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Hyperpop: How Streaming Services Create and Control Genre Through Curation
Get PDFIn the past two years, the “microgenre” hyperpop has garnered a cult internet following as well as the attention of journalists and skeptics who seek to contextualize the genre in a variety of ways. Hyperpop is an offshoot of pop; it is best understood as an exaggeration of mainstream pop tropes. But, beyond just defining what hyperpop is through song analysis and genre theory, this paper seeks to center hyperpop in the study of how genre exists in contemporary culture. Specifically, I draw on recent research to argue that music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are more than what they might appear, that is, expansive music databases. Instead, these streaming services wield a curatorial power which allows them to construct genre and create taste through somewhat nonapparent mechanisms (interfaces, algorithmic results, aesthetic authority, etc.). Wielding this curatorial power, streaming services codify and create genres like hyperpop. And subsequently, they become the arbiters of cultural taste through the manipulation of genres
Archaeology as Advocacy: Celebrating Cultural Heritage and Promoting Sustainability in Transylvania Mining Communities: How to Preserve and Promote the Cultural Heritage of Rural Transylvania?
Get PDFThis past summer I worked with two other students and Colin Quinn to research community museums, identity, and the cultural heritage of Translyvania. Each of us focused on a different topic for our research. I worked on researching community museums worldwide and how we can take their practices and apply it to a community museum we plan to build at the Rametz site. Most of these museums I researched were under the control of the communities themselves and the exhibits and design were made to emphasize the identity and cultural heritage of that community. Museums in Japan, Canada, Italy, Greece, etc. were my main case studies. The ideas showcased by these museums helped me and my fellow students to better organize and start to design the community museum at Rametz. Sense of place, identification of heritage resources, cultural touchstones, empowering the local communities, and having room to expand the museum are the main points I gathered that made a strong, and prosperous community museum. So basing my ideas for our community museum on those points, I outlined a plan for the museum. Some include a rotating exhibit schedule where the “cultural touchstones” or important exhibits are rotated so that there is room for the community to add new things they deem important in their culture. Community volunteers, tour guides, and monthly meetings with the community to take ideas to improve the museum are other ideas. Lastly, building the museum at the site of Rametz will accomplish a sense of place and allow visitors to experience the past and get a good sense of Romania and its rich culture. My work this summer was the first step in a long journey to build a museum that will benefit everyone in Translyvania
Siloviki i demokratiya po-prezhnemu nesovmestimy? Analiz dannykh Issledovaniya rossiiskikh elit 2016 goda (Are Siloviki and Democracy Still Incompatible? An Analysis of the 2016 Survey of Russian Elites)
No full textDo elites with a strong background really share less liberal attitudes than civilian elites in Russia? This is an important question in the context of Vladimir Putin\u27s personnel policy, focused on the employment of the security forces, and the last systematic attempt to answer dates back to 2009. In this article, we examine the orientations of respondents - representatives of the Russian elites regarding several central components of liberal democracy. The analysis is based on data from the seventh wave of the Survey of Russian Elites, conducted approximately every four years since 1993. The findings show continuity with previously discovered patterns: current law enforcement officers are less inclined to support political pluralism and human rights than their former retired colleagues, and members of the civilian elites who have experience in the security forces are less liberal than those who have built a completely civilian career. The consequences for the future of the Russian political system are as follows: the more the practice of employment in the leading state positions of the security forces expands, the less likely it will be to resume democratization processes in the future
Using circadian rhythm disruption as a readout of the effects of lead toxicity on behavior
Get PDFPrior literature has indicated that toxic metal exposure can alter the circadian clock rhythm and lead to biological and physiological dysfunction. The purpose of this research was to study the impact of chronic exposure to lead on the circadian rhythm patterns of Drosophila Melanogaster. Fly locomotive activity was used as a measure of strength of the circadian rhythm after exposure to lead. It was hypothesized that higher concentrations of lead would have a greater impact on the circadian locomotor activity patterns of exposed Drosophila, specifically on the transition periods between “Morning” and “Evening.” Young adult male flies(1-3 days post-eclosion) were exposed to concentrations of 100 mg/ml and 75 mg/m of lead for their entire development from egg to eclosion. This experiment uses the Drosophila Activity Monitor (DAM) System to record fly locomotor activity over six 24-hour cycles. The results produced a statistically non-significant but positive correlation between lead concentration and change in locomotor activity at masking transition periods
A Portrait of Gertrice/Altrude: (Self-)Portraiture and Alterity in Gertrude Stein\u27s Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
No full textProviding Improved Livelihoods for Muskoka\u27s Stakeholders in the Time of Two Global Crises
Get PDFClimate change and the coronavirus pandemic have drastically impacted the livelihoods ofMuskoka\u27s stakeholders. Climate change has led to altered weather patterns and environments in Muskoka, which have negatively impacted stakeholders\u27 ( defined as permanent residents, seasonal residents and tourists) built infrastructure, mental and physical health, and these effects are only expected to worsen in the coming decades. Similarly, the coronavirus pandemic has caused many physical and mental health problems for Muskoka\u27s stakeholders and has also led to tensions and anxieties regarding opinions about whether or not every stakeholder should be able to access the region during the pandemic. Although coronavirus cases are lower than prior months, the effects of the virus on stakeholders\u27 livelihoods merits closer attention and analysis. I, Andrew Court, am a stakeholder in the Muskoka, Ontario region who greatly cares about the health of the environment and the livelihoods of stakeholders. This summer, I had the privilege of living in Muskoka and studying the effects of these two global crises to provide stakeholders with a framework for adapting to climate change and managing tensions around the coronavirus. I love Muskoka and its citizens, and I hope they find these suggestions helpful in improving their livelihoods
“Trust Your Gut”: An Exploration of the Decisions of Vaccine Hesitant Mothers
Get PDFThis summer Professor Starr and I conducted research on vaccine hesitancy amongst mothers in Vermont with alternative lifestyles, a project that grew out of my personal history—growing up and attending a Waldorf school with many vaccine-hesitant families—and my academic interest in public health, especially regarding the recent global outbreak of COVID-19. Given the recent media attention to vaccines, especially the COVID-19 vaccine, I wanted to talk to mothers who I knew had been vaccine hesitant before the pandemic in order to better understand their views and learn of any changes in their beliefs. As my prior reading of vaccine hesitancy in mothers had indicated, the mothers I spoke with all discussed concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of vaccines and expressed skepticism about being able to trust both mainstream general practitioners as well as pharmaceutical companies. They contrasted their distrust of biomedicine with their faith in alternative medicine and “natural living” practices. However, whereas previous literature on the issue of vaccine hesitancy typically concludes that it is a social problem where communities are the strongest influence on vaccine choice, the women I spoke with frequently invoked the concept of a “gut feeling” as a reason not to vaccinate, something I argue is inherently linked to a culturally particular understanding of an authentic self rooted in feelings and/or the body
Asians at Hamilton: The Asian and Asian American Experience
No full textThis project looks to examine the experiences of Asian and Asian Americans at Hamilton College from a holistic standpoint
