taalibe Bay; Africa; Videos;

    Abstract : Senegal is a country in West Africa that is 95% Muslim and where Islam is deeply linked to hip-hop music. According to existing academic research, the emerging rappers in the artistic and cultural scene in Dakar are men and belong to the Sufi Taalibe Bay brotherhood, whose founder Ibrahim Niasse (1900-1975) is considered the spiritual leader of the rappers. READ MORE