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Redefining Heuristic Paradigms: A Critical Discourse on the Impetus of Problematization in African Music Theory and Composition
No full textCritically investigating the role of problem statements in academic inquiry, this paper investigates the complex equilibrium between originality and contribution in African music theory and composition. In culturally rich environments like Africa, the significance of comprehensive analysis and the preservation of established knowledge can be undermined by an excessive emphasis on novelty, despite the fact that originality is the driving force behind innovation. This study advocates for a more inclusive approach that incorporates both creative exploration and respect for traditional scholarship by utilising interdisciplinary and global perspectives. The paper underscores the significance of fostering intellectual independence and critical thinking while simultaneously acknowledging historical contributions by situating African music within global academic discourse. The paper promotes a balanced framework that promotes innovation while also acknowledging the cumulative nature of academic knowledge, thereby cultivating a dynamic and evolving scholarly environment.Investigando criticamente o papel da formulação de problemas na investigação académica, este artigo analisa o complexo equilíbrio entre originalidade e contribuição na teoria e composição musical africana. Em ambientes culturalmente ricos, como é o caso de África, a importância de uma análise abrangente e de preservação do conhecimento estabelecido podem ser prejudicadas por uma ênfase excessiva na novidade, apesar do facto de a originalidade ser a força motriz da inovação. Este estudo defende uma abordagem mais inclusiva que incorpore tanto a exploração criativa como o respeito pelos estudos mais convencionais, utilizando perspetivas interdisciplinares e globais. O artigo sublinha a importância de promover a independência intelectual e o pensamento crítico, ao mesmo tempo que se reconheçam as contribuições históricas do campo, ao situar a música africana no discurso académico global. Este texto procura uma abordagem equilibrada que promova a inovação, ao mesmo tempo que reconheça a natureza cumulativa do conhecimento académico, cultivando-se assim um ambiente académico dinâmico e sempre em evolução.Al investigar críticamente el papel de los planteamientos de problemas en la investigación académica, este artículo analiza el complejo equilibrio entre originalidad y contribución en la teoría y composición en la música africana. En entornos culturalmente ricos como África, la importancia del análisis integral y la preservación del conocimiento establecido puede verse socavada por un énfasis excesivo en la novedad, a pesar de que la originalidad es la fuerza impulsora de la innovación. Este estudio aboga por un enfoque más inclusivo que incorpore tanto la exploración creativa como el respeto por la erudición tradicional mediante la utilización de perspectivas interdisciplinarias y globales. El artículo subraya la importancia de fomentar la independencia intelectual y el pensamiento crítico y al mismo tiempo reconocer las contribuciones históricas al situar la música africana dentro del discurso académico global. Este artículo entabla un marco equilibrado que promueva la innovación y al mismo tiempo reconozca la naturaleza acumulativa del conocimiento académico, cultivando así un entorno académico dinámico y en evolución
African Vocal Art Music and a Proposed Guideline for Singing: Ghanaian Context
Get PDFThe article is a position paper that discusses the craft of compositions in African Art music in Ghana and highlighting a propositioned guideline in the performance of such created art musical pieces. Given the foundational inspiration from Euba’s notion of Interculturalism in music, there’s a noticeable lack of comprehensive documentation regarding vocal techniques aimed at advancing and instructing performers in the rendition of African Art musical performance. Regarding the selection of the compositions involved in this paper, transcription and analysis of the works were purposively selected, to consider how and why the techniques of various classifications were established in the compositions. It is envisaged that the study will serve as a work of posterity and an introduction to vocal techniques in the singing of African Art music
An Analytical Discourse in the Construction of Text in the Choral Works of Sam Asare-Bediako
Get PDFThis paper presents an analytical work that gives a panoramic view of textual analysis in the choral writings of Sam Kwaku Asare-Bediako; His journey as a free-lance composer enables him to construct text in various traditions and beliefs. In addition to the description given to some of his works as loquacious in this paper, the study provides an insight into the thought processes of the composer, such as the adoption of colloquialism in his music, his controversial system in both spelling and construction of text in the Asante Twi language spoken by the people of Ashanti region of Ghana and lastly, his system of classification in text. The compositions are sampled randomly. The examination of the works involved in this paper was done by observing the scores, listening to both audio and videos online, as well as live performances, and few interviews regarding response to his music by song teachers, performers (choristers) and listeners. Lastly, the perspectives highlight all the social, moral, and educational relevance of the work
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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