“This is the Work I'm Most Proud of”: K‐Pop Fandom and Children's Multilingual Literacy Practices
ABSTRACT This paper examines how children's affective investments in K‐pop generated sustained multilingual literacy practices in an arts‐based bookmaking project. Drawing on Pennycook's concept of language assemblages and Norton's investment framework, and informed by Paris and Alim's distinction between heritage and community practices, we analyse ...
Julie Choi, Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens
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THE ART OF VOCAL IMPROVISATION IN POP MUSIC: UNLEASHING CREATIVITY AND EXPRESSIVENESS
The article highlights the theoretical aspects of vocal improvisation in pop music. Based on the application of a wide range of methods (analysis, synthesis, generalization, systematization), the importance of vocal improvisation for pop music is presented, which consists in artistic individuality, improvement of musical communication, dynamic live ...
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The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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Technique of Jazz Vocal Improvisation in the Process of Pop Singers Training
У магістерській роботі розроблено і обґрунтовано роль техніки джазової вокальної імпровізації в процесі підготовки естрадних співаків, а також теоретично обґрунтовано та експериментально перевірено методичні рекомендації з опанування технікою джазової ...
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Storytelling with sound and vocal improvisation: a portfolio of electroacoustic compositions [PDF]
The purpose of this document is to serve as commentary that accompanies the portfolio of electroacoustic compositions, produced during research carried out between the years 2013-2019. It provides information about my artistic vision, focus, and creative
Alexaki, Evangelia
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Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry
Abstract Occasional poetry, composed for specific events such as weddings or funerals, was a dominant form of poetry in early modern Europe. Despite its historical prominence, the role of the occasion as a literary and rhetorical construct in occasional poetry has been very little studied.
Eeva‐Liisa Bastman
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Singing in Action : An inquiry into the creative working processes and practices of classical and contemporary vocal improvisation [PDF]
This dissertation explores performative perspectives on classical and contemporary vocal improvisation (CCVI) as a critical, creative tool for development of and research in vocal performance.
Wilén, Sara
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Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
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The hunger artist and academic migration: On political depression and relational poverty
Abstract This autoethnography presents fragments of an invisible life, an ordinary body navigating the terrain of ‘academic migration’ (2009–2025), from rejection as a PhD applicant to recognition as a high‐achieving graduate. Provoked by my recent pursuit of Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the United States, I draw on Kafka's figure of the hunger ...
Dave Yan
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