Browsing by Author "Hill, Andrew"

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    EARS 2 - The ElectroAcoustic Resource Site Pedagogical Project
    (De Montfort University, 2014) Landy, Leigh; Hill, Andrew; Wolf, Motje
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    ‘The EARS 2 Pedagogical Project: an eLearning environment to introduce learners to sound-based music’
    (Evangelos Himonides & Andrew King, 2014) Landy, Leigh; Younie, Sarah; Hill, Andrew; Wolf, Motje
    Discussions have been on-going in the UK regarding how to offer the broadest musical repertoire possible to young learners be it with some opposition. At the MTI Research Centre, we have been dealing with the issue of experimental music and access for almost 15 years discovering, for example, that a large portion of young learners (in some cases, the majority) are open to music made with sounds and not just notes. As a consequence of 1) the desire to make innovative music accessible to young people, the educational rationale to address both enhanced listening and creativity, in our case with sounds, and 2) Unesco’s suggestion that the MTI consider offering an ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS, www.ears.dmu.ac.uk) for children, the idea of the EARS 2 pedagogical project was born. The goal of EARS 2 is to achieve a userfriendly eLearning environment intended to introduce relevant aspects of electroacoustic (or sound-based) music to young learners. The paper will present the entire project including the EARS 2 eLearning environment, its vision, its key characteristics and its means of operation alongside that of its creative software platform, Compose with Sounds (CwS) that was funded by the EU and tested in schools in six European countries. EARS 2 will be not only translated, but also culturally conditioned for use in countries beyond the UK; thus, our international vision will also be presented. Sarah Younie will present its innovative aspects from an educational studies point of view. This will include remarks concerning methodological issues. The paper will conclude with a summary of future plans related to both the eLearning site and the creative software platform. The associated workshop will offer hands-on experience regarding both the eLearning site and creative software and include an introduction to the teachers’ packs to all interested parties at the Sempre conference.
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    Immunological Biomarkers for Diabetes Management
    (2019-02-04) Furmonaviciene, Ruta; Saiful, Shubo; Gunawardena, T.G.; Hill, Andrew; Chauhan, Krishan; Desai, Unmesh; Sahota, T. S.; Taylor, M. Joan; Alsubaie, Naval
    Globally there are 422 million known cases of people affected with diabetes according to the world health organisation (1). It is estimated that 46% of people with diabetes worldwide are undiagnosed (2). Monitoring diabetes and improving life style for such patients is also a big challenge for current healthcare. To address this global health issue, we have investigated immunological serum and salivary biomarkers for diabetes using molecular arrays, namely cytokine and growth factor kit I from Randox Laboratories Ltd, London, UK.
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    Interpreting Electroacoustic Audio-visual Music
    (De Montfort University, 2013) Hill, Andrew
    The basis of this research project stems from reflections upon the process of composition for electroacoustic audio-visual music. These are fixed media works in which sound and image materials are accessed, generated, explored and configured in creation of a musically informed audio-visual expression. Within the process of composition, the composer must decide how to effectively draw relationships between these time based media and their various abstract and mimetic materials. This process usually has no codified laws or structures and results in relationships that are singular to the individual artworks. The composer uses their own experience and intuition in assessing how best to associate sounds and images and they will use their own interpretation of the materials to evaluate the how successful they are in realising their intentions. But what is there to say that the interpretation made by the composer bears any resemblance to interpretations made by audiences? The current research sought to assess any trends or commonalities in how people interpret such works. Utilising a combination of empirical research, composition and scholarly study, the project investigated various theoretical approaches to interpretation and the occurrence of correlation between compositional intention and audience interpretation. Models from different theoretical disciplines were combined in order to build up a picture of the processes involved in making interpretations, and to aid in the rationalisation of empirical data. The application of three methodological approaches allowed for the topic to be considered from a diversity of perspectives, and for triangulation to take place in confirmation of the research outcomes. The way in which individuals build up interpretations from non-codified abstract and mimetic materials also provided a suitable case study for the critique and assessment of various theoretical approaches to interpretation. The project challenges structuralist approaches to interpretation, drawing together theoretical materials and empirical research findings in support of a post-structrualist model of interpretation that demonstrates the absolutely vital role played by context – the framing of the artwork in the consciousness of the individual audience member.
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