El Cançoner virtual i interactiu Prodiemus: base de dades de cançons tradicionals catalanes. Anàlisi musical i propostes interdisciplinàries en línia

Des de temps reculats, la cançó ha estat una forma d’entreteniment cultural i una manera d’expressar els sentiments de la col·lectivitat que l’ha produït i preservat oralment de generació en generació. En aquest sentit, la música vocal ha contribuït a la salvaguarda de la llengua. Però en el context d’una societat globalitzadora, industrialitzada i tecnificada com la nostra, les manifestacions tradicionals, arrelades a la cultura de cada poble, van sofrint grans transformacions, amb el perill que acabin diluint-se fins a desaparèixer. A banda d’iniciatives internacionals com la de la Convenció per a la Salvaguarda del Patrimoni Cultural Immaterial (PCI), n’hi ha d’altres a nivell nacional que també intenten preservar el legat del seu poble i que el mantenen viu; algunes són impulsades pels mateixos governs o òrgans institucionals, i d’altres corresponen a iniciatives associacionistes o privades. Semblantment, arreu de Catalunya trobem entitats que es preocupen i vetllen pel nostre patrimoni cultural (ni que sigui de manera anecdòtica, desvinculada de la pràctica normalitzada). És en aquest context on es situa el Cançoner virtual i interactiu PRODIEMUS: base de dades de cançons tradicionals catalanes (disponible a www.prodiemus.com). El web Prodiemus (acrònim de Propostes, Reflexions i Didàctica Interdisciplinària per Educar a través de la Música) és un entorn multidisciplinari que pretén ser un espai per a la difusió de la música tradicional catalana. S’articula a través del Cançoner virtual i interactiu Prodiemus com a recurs didàctic tant per a l’àrea de música com per altres àrees curriculars, i de la revista electrònica també anomenada Prodiemus

Canconer popular.

Each volume originally published separately as individual numbers containing a single song, with descriptive notes.

12 cançons populars catalanes /

The last page contains only blank staves.

Librarians' perceptions on the use of electronic resources at Catalan academic libraries: results of a focus group

The aim of this paper is to expand on previous quantitative and qualitative research into the use of electronic information resources and its impact on the information behaviour of academics at Catalan universities.

International review of environmental assessment tools and databases

Existing widely known environmental assessment models, primarily those for Life Cycle Assessment of manufactured products and buildings, were reviewed to grasp their characteristics, since the past several years have seen a significant increase in interest and research activity in the development of building environmental assessment methods. Each method or tool was assessed under the headings of description, data requirement, end-use, assessment criteria (scale of assessment and scoring/ weighting system)and present status

Songs of Resilience

The chapters of this book form a persuasive chorus of social practices that advocate the use of music to build a capacity for resilience in individuals and groups. As a whole they exemplify music projects that share common features aligned with an ecological view of reform in health, education and social work systems. Internationally renowned and early career academics have collaborated with practitioners to sing ‘Songs of Resilience’; some of which are narratives that report on the effects of music practices for a general population, and some are based on a specific approach, genre or service. Others are quite literally ‘songs’ that demonstrate aspects of resilience in action. The book makes the connection between music and resilience explicit by posing the following questions—Do music projects in education, health and social services build a measurable capacity for resilience amongst individuals? Can we replicate these projects’ outcomes to develop a capacity for resilience in diverse cultural groups? Does shared use of the term ‘resilience’ help to secure funding for innovative musical activities that provide tangible health, education and social outcomes?