Essays about: "music in the society"

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  1. 1. The Sounds of Pain : An ethnography of musicians living with migraine in Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Rosanne Heijstek; [2024]
    Keywords : migraine; anthropology; pain; music; affect;

    Abstract : Migraine is an extremely common and disabling disease that affects three times more women than men, and is characterized by recurring migraines comprised of disturbances in sensation perception, intense head pain, nausea, and increased sensitivity to light and sound that can last from several hours to multiple days. Currently, there are no cures for the disease, no official social services that can help a person to handle living with it, and limited studies on its mechanisms or impact on a person’s life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jakob Wondra; [2023]
    Keywords : festivals; prefiguration; three spheres of transformation; sustainability science; leverage points; culture and sustainability; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women in Music - Are they absent from Western Music History?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

    Author : Inês Carolina Batista Paiva; [2023]
    Keywords : Women; Music History; Composers and Performers; Feminism; Gender Equality; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : Are women absent from Western Music History? This is a question of an apparent and easy answer; however, the reality differs. This issue prevails and only started to be discussed more seriously in recent years, since feminism has been a current on-going discussion through the world. READ MORE

  5. 4. “You can’t construct the mood alone” : Three Brazilian music teachers on teaching in Swedish highereducation.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Musikhögskolan

    Author : Louise Belchior; [2023]
    Keywords : Cross-cultural music-making; Brazilian music; immersion studies; cultural competence; insider teacher; higher education; contextual teaching;

    Abstract : This thesis looks into cross-cultural music-making in higher education byexploring the plausible outcomes of the teaching of three Brazilian music teachers thatcame to a Swedish university to teach Brazilian music to Swedish students in theLinnaeus-Palme exchange project between the said university and a Brazilian universityin the 2010s. Through interviews the three Brazilian music teachers have given theirview of the teaching that took place, what they taught and why, and what methods theywere using. READ MORE

  6. 5. The WOW-effect. A qualitative content analysis of communication strategies used by the Swedish music festival Way out West

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Elin Fredlund; Savannah Gillblad; [2023]
    Keywords : strategic communication; event marketing; sustainability communication; CSR; brand community; symbolic branding strategies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : I dagens samhälle finns en allt större press på varumärken att stå ut ur mediebruset samt att kommunicera kring hållbarhet och CSR. Detta gör brandingstrategier högst nödvändiga, trots detta är det ännu ett relativt outforskat område inom marknadsföring av evenemang. READ MORE