Search for dissertations about: "popular music and society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words popular music and society.

  2. 1. The Oral University. Attitudes to music teaching and learning in the Gambia

    Author : Eva Saether; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; multicultural; Music education; intercultural; orality; jali; the Gambia; Pedagogik; Pedagogy and didactics; Teacher education; didaktik; Lärarutbildning;

    Abstract : The present study seeks to examine attitudes to teaching and learning among jalis in the Gambia. Although this is the main focus, the horizon of which the study is carried out, analysed and discussed, is the development of music teacher education in Sweden during the last three decades, and of which I have been a participant. READ MORE

  4. 2. Magical Flutes : Music Culture and Music Groups in a Changing Bolivia

    Author : Sari Pekkola; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Bolivia; ethnography; urban music movement; emergent culture; popular music and society; Music culture; musicians; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The main part of this dissertation consists of an ethnographic study of three music groups which are part of an urban music movement in Bolivia. I describe the groups Los Masis, Inkallajta and Flor Tani Tani, their experiences and their ideas about music-making. READ MORE

  5. 3. Using Alliances to Increase ICT Capabilities

    Author : Paul Pierce; Institutionen för informatik; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alliance; ICT capability; Transfer Capacity; Relationship Governance; Culture;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is perhaps the most important, emblematic and ubiquitous technology of contemporary society. ICT is used increasingly in new product areas and help resolve problems and challenges to mankind; it has even gotten to a point where life without ICT is hard to imagine. READ MORE

  6. 4. Exploring Processor and Memory Architectures for Multimedia

    Author : Ali Iranpour; Institutionen för datavetenskap; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Multimedia; Computer Architecture; Mobile; Embedded Systems; constraint programming; Memory; Processing; optimal memory mapping;

    Abstract : Multimedia has become one of the cornerstones of our 21st century society and, when combined with mobility, has enabled a tremendous evolution of our society. However, joining these two concepts introduces many technical challenges. READ MORE

  7. 5. Existentiell ensamhet hos sköra äldre personer : vårdpersonals och volontärers erfarenheter och behov av stöd

    Author : Malin Sundström; Anna-Karin Edberg; Kerstin Blomqvist; Rämgård Margareta; Faculty of Health Science; []
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    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to explore healthcare professionals’ and volunteers’ experiences of encountering older persons’ existential loneliness, the significance of the care context, and first-line managers’ view of support. Three of the studies were qualitative with a descriptive design (studies I–III) and the fourth was quantitative with a cross-sectional design (Study IV). READ MORE