Search for dissertations about: "improvisation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the word improvisation.

  2. 16. Resilience in High Risk Work : Analysing Adaptive Performance

    Author : Amy Rankin; Henrik Eriksson; Margareta Lützhöft; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Resilience Engineering; Safety Management; Adaptive Capacity; Improvisation;

    Abstract : In today’s complexsocio-technical systems it is not possible to foresee and prepare for allfuture events. To cope with the intricacy and coupling between people,technical systems and the dynamic environment people are required tocontinuously adapt. READ MORE

  4. 17. Drama in School - Events of Learning and Processes of Becoming : An example from Sweden

    Author : Susanne Rosén; University of Chester; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; drama education; dramatic acting; improvisation; interconnection; learning process; post-constructionism; processes of becoming;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with issues relating to how learning takes place within drama education. The overall aim of the research study described in this thesis is to contribute to knowledge regarding what drama can be and how learning takes place in drama education when it constitutes a recurring part of compulsory schooling in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 18. Counterpoint and Partimento : Methods of Teaching Composition in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

    Author : Peter van Tour; Lars Dr.; Robert Gjerdingen; Lars Berglund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eighteenth-century music; Naples; conservatories; counterpoint; composition; compositional theory; improvisation; partimento; solfeggio; basso seguente; choral fugue; Francesco Durante; Leonardo Leo; Nicola Sala; Fedele Fenaroli; Musicology; Musikvetenskap; Musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : During the second half of the eighteenth century, the city of Naples had three music conservatories: the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Onofrio, the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, and the Conservatorio di Santa Maria della Pietà de’ Turchini. Through disciplines such as solfeggio, partimento, and counterpoint, the students at these institutions received highly professional training in singing, instrumental playing, and composition. READ MORE

  6. 19. Playing at Work : Organizational Play as a Facilitator of Creativity

    Author : Samuel West; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; improvisation; workplace meetings; organizations; innovation; organizational creativity; playfulness; creativity; Play;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how play may benefit creativity in organizational contexts. Play and playfulness have previously been linked to creativity in children and adults, but empirical organizational research is scarce. A widely accepted definition of creativity is that it involves the production of something that is both novel and appropriate. READ MORE

  7. 20. Monsters I Love : On Multivocal Arts

    Author : Alex Nowitz; Rolf Hughes; Sten Sandell; Åse Tone; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Music; acousmatic and disembodied voice; æsthetics of uncertainty and in-between; composer-performer; contemporary vocal performance art; custom musical instrument DIY ; digital musical instrument DMI ; electronic and electroacoustic music; expanding the field of vocal performance art; extended vocal techniques; extending the voice; gesture-controlled live electronics; improvisation and real-time composition; inclusive vocal performance practises; interactive sound and music; multidirectional listening; multivocality; multivocal voice; new vocality; sampling practises for vocal and musical improvisation; schizophonic practices; sensor-based and computer-based technology; singer-composer; sound art; sound technology; STEIM; strophonion; vocal materiality and liminality; vocal personas; vocal sound dance; wireless technology; Performativa och mediala praktiker; Performative and media based practices; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Opera; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Opera;

    Abstract : Proposing a ‘multivocal practice’ in the vocal arts, this exposition (documented artistic research project) embodies an inclusive approach to four core categories for the contemporary performance voice: the singing, speaking, extended and disembodied voice. The culmination of a four-year PhD project in the Performative and mediated practices, with specializations in choreography/film and media/opera /performing arts, it documents artistic research sub-projects through the presentation of multimedia material, interweaving performance recordings with reflection and informative threads. READ MORE