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Technical Direction of Little Women, The Musical
No full textThis document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre. It is a written account of the author Matthew A. Gilbertson\u27s process in creating the technical direction of Minnesota State University, Mankato\u27s production of Little Women, The Musical in the fall of 2017. This document details the process from pre-production to completion of the production. It includes a historical chapter discussing the history of moving scenery and the role it has played shaping modern theatre machines. It also contains a process journal and developmental analysis of the technical director. Appendices and works cited are included
Alternative Readings of North: Jenny Gilbertson, M.E.M. Donaldson and Margaret Fay Shaw
No full textBy looking at examples of Jenny Gilbertson, M.E.M. Donaldson, Margaret Fay Shaw and Nan Shepherd’s film and photography work from 1920s'-1940s', this 20 minute paper assessed if these three women offered a different reading on the landscape of the North from their better known male contemporaries.
Through archival sources, alongside their film, photography and literature outputs, I presented their aims, methods and examples of their work. In order to contextualize their approach to the Scottish Highland & Islands landscape, I referred to examples of work by Werner Kissling and John Grierson.
Jenny Gilbertson (1902-1990) moved to Shetland from Glasgow to live on a croft, producing her first film 'A Crofter's Life in Shetland' (60 mins) in 1931. On showing this to John Grierson (1898-1972), he went on to buy a further five of her films on aspects of Shetland life for the G.P.O. Film Unit. Through the time spent living on Shetland in a crofting community, Gilbertson was able to follow the cycles of seasons in her films, both of nature and related crofting activity including farming and fishing. Her engagement and relationships made with the crofters also established a natural rapport with them in front of camera.
Author and photographer Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson (1876-1958) wrote guides, for which her photographs often illustrated, including ‘Wandering in the Western Highlands and Islands‘(1921) and ‘Further Wanderings-Mainly in Argyll’ (1926). Her photography also had a focus on Ardnamurchan, in particular at Sanna, where Donaldson built her house in 1927, complete with photography studio, and lived there until 1947. Donaldson’s landscapes are not composed as passive views to be looked at; they are to be journeyed into. The walk or journey was an integral part of her process.
Margaret Fay Shaw (1903-2004), an American, lived from 1929-35 on a croft on South Uist, with sisters Màiri (1883-1972) and Peigi MacRae (1874-1969), documenting their lives and those of their neighbours, in the community of North Glendale. A trained musician, her primary motivation was to transcribe Gaelic songs at their source. Photography and filming became another means of recording the everyday details. Shaw's life work 'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (1955) brings all aspects together in an immersive portrait.
By presenting the voices and work of Gilbertson, Donaldson, Shaw and Shepherd, this paper proposed an alternative view of the North
Musical life stories : narratives on health musicking
No full textForeword: To music's health / Gary Andsdell. - Editor's preface. - Music, the life trajectory and existential health / Lars Lilliestam. - Life stories : lay musical practices among men and women with long-term sickness absence / Kari Bjerke Batt-Rawden. - A young woman's narrative on the role of mobile music in coping with everyday life / Marie Strand Skånland. - It just makes you feel really good : a narrative and reflection on the affordances of musical fandom across a life course / Jill Halstead. - Music, adolescents and health : narratives about how young people use music as a health resource in daily life / Hege Bjørnestøl Beckmann. - Is music really my best friend? : reflections of two maturing women on one's relationship with music / Katarina Skewes McFerran & Kelly Baird. - Then certain songs came : music listening in the grieving process after loosing a child / Torill Vist & Lars Ole Bonde. - Music, grief and life crisis / Even Ruud. - Musical performance as health promotion : a musician's narrative / Gro Trondalen. - Music therapy in everyday life, with 'the organ as the third therapist' / Randi Rolvsjord. - Less comfortably numb, more meaningfully occupied / Steve Hooper & Simon Procter. - Healing singing / Renate Gretsch. - Together! : RagnaRock, the band and their musical life story / Karette Stensæth & Tom Næss. - Evaluation of community music therapy : why is it a problem? / Stuart Wood. - The musical identities of Danish music therapy students : a study based on musical autobiograpies / Lars Ole Bonde. - Music and talk in tandem : the production of micro-narratives in real time / Tia DeNora. - Authors' personal narratives. - Author informationEditors’ Preface -
This anthology originates from one of the research initiatives of the Centre for Music and Health at the Norwegian Academy of Music. It has been a central aim of the centre, and of this project in particular, to make visible some of the ways in which music in general has become an important part of people’s everyday lives, especially with regard to how people use music to sustain or improve their sense of wellbeing and quality of life. Through this project, we tried to give voice to some of the stories we knew existed in our culture but had yet to be fully articulated or reflected upon. In formulating our project, which was first titled ‘Musical Life Stories: Music as Health Performance’, our colleague Karette Stensæth was incredibly helpful in shaping some of the research questions as well as handling our application for approval from the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Our gratitude likewise extends to the project participants who gave their informed consent for us to tell their stories. We also want to thank all of the anthology authors who contributed to this collection of narratives. Research originating in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Australia and the UK seems to have confirmed our suppositions and has made this anthology a truly international—and, one might add, multi-sited—research project. A distinguished group of international referees also supplied the necessary constructive resistance to these articles, ensuring both their quality and their intersubjective relevance. Our thanks, then, go to Brian Abrams, Anne Balsnes, Alf Björnberg, Thomas Bossius, Rudy Garred, Simon Gilbertson, Carolyn Kenny, Viggo Krüger, Inge Nygaard Pedersen, Odd Skårberg, Hans Petter Solli, Hans Weisethaunet and Barbara Wheeler. We are also very thankful that Gary Ansdell was willing to introduce this anthology with his foreword. In addition, many of us for whom English is a second language could not have managed these contributions without the skillful and creative editing, revising and commenting of Nils Nadeau. Last, but not least, we want to thank the Norwegian Academy of Music, which hosts and supports the Centre for Music and Health. Lars Ole Bonde, Even Ruud, Marie Strand Skånland and Gro Trondalen
Oslo, June 201
Musical life stories : narratives on health musicking
No full textEditors’ Preface -
This anthology originates from one of the research initiatives of the Centre for Music and Health at the Norwegian Academy of Music. It has been a central aim of the centre, and of this project in particular, to make visible some of the ways in which music in general has become an important part of people’s everyday lives, especially with regard to how people use music to sustain or improve their sense of wellbeing and quality of life. Through this project, we tried to give voice to some of the stories we knew existed in our culture but had yet to be fully articulated or reflected upon. In formulating our project, which was first titled ‘Musical Life Stories: Music as Health Performance’, our colleague Karette Stensæth was incredibly helpful in shaping some of the research questions as well as handling our application for approval from the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Our gratitude likewise extends to the project participants who gave their informed consent for us to tell their stories. We also want to thank all of the anthology authors who contributed to this collection of narratives. Research originating in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Australia and the UK seems to have confirmed our suppositions and has made this anthology a truly international—and, one might add, multi-sited—research project. A distinguished group of international referees also supplied the necessary constructive resistance to these articles, ensuring both their quality and their intersubjective relevance. Our thanks, then, go to Brian Abrams, Anne Balsnes, Alf Björnberg, Thomas Bossius, Rudy Garred, Simon Gilbertson, Carolyn Kenny, Viggo Krüger, Inge Nygaard Pedersen, Odd Skårberg, Hans Petter Solli, Hans Weisethaunet and Barbara Wheeler. We are also very thankful that Gary Ansdell was willing to introduce this anthology with his foreword. In addition, many of us for whom English is a second language could not have managed these contributions without the skillful and creative editing, revising and commenting of Nils Nadeau. Last, but not least, we want to thank the Norwegian Academy of Music, which hosts and supports the Centre for Music and Health. Lars Ole Bonde, Even Ruud, Marie Strand Skånland and Gro Trondalen
Oslo, June 201
The Silent Epidemic of Road Traffic Injury: What Can Music Therapists do About It?
No full textCan music therapists do anything about road traffic injury and its effects? Road traffic crashes are responsible for up to 1.2 million deaths and up to 50 million injuries globally each year. One quarter of these injuries are traumatic brain injuries. In this paper, the literature related to music therapy and traumatic brain injury is reviewed. By analysing this literature, it becomes apparent that music therapists have provided for those injured almost to the exclusion of those affected by traumatic brain injury, the family, the community and the society. Using literature related to trauma, the author discusses ways in which music therapists may change the scope of music therapy in relation to caring for people affected by road traffic injury and considers the role music therapists may play in the prevention of road traffic injury in the future
Views of children and young people in foster care survey: education
No full textThis paper explores the educational experiences of children and young people living in foster care in Queensland. Findings are drawn from the responses of 845 children and 1180 young people to the 2011 Views of Children and Young People in Foster Care survey, which is a rich source of information about children’s and young people’s attitudes towards and perceptions of their own education. Findings relate to educational status, key markers of educational disadvantage including suspensions and exclusions, and specific problems children and young people experience at school, as well as children’s and young people’s enjoyment of school and aspirations for the future. Information about educational support, including Educational Support Plans and support provided by Child Safety Officers and Community Visitors are also presented. Where relevant, comparisons are made between the 2011 survey results and prior surveys conducted in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Relationships between key educational measures as well as relationships to other important measures of health and placement stability are also explored.
The findings suggest that children and young people continue to experience educational disadvantage, including high rates of suspension and exclusion and a range of problems at school including problems with schoolwork, bullying and behaviour and that these difficulties can be exacerbated by the child protection system, for example, through placement instability. However, there are reasons for optimism. Children and young people are overwhelmingly likely to report that they enjoy school, expect to complete Year 12 and that their teachers generally like their schoolwork. Furthermore, over time, the proportions of young people reporting that they have an Educational Support Plan have grown, and, importantly, they are more likely to report that these plans are helpful. Analyses in relation to a number of educational variables reveal that young people with a plan they consider to be helpful fare better. Children and young people were also positive about the important role that CSOs and CVs are able to play in supporting their education.
While educational disadvantage is an enduring problem, the survey findings provide evidence of progress in key areas and suggestions for how continued improvements may be made
Monitoring the growth or decline of vegetation on mine dumps
No full textThe author has identified the following signficant results. It was established that particular mine dumps throughout the entire test area can be detected and identified. It was also established that patterns of vegetative growth on the mine dumps can be recognized from a simple visual analysis of photographic images. Because vegetation tends to occur in patches on many mine dumps, it is unsatisfactory to classify complete dumps into categories of percentage vegetative cover. A more desirable approach is to classify the patches of vegetation themselves. The coarse resolution of conventional densitometers restricts the accuracy of this procedure, and consequently a direct analysis of ERTS CCT's is preferred. A set of computer programs was written to perform the data reading and manipulating functions required for basic CCT analysis
Exposure of human communities to wildfire in the Pacific Northwest
No full textTitle from PDF caption (viewed on January 30, 2019).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (page 4).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Growth and decline of vegetation on mine dumps
No full textThe author has identified the following significant results. The main objective is to determine the extent to which can be used to differentiate between mine dumps having varying degrees of vegetative cover. At this stage it is clear that the various mine dumps can be located and identified. Differences in vegetative cover can be seen and measured. Patterns of vegetative growth, some characteristic to particular dumps, can also be seen. It is therefore tentatively concluded that mine dumps can be differentiated with respect to their vegetative cover on the imagery received to date, and this is reported as a significant result. Subsequent imagery showing seasonal variations should facilitate this program. In addition to work on the mine dumps, a photogeological project has been initiated on geotectonics of South Africa. Studies of ERTS-1 images has indicated that major structures (faults, folds, and linear features) associated with the three geotectonic environments can be identified. In addition, major as well as relatively minor stratigraphic subdivisions can be recognized by their color tones. Results obtained warrant continuation of this study using color composite prints enlarged to a scale of 1:500,000
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