Search for dissertations about: "bagpipe"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word bagpipe.

2. 1. From Icon to Identity. Scottish Piping & Drumming in Scandinavia

   Author : Mats d Hermansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bagpipe; drum; pipe band; icon; identity; Scandinavia; Scotland; Highland; function of music; imaginary world; impact of music; insider; outsider; learning music; learning music.;

   Abstract : In the 1960s, a few individuals in Scandinavia got so interested in Scottish Highland piping and pipe band drumming that they started to play themselves, although there was no existing tradition for this music in Scandinavia, and they formed a small community of dedicated pipers and drummers. The major objective of this thesis is to analyse the background to why and processes through which the marginal culture of Scottish piping and drumming spread to and developed in Scandinavia as well as to interrogate what use and function this genre of music may have in Scandinavia. READ MORE

4. 2. Harnessing the power of model systems to investigate regulation of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase function

   Author : Patricia Mendoza-Garcia; Ruth Palmer; Jan Larsson; Åsa Rasmuson Lestander; Stefan Luschnig; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; RTK; ALK; Drosophila; Danio rerio; ALKALs; signal transduction; transcription factor; visceral mesoderm; iridophores; neural crest; molekylärbiologi; Molecular Biology;

   Abstract : The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), initially identified as a translocation partner in anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), has been described in a number of tumors such as neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a neural crest derived malignancy of the sympathetic nervous system. READ MORE