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    [Rezension zu:] Jonathan Wagner. A History of Migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2006. 281 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9780774812153

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    Jonathan Wagner has written a monograph on a migration movement that was in many ways a peripheral one. From a Canadian perspective, Germans accounted for a relatively minor share of immigrants, compared to former residents of the British Isles, of eastern or southern Europe. Seen from Germany, Canada was one of many destinations for migrants who wished to leave the country and were prepared to travel over long distances, but were, for whatever reason, not attracted by the United States, the destination for the overwhelming majority of transcontinental emigrants. Nevertheless, the movement from Germany to Canada was significant in absolute and often symbolic terms. The way Wagner tells it, the story of German-Canadian migration was a tale of parallel experiences: both Germany and Canada experienced federation and increasing international autonomy from the 1860s; both were ruled by domineering conservative figures presiding over de facto liberalization in the 1870s; both participated in the First World War, and both went through traumatic economic crises in the interwar period. ..

    How do I compose? (Reflections on Wagner Dream)

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    Written in May of 2007, in this text Jonathan Harvey reflects on his compositional method by returning to the genesis of his opera Wagner Dream. He notably addresses such things as: the personal associations connected to the first note played by the horn; the conceptual logic behind the two main harmonic spaces; the effect of a heavy storm in one of the places he composed; and what he drew from Wagner’s work and ideas for his own opera.Dans ce texte écrit en mai 2007, Jonathan Harvey s’interroge sur sa manière de composer, à la faveur d’un retour rétrospectif sur la genèse de son opéra Wagner Dream. Il aborde notamment : les évocations personnelles associées à la première note jouée par le cor ; la logique de conception des deux espaces harmoniques principaux ; l’incidence d’une forte tempête qui s’est produite sur l’un des lieux de la composition ; ce qu’il a tiré de la pensée et l’oeuvre de Wagner pour son opéra

    Jonathan Ned Katz Author Event: The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adam

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    “The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams,” interview with author, Jonathan Ned Katz, moderated by Emily Weiner (WWU) and organized by Congregation Beth Israel

    Contemporary Literature. Analysis of Jonathan Bazzi's novels

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    openDopo una breve panoramica della letteratura italiana degli ultimi vent’anni si analizzano i due romanzi di Jonathan Bazzi "Febbre" e "Corpi minori" dai punti di vista formale, stilistico e tematico. Si discute inoltre il rapporto tra social media, autofiction e autore; nel capitolo 4 si riporta l'intervista che Bazzi ci ha gentilmente concesso, in cui questi argomenti vengono ripresi. Si individuano alcune differenze che i testi mostrano rispetto alla letteratura moderna, e gli aspetti che hanno in comune con quella contemporanea; nel fare questo si accennano quindi alcune caratteristiche della società che li ha prodotti.The paper starts off with a brief overview of the contemporary Italian literature; then the reader is guided through an analysis of Jonathan Bazzi's novels, "Febbre" ("Fever") and "Corpi minori" ("Minor bodies"), both translated in English and published by Scribe. The relationship between author, autofiction and social media will also be discussed; in chapter four the reader will find the interview Bazzi kindly granted us

    Jonathan Neufeld: "Democratic Virtuosity: Music and the Public Sphere"

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    Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Thinking Out of the Lunch Box - Video - Jonathan Neufeld: 'Democratic Virtuosity: Music and the Public Sphere.'" By Vanderbilt University. Jonathan Neufeld, assistant professor of philosophy, speaks at the Nashville Public Library's Main Library on May 6, 2009, as part of the Thinking Out of the Lunch Box series co-sponsored by Vanderbilt and the public library. Neufeld discusses Daniel Barenboim's unannounced conducting of a Richard Wagner piece at a concert in Israel, defying an unofficial ban against the performance of works by Wagner. He also talks about how composer Gabriela Lena Frank expresses traditional Peruvian music through European forms and instruments. He illustrates his lecture by playing musical selections, and he takes questions at the end. Professor of philosophy David Wood introduces Neufeld.Nashville Public LibraryPhilosophy Departmen

    Administration and Curricula of the Introductory Graduate Music Research Course

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    The introductory research course is an integral part of many graduate music programs, yet there have been few studies that discuss its curricula across institutions. A questionnaire was sent to instructors of the course to identify shared pedagogical approaches among North American schools of music. The survey was divided into sections that prompted respondents to identify issues discussed in the course, including the types and titles of resources, research methodologies, and library use topics. With a response rate of over 40 percent, the survey also contains valuable data concerning the professional identifications of instructors, assignments used for grading, common textbooks, perception of the course’s efficacy, and more. Shared features of the course included the importance of electronic resources; the minimal use of Internet-mediated instruction formats; a strong preference for English-language materials; and a focus on resources such as databases, style guides, collected works, monuments of music, and thematic catalogs over and above others such as repertoire guides, discographies, directories, and iconographies.Peer reviewedThis publication first appeared in Notes Volume 71, Number 3, March 2015, pp. 448-478. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. Copyright 2015, Jonathan Sauceda

    Citizen participation in news

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    The process of producing news has changed significantly due to the advent of the Web, which has enabled the increasing involvement of citizens in news production. This trend has been given many names, including participatory journalism, produsage, and crowd-sourced journalism, but these terms are ambiguous and have been applied inconsistently, making comparison of news systems difficult. In particular, it is problematic to distinguish the levels of citizen involvement, and therefore the extent to which news production has genuinely been opened up. In this paper we perform an analysis of 32 online news systems, comparing them in terms of how much power they give to citizens at each stage of the news production process. Our analysis reveals a diverse landscape of news systems and shows that they defy simplistic categorisation, but it also provides the means to compare different approaches in a systematic and meaningful way. We combine this with four case studies of individual stories to explore the ways that news stories can move and evolve across this landscape. Our conclusions are that online news systems are complex and interdependent, and that most do not involve citizens to the extent that the terms used to describe them imply

    To what extent is Lemuel Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift a reflection of the writer with regard to political and religious views, and attitudes toward women and the concept of family?

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    This extended essay is an examination of the extent to which the protagonist Lemuel Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels is a reflection of Jonathan Swift. It involves the exploration of this research question in terms of politics, religion, attitude to women and family; with references to this piece of literature and some secondary resources when necessary. The quotations from published literary criticism are either refuted by examples from the novel or supported in the light of evidence from the novel. Other secondary resources include Swift’s two other prose works, The Modest Proposal and A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage, which are referred to briefly for clarification of the evidence. The purpose of this study is to analyse in what ways and to what extent the protagonist is an author-surrogate in the abovementioned ways. This essay is comprised of two sections, namely “politics and religion” and “women and family”, each focusing on a particular aspect of the investigation. In the first section, Swift’s political and religious standpoint is discussed extensively in order to correctly evaluate Gulliver’s paradigm. By making connections between the beliefs of the author and those of Gulliver, the relation between the two is established to support the claim of this essay. In the second section, the female figures in the novel and Gulliver’s perception of them are inspected. The plot is also taken into consideration in this part of the inquiry although the central focus is on the persona. In the conclusion, it is validated that Gulliver is a reflection of Jonathan Swift with regard to political and religious vision, and attitude towards women and family, by juxtaposing and assembling the main elements of personification of Gulliver and Jonathan Swift’s personal ideas and experiences

    Marie Wagner Collection

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    A short letter written by Marie Wagner about her mother, Catherine Wagner, and family growing up in Russia as a German.A short letter written by Marie Wagner about her mother, Catherine Wagner, and family growing up in Russia as a German

    Introduction to sustainable composites

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    Professor Ian Hamerton, Dr Lois Jane Hobson & Dr Jonathan Wagner introduce the Royal Society of Chemistry cross-journal themed collection on sustainable composites.</p
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