Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 4 of 4
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Career Potential For New Science Journalists, Troy Coyle
Career Potential For New Science Journalists, Troy Coyle
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
Despite public support for science reportage, science stories are rare in Australian media. The reasons for this are not clear but the net impact is that there are few opportunities for aspiring science journalists in a market that is dominated by a few high-profile individuals. Thus, budding science journalists would probably be best served by trying to create new opportunities and widening the market for science journalism, rather than competing for the few existing niche positions. This study investigates the potential career paths for new science journalists as well as the challenges facing science journalism in Australia.
Night Flight, For Violin And Piano, Andrew N. Schultz
Night Flight, For Violin And Piano, Andrew N. Schultz
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
No abstract provided.
Pocket Gamelan: Developing The Instrumentarium For An Extended Harmonic Universe, Gregory Schiemer, Bill Alves, Stephen James Taylor, Mark Havryliv
Pocket Gamelan: Developing The Instrumentarium For An Extended Harmonic Universe, Gregory Schiemer, Bill Alves, Stephen James Taylor, Mark Havryliv
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper describes a 3-year project that seeks to explore tuning systems and to develop instruments appropriate for the audition and performance of music composed in just intonation tunings. The project is a response to the transformation in computer music that has been enabled through the introduction of wireless technologies and is also motivated by a desire to enable performance by large numbers of non-expert performers playing music based on just intonation using hand-held or wearable instruments. Possible scenarios together with musical algorithms are presented and illustrated with examples from creative works written to clarify the parameters of musical instrument …
Flickering Affects, Su Ballard
Flickering Affects, Su Ballard
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
All digital work is made and viewed in the glow of the flicker: the image moves, our eyes move, our body enters into some digital space. Whether or not a screen is present, the viewer of digital installation art is implicated within this flickering affect. This paper discusses three installation works by New Zealand artists informed by digital practice. I argue that an affective viewing experience can be examined through the semantics of the flicker.