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Sympathy, Attraction and Elective Affinity
No full textKnight David. Sympathy, Attraction and Elective Affinity. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°56, 2003. pp. 21-30
Mas Spectrum Analysis
Full text linkCaribbean carnival is, as the label suggests, is carnival brought to this country from the Caribbean. Unfortunately the label does not represent the complex range of ingredients that combine to form carnival as we know it across the UK.
Carnival differs across the Caribbean but the most popular form of Caribbean carnival in the UK originated in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad has a relatively high representation of South Asian and Native American people's. These have contributed to the look and feel of carnival. Whilst the label may read Caribbean carnival, the content represents Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas with spirituality drawn from Christian, Native American, Islamic and traditional African faiths.
Caribbean Carnival has been in Lancashire since the 1970s. It is celebrated annually and at one time boasted the largest procession outside of Notting hill. It continues to be one of the largest festivals in the county.
Most spectators are oblivious to the hard work and dedication that goes into making the event possible. The individual bands that ‘play mas’ (masquerade) on the day are volunteer lead and provide their own resources relying heavily on local people with a passion for carnival. This book is a photographic insight into the workings of one of our more established carnival bands, Spectrum. It attempts to show the development from raw energy to choreographed spectacle as ideas for dance, performance, art and design come together for the total creative experience that is carnival
Knight, David & Leslie, [No Service Number]
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/397600Surname: KNIGHT. Given Name(s) or Initials: DAVID & LESLIE. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: [No Registration Number]. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 45891.235910
Item: [2016.0049.29893] "Knight, David & Leslie, [No Service Number]
The archaeoacoustics of San Vitale, Ravenna
No full textThis research tests and assesses whether sixth-century social and cultural dynamics can be archaeologically identified by including the study of acoustics in the context of extant Late Antique Christian architecture, namely the centrally planned domed octagonal church of San Vitale at Ravenna. Implementing a holistic archaeological research strategy that includes human sensory perception of acoustical phenomena is the best approach to unravelling the complexities of social and cultural mechanisms operating in the sixth-century Mediterranean basin. The methods and issues of Archaeoacoustics are critiqued and developed in order to comment on the intentionality of acoustic attributes in sixth-century ecclesiastical architecture.The space syntax of San Vitale has been considered for isovists at key locations during the liturgical procession and sequence of the Mass celebration. These are compared with mapped areas of perceiving the acoustic characteristics of Clarity and Reverberation Time. Combining the visual and acoustic analysis of San Vitale, with a better understanding of its date and construction phases, the physical geometry and temporal logic of the church are discussed in relation to the reflexive exchange of influence between Ravenna, Milan and Constantinople. It is posited that liturgical and musical time and tempo is materially expressed in the evident and conceptual substance of San Vitale, a suggestion that offers a springboard for future study and debate
Revisiting Historic Buildings through the Senses. Visualising Aural and Obscured Aspects of San Vitale, Ravenna
Full text linkApplying new information technologies to Cultural Heritage enables us to
discover the unexplored characteristics of visual and aural attributes of historic buildings.
In this article a new technology to measure acoustic 3D Impulse Responses in
historic interiors is described and applied to the sixth-century church of San Vitale at
Ravenna, Italy. The virtual reconstruction of this important UNESCO World Heritage
Site revealed otherwise obscured yet intentional details of its architectural design. The
results of measuring the internal spatial parameters are used to recreate San Vitale’s
historical components and to re-sound original music of the little known Ravennate rite
Transmitting acoustic phenomena and aural illusions: Examples from Athanasius Kircher’s Phonosophia anacamptica
No full textThis article continues the preliminary exploration of the sonic observations of Athanasius Kircher, namely, the first book of his Phonurgiæ Nova (1673), the Phonosophia anacamptica (Tronchin, Durvilli and Tarabusi). This book analyzes in particular sound propagation in enclosed spaces. In this work, Kircher also describes the statua citofonica, or ‘talking statue’, in relation to the magical effect created by aural illusion and the famous ancient Egyptian acoustical phenomenon and cultural sound-mark associated with the Colossus of Memnon, the famous lost sound phenomenon of the northern of the two colossi of Amenhotep III in the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, Egypt, that reportedly emitted a sound with the first and final daily touch of sunlight at dawn and dusk. This article aims to describe, analyse and comment on the 17th century contributions of Athanasius Kircher by understanding his Phonosophia anacamptica and the contemporary intellectual context in which he worked. This article differs from our former work; for example, in this article, an earlier example of Francis Bacon’s methods of enquiry into acoustic phenomena illustrates differences with Kircher’s own line of inquiry. We show how Kircher accepts and embraces a Baroque fascination for the ‘marvellous world’ and the allegiance between science and magic, specifically with the mysterious magical affect of sound through the construction of interior listening strategies, or aural espionage, as in the Heidelberg Palace, the Villa Simonetta, and via talking statues such as the Colossus of Memnon.</p
Setting limits and targets for greenhouse gas emissions at local level: A case study based on the District of Winchester, UK
No full textWe introduce climate change and those aspects of global warming that are required to understand the rationale behind the setting of emissions targets. We then review recent evidence that indicates that immediate and substantial action needs to be taken globally to cut emissions of carbon dioxide in order to keep its atmospheric concentration at a ‘safe’ level. This limit implies a range of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions budgets for the UK from now until 2050. We adopt a figure at the low end of the range to derive a comparable budget for Winchester, UK. Given Winchester’s consumption emissions of 1.52 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2004, we calculate an emissions pathway until 2050 consistent with this budget. This suggests annual reductions of 6.7% are required. Our methodology can be applied to other local authority areas provided relevant statistics are available
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
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