Aspects of Liminality in Eilis Ni Dhuibhne's The Dancers Dancing

In this essay I refer Eilis Ni Dhuibhne���s narrative construction of the main characters and the theme of the novel The Dancers Dancing, in the context of the anthropologist Victor Turner���s concept of liminality. Thus the summer in the Gaeltacht that five teenage girls experience, can be understood as a depiction of the liminal phase in a rite of passage. Ni Dhuibhne���s differently constructed characters enlighten different aspects of liminality and through the c��il�� dance their experiences are exposed. Furthermore this essay suggests that Julia Kristeva���s notion of the chora, which can be associated to dance, is also relevant when describing the unbounded and unlimited process that radically can reform social structures. I conclude that the liminal space offers an area of many possibilities. It functions as a free zone where the main characters can freely explore their personal issues that trouble them, or the difficulties of their own society.

Hur ska jag f�� tryck i basen? : Skillnader att mixa bas, bastrumma och andra basinstrument i danceliknande musik i j��mf��relse med ��vrig popul��rmusik

Uppsatsen g��r ut p�� att unders��ka om det finns skillnader p�� tekniker som anv��nds vid mixning av basinstrument i musik avsedd att spelas p�� dansgolv som t.ex. house, trance, hip hop, R n��B, osv. och annan musik som vanligen spelas p�� radio, TV, Mp3-spelare, b��rbara datorer osv. som rock, metal, jazz, pop, osv. Musik som ��r dansinriktad och spelas p�� dansgolv upplevs oftast som starkare i basen, d�� den ocks�� har basinstrumenten som den viktigaste f��r att skapa ett ���groove���. I uppsatsen unders��ks om det finns n��gon speciell teknik som vid mixning av s��dan musik leder till denna basbetoning.Resultatet visar att teknikerna som anv��nds ��r oftast de samma, men anpassade till uppspelningssystemens m��jligheter. Balansen i niv��er mellan de olika basinstrumenten och de ��vriga instrumenten och deras frekvensinneh��ll ��r det som leder till upplevelsen att basinstrumenten l��ter starkare. Allts�� ska basinstrumenten mixas mycket starkare i f��rh��llande med de andra instrumenten. Detta f��r att skapa trycket. Basbetoningen sker d��remot oftast automatiskt av ljudsystemet nattklubbarna, d�� det i f��rv��g ��r inst��llt f��r att lyfta basen.Uppsatsens m��lgrupp ��r personer som ��r nyb��rjare p�� mixning av musik, speciellt dancemusik, samt f��r dem som har problem i mixningen av bas samt de som vill kunna ge sina mixar ett extra tryck i basen.

Visuell Perception : En studie av visuella faktorer kring ett musikaliskt framtr��dande

The essay investigates the visual element as seen by the audience and artist to be of greatest importance to a musicalperformance. The study was conducted in the form of a field work which included doing interviews with artists, surveys of the audience and interpretive observations of live performance. The fieldwork was conducted in three different environments in which I found myself on the spot and performed the various stages included in the field work. It was done to create a surface that could be used in an essay, and through that use this material to compare and analyze my results and in the end be able to answer my questions. I started from eight different factors which all could beexperienced visually on stage. The factors were light / colors, costumes, props, effects, stage presence, attitude / image, nervousness and dance / body language. Those factors would then be examined in the various musical performances and to be answered by the audience and performers which of those factors they considered to be of great importance or small importance when it comes to visual perception in a musical context. The result was a clear statement where two factors were considered to be most crucial for a musical performance, and a clear statement in which two factors were considered by the majority to be less important. The results demonstrate a common understanding what the artist and the audience thinks is important. A result that can act as a template for what an artist should think about regarding the visual elements before an performance. My theory is my assumption that the visual elements of musical performances can play an important or decisive role, an assumption that was strengthened by my empirical experiences at a concert visit. I wanted in this essay explore and give a clear picture of what it is that artists and audiences consider to be visually crucial for a musical context

Elevers uppfattningar av vad man b��r uppn�� efter avslutad kurs i Idrott och H��lsa A : En studie av tv�� gymnasieskolor i ��rskurs 2 ��� ett elevperspektiv

The purpose of this work is to see if the students, on two separate high schools, understand what skills you should achieve after completing the course in physical education and health A 100 points. The entire study is based on a student perspective. In order to best answer the purpose, the questionnaire used in the "available groups" in schools. The questions for the work are: To what extent and how students perceive what they should achieve after completing the course in Sport and Health A?, Which is the goal, based on the curriculum in Physical Education, that students feel are important to achieve? and how do a comparison like between these two schools on the basis of what students perceive that they must achieve in Sport and Health A?The result shows that the main goal that finds support in the course objectives is an assertion; Has knowledge of what to eat to maintain or improve health, which over 90% of students had checked in. The least important goal was the claim 14; Know woods and fields and carry out outdoor activities, as 30% of students had checked in. The most important goal that does not find support in the course objectives is claim 10; to be reversed to the lessons, which was 88% in response rate among students. Here was the least important goal, claim 6; to be skilled in various ball games, which received 17% of student responses. The findings revealed that there is a clear health perspective in physical education in the studied groups at the two schools, one can also see that there is an uneven distribution of the elements included in the curriculum of Sport and Health A, and the outdoor life and dance is rare in the teaching of the groups studied at the two schools. Finally, it appeared that the lesson content and teaching are likely to have a significant role in student perceptions of course goals.