318 research outputs found
Hymn to Liberty
No full textTitle: Ὕµνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν (Hymn to Liberty) Originally published: In the appendix to the second volume of Claude Fauriel’s Chants populaires de la Grèce Moderne (Paris: Didot, 1825). In the same year another version was published in Messolongi, together with an Italian translation. Language: Greek The modern critical edition is Dionysios Solomos, παντα, v. 1. Ποιήµατα (Athens: Ικαρος, 1979), p. 71. About the author Dionysios Solomos [1798, Zante (Gr. Zakynthos) – 1857, Corfu (Gr. Kerkyr..
Solomos Solomou, Phases of economic growth 1850-1973. Kondratieff waves and Kuznets swings
No full textGrenier Jean-Yves. Solomos Solomou, Phases of economic growth 1850-1973. Kondratieff waves and Kuznets swings. In: Histoire & Mesure, 1991 volume 6 - n°1-2. Séries temporelles. pp. 193-196
Race, Rumours and Riots: Past, Present and Future
No full textThe riots of August 2011 have led to renewed discussion about the conditions that help to shape outbreaks of urban unrest. The role of race and ethnicity in the riots is one of the factors that has been discussed, although it has received relatively little attention when compared to earlier riots in 1981 and 1985. This paper argues that it is important to avoid easy generalisations about the role of race in the events of August 2011. It then explores the links between the riots and issues such as policing, urban deprivation and unemployment, and political inclusion and exclusion. It suggests that there is a need to locate the riots within their specific local and social environments and for more empirically focused research on the localities in which they occurred.Race; Riots; Collective Violence; Violence; Rumours
Les évolutions récentes de la musique contemporaine en France
No full textInternational audienceLes évolutions récentes de la musique contemporaine en France 1 Makis Solomos en allemand : « Die neuesten Entwicklungen der zeitgenössischen Musik in Frankreich », traduction allemande Hans-Horst Henschen, Musik und Ästhetik vol.4 n°16, Stuttgart, 2000, p. 80-89 D'une tradition moderniste La France est l'un des rares pays qui possède une solide tradition de musique contemporaine, c'est-à-dire d'une musique qui s'inscrit dans la modernité telle qu'elle se parachève au XXe siècle et qui n'est pas seulement " contemporaine " au sens chronologique. Certes, la modernité ne s'y est pas imposée sans livrer de combats — pensons seulement au néoclassicisme de l'entre-deux-guerres (dont la France fut le héraut) qui instaure un " trou " entre les innovations de Debussy et la génération des féroces modernes nés dans les années 1920. Cependant, depuis environ 1950, la musique contemporaine, plus que dans tout autre pays, y a gagné de nombreuses batailles, ce qui explique peut-être pourquoi on en est venu aujourd'hui à parler " d'académisme moderniste " — les combats des ancêtres ayant fini par donner naissance à des " privilèges " , pour employer une terminologie encore parlante en France. Quiconque voudrait comprendre la situation récente devrait donc commencer par établir une liste de ces ancêtres, une tâche qu'on ne peut ici que schématiser à l'extrême sous la forme de quatre tendances elles-mêmes simplifiées. La première, de loin la plus importante, couvre tout le siècle et comprend plusieurs générations. Elle se centre sur le son, sur la présence et la plénitude sonores : avec elle, la composition du son se substitue progressivement à la composition avec des sons. Inaugurée en quelque sorte par Claude Debussy (1862-1918), l'initiateur français de la modernité, cette tendance s'est radicalisée avec Edgar Varèse (1883—1965) qui, comme on le sait, devra attendre les années 1950 pour obtenir un début de reconnaissance en France. Elle s'instaure durablement à partir des années 1950 avec Iannis Xenakis (né en 1922) ainsi que la naissance de la musique concrète autour de Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) et de Pierre Henry (1927). Elle se prolonge avec des compositeurs comme Luc Ferrari (1929), François Bayle (1932) ou François-Bernard Mâche (1935). Elle prit un nouvel élan avec les recherches sur la synthèse du son menées par Jean-Claude Risset (1938), qui ne sont pas étrangères à sa plus récente manifestation, dont il sera question par la suite, la musique dite " spectrale ". Notons que cette tradition a bénéficié des apports extrêmes-orientaux d'un Jean-Claude Eloy (1938) ou d'un Yoshihisa Taïra (1938). Une seconde tendance est centrée au contraire sur la décomposition du son en " paramètres " et sur la recherche de " structures " , sur l'absence, sur la " Figure du Négatif " 2
Responding to the Threat of Violent Extremism - Failing to Prevent
No full textThe shocking 7/7 London bombings and subsequent plots have confirmed the Islamist terrorist threat faced by the UK. How should we understand such home-grown terrorism, and how successful since 2005 have government attempts to ‘prevent violent extremism’ through community-based education been? This 2012 monograph draws on research evidence, much of it from work with young people in the north of England, to suggest that the 'Prevent' policy approaches have been misguided and ineffective, further alienating British Muslim communities rather than supporting longer-term attempts to encourage community cohesion and integration that provides resilience against extremism
Dionysios Solomós: dall’isola di Zante la formazione del linguaggio poetico neogreco
No full textThe purpose of this essay is to investigate the issue of linguistic identity in countries in which geographical and cultural boundaries are not clearly defined, as in the case of modern Greece and the Ionian Islands. This issue will be pursued by the analysis of Theo Angelopoulos’ movie Eternity and a day, inspired by the Eighteenth-century Greek poet Dionysios Solomos, in which the Greek director considers the language as a possibility to recover a lost identity. The bilingualism characterizing Solomos’ poetry, switching from Italian to modern Greek, should be considered in the light of the peculiar history of the Ionian Islands, which had been under Venetian Authority for centuries. Having explored the linguistic topic in the Ionian Islands and in Greece, the author’s attention is then focused on the bilingualism of the Greek poet, with samples in Italian and modern Greek idioms, and frequent references to essays and writings exploiting the linguistic issue. Angelopoulos’ movie will be then illustrated, emphasizing its main themes: time and words. Focusing on this last aspect, the sections of the movie which draw direct or indirect inspiration from Solomos’ literary and poetic production will be analyzed, basing on the original screenplay in modern Greek. The connection between identity and language has been developed according also to Heidegger’s philosophy. Finally it will be demonstrated that the importance Angelopoulos assigns to Solomos’ figure in order to explain the meaning of linguistic identity is not so appropriate. Infact the Greek director doesn’t seem to keep in adequate consideration the significance of bilingualism in Solomos’ poetry.</p
The impact of the struggle for racial equality in the United States on British racialised relations from 1958 to 1968
No full textDuring the late 1950s and the 1960s America faced a high level of racial tension. At the same time Britain imposed racially discriminatory immigration controls and passed legislation to outlaw racial discrimination. This thesis asks to what extent the events in the United States had an impact on the response of British institutions to the development of a multi-racial society and increased rate of non-white immigration during these crucial years between the 1958 race riots to the Kenyan Asian crisis. The first part of the thesis examines the background to British perceptions about both the 'special relationship' with the United States and images of African Americans in the period prior to the years under review. It explores the ways in which the white British population was more informed about African Americans than the inhabitants of the colonies, and subsequently the Commonwealth. The following section examines ways in which the press and government drew on the activities of the Civil Rights Movement and the rise of Black Power in the United States during the 1960s to illustrate and support their arguments. It notes the high level of interest in Britainin American news and the increasing sense of concern within press reports and debates in the House that Britain was heading for an American style racial conflict. The third part of the thesis examines four sections of the British population which could be said to have a special interest in this issue: the non-white immigrants themselves; antiimmigrants groups; the religious denominations and British Jews: and organisations which sought to promote racial harmony. The study examines not only the response of these sections of the population to American racial trouble but the ways in which their activities had an impact on British perceptions. As the most concerned sections of the population, their activities were those most frequently reported by the press. In varying degrees, the responses of these sections of the population to the issues of immigration and racial discrimination reflected a growing concern that Britain was following the United States towards racial conflict. This perception was fed by both the press and government action and in turn had an impact on both public opinion and politicians and created a national mood in which debate over these related issues was coloured by the increasingly tense racial situation in the United States. 1967 and 1968 were the years in which this national perception was at its height and witnessed the passage of the Immigration Bill which excluded the entry of Kenyan Asians and the extension of Race Relations legislation. This thesis traces the development ofthis national mood, the significance of which has previously been underestimated
Operational and technological energy efficiency and decarbonisation potential of supply chains
No full textSupply chains can be energy intensive and present significant challenges towards their improvement in efficiency across multiple stages. The present work presents a modelling framework for identifying the stages and processes along supply chains which can offer the greatest potential in achieving savings in energy consumption. The identified stages in the present study are: production, transportation and storage/retail. To quantify and assess the potential for improvement in each of these three stages/processes, modelling frameworks are developed, tested and showcased.
The modelling framework developed for the production stage shows the importance of glasshouses’ thermal envelope properties, operational parameters, as well as the impact of location and temporal variability on their energy performance. The transport stage is analysed while optimising the allocation and distribution of products in multi-echelon multi-period supply chains. Modelling frameworks employing deterministic and heuristic approaches are developed for this purpose. The addition of processing stages to these modelling frameworks show their ability to contribute towards better performance, particularly at higher vehicle capacities and for small stores. The retail/storage stage is found to be dominated by electricity consumption, particularly in the case of refrigerated products. The novel approach of electricity storage technologies as solutions towards savings is considered through the thermo-economic modelling of newly proposed thermo-mechanical systems. Their potential as energy solutions is found to be affected by both internal (e.g. roundtrip efficiency, capital costs) and external (e.g. renewable technologies present, electricity prices) factors.
The ability to quantify and assess supply chains using standardised approaches can be a way towards mapping energy consumption, carbon emissions and energy costs. Analyses of outputs from such investigations can offer pathways for improvement as well as contribute to the development of strategies for setting and meeting environmental targets. Findings from this work present potential opportunities through the utilisation of the modelling frameworks developed.Open Acces
Orient-Occident. From the film version to the concert version
No full textInternational audienceOne of the first electroacoustic music histories, published in 1972, presented Xenakis' Orient-Occident (the concert version) as a masterpiece of electroacoustic music . Why did the author choose Orient-Occident among Xenakis' other early electroacoustic compositions? Probably because it is the least like Xenakis: compared to the granular works (Concret PH, Analogique B) and to the continuum ones (Diamorphoses, Bohor), Orient-Occident sounds very much like musique concrète. And this is perhaps due to the fact that, in the beginning, the piece was not intended for the concert hall, but was conceived as a "functional" project: film music
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