3,478 research outputs found
The visual determinants of the rod-and-frame illusion.
No full textThe research reported in this thesis developed from two experiments previously reported by Beh, Wendetoth and Purcell (1971) and Deb and Wenderoth (1972), which were concerned with illusiOns induced by tilted outline frames, and particularly with a theoretical account of the results in terms of the "major axes hypothesis"
The angular function of an aftereffect of slant : a methodological study.
No full textThe aim of this investigation was to measure the angular (distance) function of a "three-dimensional" slant aftereffect (AE), in order to test certain hypotheses concerning the determinants of the effect. Previous attempts to measure the relationship between the magnitude of slant AE and angle of slant of the inducing (I) figure have not been satisfactory (Kohler and Emery, 1947; Bergman and Gibson, 1959; Wenderoth, 1963)
Interview with Michael Cronin
No full textMichael Cronin (Ph. D. Trinity College, Dublin). Author of the ground-breaking, Translating Ireland, (Routledge 1996) Michael Cronin is the foremost translation scholar working in Ireland today. Cronin established the cultural review Graph with Peter Sirr and Barra Ó Séaghdha in 1986 and was involved in the setting up of the Irish Translators Association and the creation of Ireland Literature Exchange, the body responsible for funding the translation of Iri..
Peter Meinke and Michael Blumenthal: A Conversation, 31st Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textPeter Meinke’s most recent books are The Contracted World (2006, poems); Unheard Music (2007, stories); and The Shape of Poetry (2008, essays on writing). His work has received many awards, including O’Henry and Best American fiction, three prizes from the Poetry Society of America, and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. He held the Mina Hohenberg Darden Chair in Creative Writing at ODU in 2003-05, and earlier this year, he was Distinguished Poet in Residence at Wichita State University.
Michael Blumenthal is the author of the memoir All My Mothers and Fathers (2002) and of Dusty Angel (1999), his sixth book of poems. His seventh book of poetry, And, will be published in 2009. His novel, Weinstock Among the Dying (l994), won a Hadassah Magazine prize for the best work of Jewish fiction. Formerly director of creative writing at Harvard, Blumenthal currently holds the Mina Hohenberg Darden Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at ODU. He has lived and taught in Hungary, Israel, Germany and France; in May 2007, he worked with orphaned infant chacma baboons in South Africa. He spends his summers in a small village near the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary
Music for classical guitar by South African composers : a historical survey, notes on selected works and a general catalogue
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-309).This is the first comprehensive investigation of music for, or including, the classical guitar by South African composers. The focus of this research has been, firstly, to uncover as much of the repertoire as possible, and, secondly, to collate, study, catalogue and report on the information. A brief historical survey of the guitar in South Africa provides the context within which this study was conducted. The primary sources of quantitative data collection were through the archival catalogues of the South African Music Rights Organisation and through personal contact with guitarists, composers and guitar teachers. Other sources consulted were publishers, broadcasting corporations, recording companies, libraries and the internet. The body of the dissertation comprises biographical sketches, background notes, analyses and technical notes on 17 selected solo and chamber works dating from 1947 to 2007 by some of South Africa's most prominent composers and guitaristcomposers. The repertoire ranges in style from the traditional and ethnically inspired to the experimental and abstract. As this is an empirical survey, each selected entry includes details on instrumentation, duration, level of difficulty, number of pages, scordatura, commissions or requests, sources or publishers, premières and recordings. A biography of each composer is provided as well as background notes which offer an overview of the selected work. The notes discuss historical, cultural, musical and extra-musical influences, and frequently include references to interview material. The commentaries on the selected works, with musical examples, include an analytical component describing structure, form, stylistic and compositional elements, while the technical observations include performance suggestions and a grading for each work
Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates talks about Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges and his relationship with MSU
No full textIn a lecture entitled "Borges and MSU", Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Donald A. Yates discusses his long personal and professional relationship with acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Yates describes Borges' childhood, reads from his work and tells of helping bring the author to MSU as an artist in residence in 1976. Yates says that knowing Borges "is probably the most important thing in my life". Yates is introduced by MSU Assistant Director of Libraries Peter Berg and MSU Professor Michael Koppisch
An annotated catalogue of selected works for clarinet by South African composers
No full textThe dissertation consists of an annotated catalogue of nineteen selected works for clarinet by South African composers. These are presented in chronological order, based on the year of composition. A short biographyof the composer is given before the work is discussed. Of the analysed works, all those for solo clarinet or for clarinet and piano have been graded. A thesis of a similar nature, written in 1989 by L.A. Hartshorne, entitled ""The Compositions for Clarinet by South African Composers"", contains details of twenty-four works written between 1928 and circa 1981. The majority of the compositions analysed in the current dissertation were written from around 1981 onwards, and to some extent, therefore, this research could be seen as complementary to the information contained in the aforementioned thesis. An addendum lists all the South African works featuring solo clarinet that the author was able to trace. These include solo works, cham ber works for up to nineteen instruments and concerto-type works with strings or orchestra
Theory in (forest) history - A success story?
No full textThe following attempt at a short essay is based on observations predominantly made in Germany and personal experiences respectively. Its aim is to portray how the author reached 'the theory' and how history in general as well as the historiography of forestry in particular approaches theory and its underlying assumptions. As a result, the diverse historical sub-disciplines are endeavoring with varying 'success' to employ and develop theoretical approaches (theory turn). However, as there is no consensus on an operational definition of theory to the present day, this dialog focuses on epistemological reflections rather than theoretical models. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Theory in (forest) history - A success story? (Reprinted from Forest Policy and Economics, vol 51, pg 57-61, 2016)
No full textThe following attempt at a short essay is based on observations predominantly made in Germany and personal experiences respectively. Its aim is to portray how the author reached 'the theory' and how history in general as well as the historiography of forestry in particular approaches theory and its underlying assumptions. As a result, the diverse historical sub-disciplines are endeavoring with varying 'success' to employ and develop theoretical approaches (theory turn). However, as there is no consensus on an operational definition of theory to the present day, this dialog focuses on epistemological reflections rather than theoretical models. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Summary of published research and publication list
No full textSection B of this document summarises the coherent subset of my published research on which I have chosen to be examined (57 papers); and Section C lists all my publications, excluding conference proceedings and published abstracts.
Individuals named as co-authors on publications are all those persons without whose assistance the work would not have been done. These include all research assistants provided by the Australian Research Grants Scheme, 1978-1984 and 1986—1988; and by the Australian Research Council in 1989. These Research Assistants are: D. White, 1978-1979; M. Johnson, 1980-1984; T. O’Connor, 1986; S. Johnstone, 1987; and R. van der Zwan, 1988-1989.
With very few exceptions, in the case of the 53 papers papers to be examined and upon which I appear as first author, the initial idea, experimental design, some or all of the data collection, the data analysis, the writing of the manuscript and the figure preparation were all done by me. With reference to all of the 73 papers listed in Section C, those on which I appear as other than first author were Psychology IV Honours or MA students’ projects to which I contributed by assisting with the research and writing the paper (15, 16, 18, 20, 33, 58, 68, 71), collaborative efl‘orts in all respects with other staff at this or some other University (5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 25, 26, 34, 48, 51) or were papers to which I contributed substantially but judged that the research assistant’s contribution warranted first authorship (66, 72)
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