564 research outputs found
Functional harmony approach from 5 filin guitarists analysis
No full textEl bolero “Filin” es un género musical con orígenes en cuba, que ha sido resultado de la influencia de la cultura Norteamérica sobre la isla. Una de sus principales características es el uso de armonías sofisticadas, reflejadas en instrumentos como la guitarra. El presente trabajo pretende realizar un acercamiento a la armonía funcional, desde el análisis de 5 guitarristas intérpretes del genero bolero “Filin”.“Filin” bolero is a musical genre rooted in Cuba that has been the result of the American culture influence on the island. One of the main features is the use of sophisticated harmonies reflected on instruments like the guitar. This work wants to take an approach to the functional harmony based on the analysis of 5 guitarists performers of the Bolero “Filin” genre
Is it just about love : Filin and politics in pre-revolutionary Cuba
No full textThis thesis is concerned with the role of Filin music in processes of social and political change. It examines how Filin, a style of Cuban urban folk music that developed in Havana in the 1940s and 50s, was constitutive of the historical context in which it developed and consequently, how Filineros expressed their social realities in their songs. Many Filineros were associated with leftist organizations such as the People’s Socialist Party, workers’ unions, and with underground activism. They lived in times of political upheaval and widespread mobilization preceding the Revolution of 1959. However, their songs’ lyrics seem to ignore Filineros’ political lives, and focus solely on romance and the intimacy of love. This thesis addresses this paradox: Why does there seem to be such a disjuncture between Filineros’ affiliative and oppositional activities and their romantic and self-contained lyrics?
Drawing from Filineros memories, this paper explains Filin lyrics’ detachment from the oppositional mobilization the musicians were involved in. First, the repression against communism that followed the post-WWII years in Cuba prevented Filineros from openly expressing their leftist views and activist experiences in their songs’ lyrics. Secondly, Filineros understood Filin as a creative outlet and artistic experience, and not as an instrument for political opposition. Thirdly, some of the Filin musicians interviewed believed that music was impotent to create substantial social or political change.
Nevertheless, beyond Filineros’ worldview, I argue that Filin songs not only carry aesthetic meaning as expressions of human emotions, but that the practice of Filin constituted them as political actors. Filin gatherings’ sequential participatory features, and consequently, Filin's functions as social entertainer and artistic unifier highlight this music’s agency; Filin's uniting power as a musical movement promoted a sense of affiliation among Filineros in which political practices and ideologies were shaped and solidified. In other words, it is through music making that Filineros’ ideas, values and ways of life were stimulated and mobilized. As such, Filin music was constitutive of new political identities, and constructed its political relevance more through the context of lived experience than through its musicological traits, its lyrics, or even its musicians’ intentions.Arts, Faculty ofHistory, Department ofGraduat
Suomalaiskirjailijoiden maailmanvalloitusta käynnistämässä : FILIn liikkuvuustukien hallinnointiprosessien kehittäminen
No full textOpinnäytetyössäni käsittelen FILIn (Suomen kirjallisuuden tiedotuskeskus, Finnish Literature Exchange) kirjailijoiden kansainvälistymistä ja liikkuvuuden edistämistä.
Työni tavoitteena on selvittää, miten FILIn liikkuvuustukien hallinnointiprosesseja pitäisi kehittää, jotta ne palvelisivat niin matkalle lähteviä kirjailijoita kuin järjestäviä tahoja ulkomailla. Tärkeä näkökulma on myös FILIn sisäisten prosessien kehittäminen.
FILIn tuella järjestetään vuosittain kirjailijamatkoja 50–70 kirjallisuustapahtumaan ympäri maailman. Kirjailijat esiintyvät kirjamessuilla, kirjallisuusfestivaaleilla sekä yhä enemmän käännöstensä julkaisu- ja markkinointimatkoilla. Suomi on teemamaana Frankfurtin kirjamessuilla vuonna 2014. Frankfurtin kirjamessut on maailman tärkein kirja- ja media-alan tapahtuma, ja sen vuoksi on teemamaastatus Suomelle, suomalaisille kirjailijoille, kustantajille ja koko kirja-alalle – ja sen toteuttavalle organisaatiolle FILIlle – haasteellinen vientiponnistus. Yksinomaan messuviikon aikana esiintyy noin 50 suomalaiskirjailijaa. Frankfurt-teemamaahanke on paljon muutakin kuin vajaan viikon kestävä kirjamessutapahtuma: se on koko vuoden mittainen suomalaisen kulttuurin vientihanke, jota toteutetaan yhdessä saksalaisen kulttuurikentän kanssa.
Työni aluksi selvitän FILIn toimintaympäristöä ja toimintaa sekä sitä, mikä osuus kirjailijoiden liikkuvuuden tukemisella on FILIn toiminnassa. Hallinnointiprosessien kehittämisen taustaksi olen kartoittanut kolmen liikkuvuustukia hallinnoivan organisaation tukimuotoja: Euroopan unionin Kulttuuri-ohjelma, Pohjoismaiden kulttuuripisteen liikkuvuustukiohjelmat sekä Taiteen keskustoimikunnan ohjelmat. Vertailuanalyysin jälkeen kehittämisprosessien teoriataustaksi valitsin prosessien mallintamisen ja sen myötä toimintojen palvelumuotoilun. Kirjailijoiden näkökulmia tarkastelen analysoimalla matkaraportteja.
Lopuksi esittelen konkreettisia kehittämisideoita, arvioin kehittämistyöni sovellettavuutta käytäntöön omassa organisaatiossa sekä kehittämieni toimintamallien soveltuvuutta muille taiteenaloille.My thesis deals with internationalization and promotion of mobility of writers by FILI (Finnish Literature Exchange).
The objective of my thesis is to examine how the administrative processes of FILI’s mobility support should be developed, in order to serve both the traveling writers as well as the organizing parties abroad. An important aspect is also the development of FILI’s internal processes.
FILI supports annually writers’ visits to 50-70 literature events around the world. The writers appear in book fairs, literature festivals and increasingly travel to launching and marketing events to publicize their translated works. Finland will be a Guest of Honor at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair. The Frankfurt Book Fair is the most important event of the world in the area of literature and media, and therefore the status of Guest of Honor is a challenging export effort for Finland, Finnish writers, publishing companies and the entire literature branch – as well as for the implementing organization FILI. Solely during the fair week around 50 Finnish writers will appear at the fair to present their work. The Frankfurt theme project is much more than merely a book fair event that lasts less than a week: it is an export project of Finnish culture that lasts the whole year and is implemented in cooperation with the German field of culture.
My thesis starts by examining the activities and operating environment of FILI, and explaining the part that the mobility support for writers has in FILI’s work. To form the background for the development of administrative processes I have charted out the support forms of three organizations managing mobility support: The Cultural Program of the European Union, the Mobility Support Programs of the Nordic Culture Point, and the programs of the Central Council of Art. After the comparative analysis I chose as the theoretical background the standardization of the processes and through this the service formulation of the activities. Viewpoints of writers are studied by analyzing travel reports.
As conclusion I present concrete ideas for development, assess the applicability of my development initiative in practice in my own organization as well as the possibilities to adapt the developed activity models in other artistic sectors
El filin cubano y la guitarra eléctrica : experiencias en torno a un proceso arreglístico y compositivo
No full textEl término Feeling es corrientemente usado en la música para describir una cualidad inherente a ella que no es observable en una partitura. El término llego a ser usado para describir un tipo de canción creada por estos jóvenes, que ellos mismos entendían como una creación musical llena de sentimiento y buen gusto. Es así que aparece el Filin (Feeling) cubano. Un tipo de canción que demuestra una sensibilidad hacia la composición e interpretación musical, utilizando elementos foráneos u autóctonos. Este proyecto pretende describir el Filin cubano con un marco histórico que permita observar el desarrollo del estilo y los elementos que lo caracterizan dentro de la música observando un proceso personal de aprobación del mismo, a través de dos arreglos y tres composicione
Fisherfolks’ Perception of the Agricultural Radio Programme Filin Mainoma in Kainji Area of Niger State
No full textThe study examined fisherfolks’ perception of the agricultural radio programme FILIN MAINOMA in Kainji Area of Niger State. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 252 respondents from the study area. Primary data were collected using structured interview guide. Data collected wereanalysed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) and Chi-Square analysis (c2). Results showed that the mean age of the respondents was 25.50 years while majority (96.60%) was male. Also 63.10% had no formal education while 22.70% had primary school education. Also, Majority (99.20%) of the respondents was aware of and listened to the radio programme FILIN MAINOMA. All (100.00%) of the respondents had access to radio. Majority (98.80%) of the respondents opined that the message was interesting, 67.10% spent one hour listening to the radio programme in the morning every day. In addition, 38.90% of the respondents viewed fishing information on the radio programme as relevant, while 26.90% indicated that the format of presentation of the programme aroused their interest. Chi-Square analysis revealed that sex (c2 = 78.70, (p<0.05), df = 1), educational status (c2 = 2.41, df = 4), had significant association with the respondents perception of the programme. Also, correlation analysis results revealed a significant and positive relationship between the household size (r = 0.21, p<0.05), and year of membership association (r = 0.24, p<0.05), and respondents’ perception of the radio programme. The study concluded that FILIN MAINOMA had impact on fisherfolks cash per unit effort. The study recommended that the programme should be strengthened and sustained while other similar programmes can be initiated in other radio stations in the area
Socio-economic factors influencing agricultural radio programme FILIN MAINOMA in Kainji area of Niger state, Nigeria
No full textThe study examined socio economic factors influencing agricultural radio programme FILIN MAINOMA in Kainji Area of Niger State. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 252 respondents from the study area. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) and Chi-Square analysis (c 2). Results showed that the mean age of the respondents was 25.50 years while majority (96.60%) was male. Also 63.10% had no formal education while 22.70% had primary school education. Furthermore, most (93.70%) were married, 97.20% were Muslims and 99.20% engaged in full-time fishing. Mean years of fishing experience was 15.50 years and 65.90% were members of fish farmers’organization. The average household size was 4 persons. Majority (99.20%) of the respondents was aware of and listened to the radio programme FILIN MAINOMA. Also, correlation analysis results revealed a significant and positive relationship between the household size (r = 0.21, p<0.05), and year of membership association (r = 0.24, p<0.05), constraint on fishing practices (r =0.13, p<0.05) and respondents’ perception of the radio programme. The study concluded that FILIN MAINOMA had impact on fisherfolks cash per unit effort. The study recommended that the programme should be strengthened and sustained while other similar programmes can be initiated in other radio stationsin the area.Key words: Constraint, socio economics factors and perceptio
Korkeakoulun penkiltä kääntäjäksi : FILIn harjoittelusta kirjallisuuden kääntämisen ammattilaiseksi
No full textSuomalaisen kirjallisuuden vienti on nyt nousujohteista ja käännösoikeuksia myydään ennätystahtiin. Tunnetuin reitti kirjallisuuden kääntäjäksi ovat suomen kielen ja kulttuurin opinnot, mutta niiden opetus maailmalla vähenee jatkuvasti. Ilman kääntäjiä ei kuitenkaan ole myöskään kirjallisuusvientiä. Opinnäytetyön tarkoitus oli selvittää Kirjallisuuden vientikeskus FILIlle, miten heillä tehty Opetushallituksen koordinoima Suomea Suomessa - harjoittelu on vaikuttanut harjoittelijan uravalintaan. Tuliko harjoittelijoista kääntäjiä? Entä olisiko prosessissa ja harjoittelun sisällössä jotain kehitettävää?
Opinnäytetyö tehtiin perehtymällä FILIn toimintaan, kirjallisuusviennin prosesseihin ja kääntäjiin. Tärkein aineisto saatiin toteuttamalla kysely vuosina 2001-2017 FILIssä Suomea Suomessa - harjoittelun tehneille. Toimeksiannon tavoitteena oli saada kyselystä tietoa, jonka pohjalta arvioida harjoittelua ja tehdä kehittämisehdotuksia sekä samalla osoittaa toiminnan merkitystä laajemminkin. Aikaisempia selvityksiä FILIlle ei ole aiheesta tehty.
Tulosten mukaan harjoittelu on ollut kannattava sekä harjoittelijalle, FILIlle että Opetushallitukselle, sillä 89% kyselyyn vastanneista FILIn harjoittelijoista on tehnyt kääntäjän töitä harjoittelun päätyttyä. Harjoittelun hakuprosessista ja sisällöstä löytyi kehitettävää, joita hienosäätämällä FILIn harjoittelu voisi muotoutua todelliseksi ponnahduslaudaksi kääntäjän ammattiin. FILI ei voi kuitenkaan yksin olla vastuussa uusien kääntäjäsukupolvien kasvatuksesta. Kirjallinen selvitys harjoittelun vaikutuksesta harjoittelijoiden urakehitykseen ja tätä kautta suoraan kirjallisuusvientiimme osoittaa suomen kielen opetuksen merkityksen sekä (aloittelevien) kääntäjien tukemisen tarpeellisuuden. Toimenpiteitä on tehtävä, jotta riittävä kääntäjien määrä saadaan turvatuksi myös tulevaisuudessa.The value of our literary exports is increasing considerably and translation rights are being sold more than ever before. The most common path in becoming a translator of Finnish literature is through Finnish language and culture studies. Alarmingly the offer of these studies at universities abroad is constantly decreasing. However without translators there is no literary exports.
The purpose of this thesis was to find out how the Suomea Suomessa (Finnish in Finland) internship programme at FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange has affected the former interns’ career choices. Did the interns become translators? Would there be something to develop within the application process or in the training programme? The programme is coordinated by Finnish National Agency for Education.
The thesis was carried out by researching FILI, the processes of literary exports and translators of literature for background information. The most valuable material was acquired by conducting a survey among former interns who did their internships at FILI during years 2001–2017. This material provided information that helped in evaluating the programme and in generating new ideas to further develop the internship. It also served in pointing out the larger impact of the internship programme for wider audience. Similar surveys have not been made previously for FILI.
According to the results the internship has been viable for all parties – for the interns, for FILI and for Finnish National Agency for Education. 89 % of the former interns who filled the survey have worked as translators after completing their internship at FILI. The survey revealed a few things in the application process and in the training programme that could be fine tuned. That way the programme could become even more useful for the intern in his path in becoming a professional translator of Finnish literature. However FILI cannot solely be responsible for training new generations of translators. This thesis proves the importance of Finnish language and culture studies abroad, as it is directly connected to our literary exports. Measures must be taken in order to secure a sufficient amount of translators of literature in the future. The internship programme at FILI is one of those measures and a very important one
La Guitarra en el bolero Filin a partir del análisis de los recursos musicales utilizados por Martín Rojas, Sofronín Martínez y Rey Ugarte
No full textLa presente monografía realiza un análisis del movimiento y género musical del bolero filin desde los aspectos sociales y estéticos que le caracterizan, enfocándose en el estilo interpretativo –de rearmonización principalmente– de los guitarristas Sofronín Martínez, Martín Rojas y Rey Ugarte. A partir de la investigación documental y el análisis musical formal se describe aspectos clave que permitirán al guitarrista profesional conocer sobre el movimiento filinero, sus principales figuras y hechos históricos relevantes de su existencia, para apropiarse del estilo de armonización típico del filin y entender la manera en la cual se desarrolló su popularidad en el continente.The present work does an analysis of the movement and the musical genre bolero fillin from the social and aesthetic aspects that characterize it, focusing on the interpretative style -of reharmonization mainly- of the guitarists Sofronín Martínez, Martín Rojas and Rey Ugarte. Based on documentary research and formal musical analysis, key aspects are described that will allow the professional guitarist to learn about the filinero movement, its main figures and historical facts relevant to its existence, in order to appropriate the typical harmonization style and understand the way in which its popularity developed on the continent
Night-haze: hazy images dataset with localized light sources for benchmarking of dehazing methods
No full textHere we proposed two datasets for benchmarking single-image dehazing (haze removal) methods in both day and night conditions: "Night-haze" and "Night-haze-ext"."Night-haze" features:- real hazy, haze-free images and its corresponding depth maps, taken indoors;- 2 scenes – one with simpler objects and the other with more complex objects and with the presences of localized light sources;- 4 haze density levels – from absent to heavy haze;- 4 lighting levels – from sufficient to weak lighting (which are try to simulate day and nighttime lighting);- 32 images and depth maps in total."Night-haze-ext" has similar features, but:- increased depth of scenes;- increased the number of haze density levels to 8; - thermal images in addition to regular (visible) images and depth maps;- 64 images and depth maps, 63 thermal images in total.Folders description:- night-haze: - jpg: visible images, collected using Canon 2000d in .jpg format; - raw: visible images, collected using Canon 2000d in .cr2 format; - kinnect: files, collected using Microsoft Kinnect v2; - color: visible images in .npy* format; - depth: depth map in .npy* format; - realsense: files, collected using Intel RealSence d435i; - color: visible images in .npy* format; - depth: depth map in .npy* format;- night-haze-ext: similar to night-haze, but: - kinnect: files in .png format in "color" and "depth" folders; - realsense: files in .png format in "color" and "depth" folders; - infrared: files, collected using Flir C2; - color: visible images in .png format; - spectrum: infrared images in .png format;* - numpy’ arrays format (https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.load.html) Details about our motivation, descriptions of datasets collection processes as well as some experimental results can be found in the articles:- Night-haze: "Filin, A., Kopylov, A., Seredin, O., & Gracheva, I. (2022, July). Hazy images dataset with localized light sources for experimental evaluation of dehazing methods. In The 6th International Workshop on Deep Learning in Computational Physics (p. 19)." (https://pos.sissa.it/429/019/pdf)- Night-haze-ext: article in progress.Please, use night-haze.bib and night-haze-ext.bib (see Files section) for the corresponding references.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV
Studies towards the exploitation of sonochemically formed microelectrode arrays for the development of electrochemical sensors.
No full textMicroelectrodes offer a number of advantages for exploitation as electrochemical sensors
such as imparting stir-independence to sensor responses and allowing lower limits of
detection to be minimised. Microelectrode arrays offer an attractive route for increasing the
current responses of microelectrodes, whilst still retaining their advantageous properties.
Despite this, no commercial sensors, to date, have successfully employed microelectrode
arrays, largely due to conventional fabrication routes proving too costly to be economically
viable for the production of disposable sensing devices. Previous work carried out by this
research group has described a novel and patented procedure for the fabrication of
microelectrode arrays via the sonochemical ablation of insulating polymer films
electrochemically deposited upon conductive surfaces. This format lends itself to mass
fabrication due to the simplicity and inexpensiveness of the approach.
This thesis describes work focussed towards the optimisation of each of the individual
components involved in the formation of sonochemically fabricated microelectrode arrays.
In particular, factors and techniques that may facilitate the commercial exploitation and mass
fabrication of such arrays as generic sensing templates are described.
Screen printed carbon has been investigated for its suitability as a host electrode. The
comparative use of a number of possible activation methods to increase amperometric
current responses at such electrodes is also described. Homogeneous
poly(o-phenylenediamine) films of -40 nm thickness formed at the surfaces of screen printed
carbon electrodes via the anodic electropolymerisation of o-phenylenediamine are shown to
serve as effective diffusional barriers, thus insulating the underlying carbon electrodes.
Microelectrode arrays formed by the sonochemical ablation of such films to expose
microscopic areas of the underlying conductive substrates are seen to possess electrode
element populations of -7.3 x 104 cm
2. Over 400 such sensors are shown to be able to be
fabricated simultaneously with reproducibility of responses <4% relative standard deviation.
Amperometric and cyclic voltammetric characterisations of the thus produced
microelectrode arrays performed in model redox systems are shown to agree with accepted
theoretical microelectrode behaviour, demonstrating sigmoidal shaped voltammograms,
fluctuations in steady-state current responses of <10% with convection, scan rate
independence and fast attainment (<20 seconds) of steady-state responses.
Arrays of this type are also demonstrated to be suitable for exploitation within aqueous
chlorine sensing devices, offering detection limits of <0.005 mg/l free chlorine, representing
an order of magnitude lower than those obtainable via contemporary optical wet chemistry
based approaches. In order to demonstrate further the applicability of this approach to the
mass fabrication of disposable devices, methods for the deposition of a chemical modifying
layer are also investigated, to avoid the need for additional reagents
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