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Identity and Sustainability of 'Chuangzuo' Music Movements as Observed Through Case Studies on 'Gongzuofang' Musi Groups in Penang, Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Chuangzuo has emerged as a music trend through a music movement, and as a popular culture for youth in Malaysia, but the music of chuangzuo have not been described to the general public that is probably not aware of the identity in chuangzuo, the ...
Chow, Ow Wei
core  

Learning Optimal Crowd Evacuation from Scratch Through Self‐Play

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
How would a superintelligent crowd behave in emergencies? This study develops an approach using multiagent deep reinforcement learning combined with self‐play to discover optimal evacuation strategies for pressure‐aware agents. The model learns behaviors such as queuing and zipper‐merging that significantly surpass traditional approaches in fatality ...
Mahdi Nasiri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is English music? The Twentieth Century Experience

open access: yesMuzikološki Zbornik, 2007
Many countries in the 19th century wanted to assert their national character, with music being one way of doing so. We can distinguish four ways in which in music national identity can be established: composers may use the folk music, they can base their
Niall O'Loughlin
doaj   +1 more source

[Review of] Miriam Makeba and James Hall. Makeba: My Story [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Like much of her music, Miriam Makeba\u27s autobiography is both personal and political. As it details the story of a young girl\u27s coming of age and search for identity, it simultaneously records the history of a country struggling for independence ...
Hellner, Nancy
core   +1 more source

Securing Generative Artificial Intelligence with Parallel Magnetic Tunnel Junction True Randomness

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
True random numbers can protect generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models from attacks. A highly parallel, spin‐transfer torque magnetic tunnel junction‐based system is demonstrated that generates high‐quality, energy‐efficient random numbers.
Youwei Bao, Shuhan Yang, Hyunsoo Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Serbian Traditional Singing between intangible Cultural Heritage and World Music

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) leaves the protection and identity determination of intangible cultural heritage to the nation-states.
Vladimir Ribić   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

György Kurtág's Hungarian Identity and the Sayings of Péter Bornemisza (1963-1968) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
After the political and cultural seclusion of the 1950s young Hungarian composers turned themselves to Western European new music. While learning contemporary compositional techniques they were searching for a new Hungarian identity in music.
Dalos, Anna
core   +1 more source

Articulations of Identity and Distinction: The Meanings of Language in Dutch Popular Music

open access: yesPopular Music, Cultural Memory, and Heritage, 2016
On the basis of interviews with music audiences, heritage practitioners, and cultural industry workers, this article explores how language use in Dutch popular music relates to local and historically situated taste patterns and music practices.
Arno van der Hoeven   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Engaging and strengthening youth through international community‐based research: Implementation and evaluation of an International Youth Advisory Board

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Youth advisory boards are ubiquitous in community‐based research, yet there is limited description of their development or direct benefits to participants within international research contexts. This convergent mixed‐method study describes and evaluates the design and implementation of a bilingual International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) of ...
Shelley L. Craig   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Music, identity, and oblivion

open access: yesNetworking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 2007
This article explores a feature of listeners’ everyday interactions with popular music: the tendency to take vicarious pleasure in the production of such music by singing along, or miming the actions of the guitarist or drummer. Acts of mimicry such as these are examined via a consideration of the concepts of mimesis, catharsis, and – perhaps more ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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