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The raised fourth degree of the scale in Chopin\u27s mazurkas
Get PDFThis article focuses on che raised. fourth or Lydian scale degree of the scale in Chopin\u27s mazurkas from the viewpoint of the stylised mazurka\u27s fusion of folkloric elements and nineteenth-century tonal language. A brief exposition of the functions of the raised fourth and its integradon into the tonal structures of the mazurkas is given. An investigation of the raised fourth in three selected mazurkas· reveals a significant expansion of its role musi~al meaning, function and effect, As an authentic, modal, structural, motivic and form-generating device, it is in terms of integral co tonal elaboration, development, unification, colouration and contrast
The separation from nature and separated subjects: critical investigations with Theodor W. Adorno and Françoise d’Eaubonne
Get PDFGen Z and cause marketing – A Q-methodology perspective
Get PDFSouth African brands use different strategies, such as cause marketing (CM), to establish connections with their stakeholders. In CM, a for-profit organisation supports a non-profit organisation (NPO) through consumers\u27 participation in transactional or non-monetary activities to achieve organisational goals. Q methodology (Q) was used to study how campaign structural elements on Instagram influence Gen Z’s attitudes towards CM in South Africa. A concourse comprising 100 fictitious Instagram posts was developed, drawing inspiration from current global campaigns. The Q-set of 24 (piloted) cards obtained from the concourse were selected using Fisher’s (1960) Balanced Block design. The population sample (P-set) included 12 heterogeneous Gen Z participants and one of the researchers also participated in the study for self-reference purposes. Ken-Q Analysis version (2.0.1) evaluated this study’s findings, and a Q factor analysis was conducted using Centroid extraction accompanied by Varimax rotation, producing three viewpoints. Viewpoint 1: Keep it Practical had six participants who enjoyed trustworthy campaigns that were easy to engage in. Viewpoint 2: Stop Tokenising Causes had three participants who detested brands that inappropriately use charity-linked campaigning to appeal to their consumers for profit-driven reasons. Viewpoint 3: Aesthetics and Accessibility are crucial; four participants focused on CM campaigns\u27 visual appea
Cooperative Governance in Education: Challenges Inhibiting Social Justice Realisation
Get PDFThe Constitution calls for past injustices to be corrected and for the establishment of a socially just society. This call is rooted in both the vision of transformative constitutionalis and the government’s constitutional duty to promote sustainable development.3 South Africa’s commitment to establishing a society based on social justice translates into a mandate that is government’s responsibility to implement. As the South African government comprises three distinct, independent, and interrelated spheres (national, provincial, and local),4 as well as organs of state (for purposes of this article, public schools),5 this mandate automatically becomes a shared mandate, which should be carried out within a cooperative framework
The future of empirical research in and through the Dutch Reformed Church
Get PDFThis article is my contribution to a Festschrift for Kobus Schoeman. It focuses attention on Schoeman’s relationship with the Dutch Reformed Church’s (DRC) empirical research work. It situates Schoeman within the DRC and provides an overview of the empirical research projects from within the DRC and to which Schoeman contributed uring his career. The article outlines Schoeman’s analysis of the state of the DRC. The article then discusses three foci that will require more attention in the coming years within the empirical research agenda of the DRC. These foci include situating the DRC within a broader ecumenical environment through empirical research; attending to more critical analyses in the interpretation of empirical data, and revisiting historic empirical research data to examine longitudinal attitudinal shifts in the DRC
A Stock-taking of the Interpretation Evaluation Approach at the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI)
Get PDFThis article aims to take stock of the evaluation approach used at the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) of the University of Buea in Cameroon. Testing and assessing interpreting trainees have increasingly become a topic of interest in conference interpreting research. It plays a vital role in developing competent interpreters who are able to navigate the complex demands of multilingual communication. As the field of interpreting continues to evolve, it is crucial to evaluate the assessment methods used to gauge the proficiency of trainees. This endeavour appraises the interpretation evaluation at ASTI, given that assessing trainees can be a daunting challenge, especially when a specific scoring method is not adopted and the process relies on general criteria upon which every stakeholder in interpreter education bases their evaluation of trainees’ output. Reflecting on questionnaires filled by both permanent and visiting lecturers at ASTI, this work seeks to review the assessment criteria applied for the marking of core subjects, namely simultaneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting and sight translation with the aim of shedding light on the specificities of scoring operationalisation, its possible lacunae and opportunities for the establishment of a more objective system. It first reviews the current assessment methods at ASTI. It secondly points out the strengths and weaknesses of the said methods. Finally, it identifies future directions that could help overcome the challenges and ensure greater fairness and objectivity in the assessment process
The effect of transcreation on coherence and the marketing purpose in Arabic: A comparison with a reference text
Get PDFLocalization into a target language and culture has become a need for international corporations willing to expand. This comes with several translation strategies such as transcreation. However, this strategy implies transformation and creativity, which raises the question around the coherence of the transcreated messages. The paper follows the functionalist theory and studies 15 international corporate websites localized into Arabic. The slogan in particular is the main focus in the analysis as an appellative element that needs creativity to be conveyed correctly. Having selected the transcreated slogans based on pre-set criteria, this study assesses the similarities and differences between the Arabic and English slogans in terms of the overall message, and the coherence with the description of the product. It narrows down the corpus in order to focus on that specific quality issue since coherence can affect meaning negatively if it is done incorrectly, for example without taking the context into account. The results show to what extent the transcreation is coherent, pinpoint the potential accuracy gaps resulted from transcreation and how this strategy meets the advertising standards
African languages- Failed plans and future possibilities
Get PDFThe article contians a summary review of literature on the language question in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to understand what strategies were proposed for the promotion of African languages and what resulsts were achieved after half a century of indepedence, followed by the author\u27s views on what went wrong and what can be done next
A history of Congolese and Rwandese immigrants in Harare’s urban transport sector 1993-2022
Get PDFThis article traces the involvement of the Congolese and Rwandese in the Harare urban transport sector by engaging with the challenges and successes they registered from 1993 to 2022. Despite the wave of economic nationalism and challenges that have affected Zimbabwe over the past decades, the Congolese and Rwandese transport operators have survived. The study argues that the reasons for the survival of Congolese and Rwandese transport operators over the past decade can be understood within their economic ties or social networks to a greater extent. However, local links play a complementary role. Despite their seemingly insignificant numbers, Congolese and Rwandese immigrants are a force to reckon with as they play a crucial role. The article moves away from the conventional approach of focusing on South-to- North migration by looking at South-to-South migration. It also demonstrates how those considered to be on the margins of the state seek to contest their marginality, registering their visibility. Moreover, Zimbabwe is a country punctuated with crisis discourse, and this article offers a paradoxical case in point on Congolese and Rwandese immigrants who resettled in Zimbabwe. The article deploys oral histories from the key participants and primary and secondary sources to critically examine the resettlement and survival of immigrants in Zimbabwe. It concludes that foreign players in the transport sector cannot be ignored for long since evidence indicates that they play a significant role in their small numb