Author: David Borgo
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417299
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Provides a study of musical improvisation, using theories from cultural and cognitive studies. The author presents a systemic view, with chapters funneling outward in scope from the perspective of a solo improviser to that of a group interacting in performance, to the long-term dynamics of an improvising group from formation to dissolution.
Sync Or Swarm
Author: David Borgo
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417299
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Provides a study of musical improvisation, using theories from cultural and cognitive studies. The author presents a systemic view, with chapters funneling outward in scope from the perspective of a solo improviser to that of a group interacting in performance, to the long-term dynamics of an improvising group from formation to dissolution.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417299
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Provides a study of musical improvisation, using theories from cultural and cognitive studies. The author presents a systemic view, with chapters funneling outward in scope from the perspective of a solo improviser to that of a group interacting in performance, to the long-term dynamics of an improvising group from formation to dissolution.
Sync or Swarm, Revised Edition
Author: David Borgo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501368869
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The revised edition of Sync or Swarm promotes an ecological view of musicking, moving us from a subject-centered to a system-centered view of improvisation. It explores cycles of organismic self-regulation, cycles of sensorimotor coupling between organism and environment, and cycles of intersubjective interaction mediated via socio-technological networks. Chapters funnel outward, from the solo improviser (Evan Parker), to nonlinear group dynamics (Sam Rivers trio), to networks that comprise improvisational communities, to pedagogical dynamics that affect how individuals learn, completing the hermeneutic circle. Winner of the Society for Ethnomusicology's Alan Merriam prize in its first edition, the revised edition features new sections that highlight electro-acoustic and transcultural improvisation, and concomitant issues of human-machine interaction and postcolonial studies.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501368869
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The revised edition of Sync or Swarm promotes an ecological view of musicking, moving us from a subject-centered to a system-centered view of improvisation. It explores cycles of organismic self-regulation, cycles of sensorimotor coupling between organism and environment, and cycles of intersubjective interaction mediated via socio-technological networks. Chapters funnel outward, from the solo improviser (Evan Parker), to nonlinear group dynamics (Sam Rivers trio), to networks that comprise improvisational communities, to pedagogical dynamics that affect how individuals learn, completing the hermeneutic circle. Winner of the Society for Ethnomusicology's Alan Merriam prize in its first edition, the revised edition features new sections that highlight electro-acoustic and transcultural improvisation, and concomitant issues of human-machine interaction and postcolonial studies.
Swarm Systems in Art and Architecture
Author: Mahsoo Salimi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811643571
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This book presents the recent computational developments inspired by swarms in art known as swarm art and discusses applying swarm intelligence concepts in architecture. Non-human art is a great leap in the evolution of contemporary art, removing the requirement of an artist’s production from the creative process. Furthermore, it is a critical declaration in opposition to the anthropomorphic vision which is so destructive for all other life forms and the planet’s ecology. When accepted and integrated into human culture, non-human art done by artificial systems or machines boosts creativity and stimulates innovative fusions. We analyze 120 swarm systems with unique and diverse conceptual contexts, agent design, and audience engagement that can be utilized as inspiration for future projects or to design new swarm algorithms by artists, architects, or computer scientists.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811643571
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This book presents the recent computational developments inspired by swarms in art known as swarm art and discusses applying swarm intelligence concepts in architecture. Non-human art is a great leap in the evolution of contemporary art, removing the requirement of an artist’s production from the creative process. Furthermore, it is a critical declaration in opposition to the anthropomorphic vision which is so destructive for all other life forms and the planet’s ecology. When accepted and integrated into human culture, non-human art done by artificial systems or machines boosts creativity and stimulates innovative fusions. We analyze 120 swarm systems with unique and diverse conceptual contexts, agent design, and audience engagement that can be utilized as inspiration for future projects or to design new swarm algorithms by artists, architects, or computer scientists.
In the Course of Performance
Author: Bruno Nettl
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226574103
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
In the Course of Performance is the first book in decades to illustrate and explain the practices and processes of musical improvisation. Improvisation, by its very nature, seems to resist interpretation or elucidation. This difficulty may account for the very few attempts scholars have made to provide a general guide to this elusive subject. With contributions by seventeen scholars and improvisers, In the Course of Performance offers a history of research on improvisation and an overview of the different approaches to the topic that can be used, ranging from cognitive study to detailed musical analysis. Such diverse genres as Italian lyrical singing, modal jazz, Indian classical music, Javanese gamelan, and African-American girls' singing games are examined. The most comprehensive guide to the understanding of musical improvisation available, In the Course of Performance will be indispensable to anyone attracted to this fascinating art. Contributors are Stephen Blum, Sau Y. Chan, Jody Cormack, Valerie Woodring Goertzen, Lawrence Gushee, Eve Harwood, Tullia Magrini, Peter Manuel, Ingrid Monson, Bruno Nettl, Jeff Pressing, Ali Jihad Racy, Ronald Riddle, Stephen Slawek, Chris Smith, R. Anderson Sutton, and T. Viswanathan.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226574103
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
In the Course of Performance is the first book in decades to illustrate and explain the practices and processes of musical improvisation. Improvisation, by its very nature, seems to resist interpretation or elucidation. This difficulty may account for the very few attempts scholars have made to provide a general guide to this elusive subject. With contributions by seventeen scholars and improvisers, In the Course of Performance offers a history of research on improvisation and an overview of the different approaches to the topic that can be used, ranging from cognitive study to detailed musical analysis. Such diverse genres as Italian lyrical singing, modal jazz, Indian classical music, Javanese gamelan, and African-American girls' singing games are examined. The most comprehensive guide to the understanding of musical improvisation available, In the Course of Performance will be indispensable to anyone attracted to this fascinating art. Contributors are Stephen Blum, Sau Y. Chan, Jody Cormack, Valerie Woodring Goertzen, Lawrence Gushee, Eve Harwood, Tullia Magrini, Peter Manuel, Ingrid Monson, Bruno Nettl, Jeff Pressing, Ali Jihad Racy, Ronald Riddle, Stephen Slawek, Chris Smith, R. Anderson Sutton, and T. Viswanathan.
Swarm Robotics: A Formal Approach
Author: Heiko Hamann
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331974528X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to Swarm Robotics, which is the application of methods from swarm intelligence to robotics. It goes on to present methods that allow readers to understand how to design large-scale robot systems by going through many example scenarios on topics such as aggregation, coordinated motion (flocking), task allocation, self-assembly, collective construction, and environmental monitoring. The author explains the methodology behind building multiple, simple robots and how the complexity emerges from the multiple interactions between these robots such that they are able to solve difficult tasks. The book can be used as a short textbook for specialized courses or as an introduction to Swarm Robotics for graduate students, researchers, and professionals who want a concise introduction to the field.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331974528X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to Swarm Robotics, which is the application of methods from swarm intelligence to robotics. It goes on to present methods that allow readers to understand how to design large-scale robot systems by going through many example scenarios on topics such as aggregation, coordinated motion (flocking), task allocation, self-assembly, collective construction, and environmental monitoring. The author explains the methodology behind building multiple, simple robots and how the complexity emerges from the multiple interactions between these robots such that they are able to solve difficult tasks. The book can be used as a short textbook for specialized courses or as an introduction to Swarm Robotics for graduate students, researchers, and professionals who want a concise introduction to the field.
Soundweaving
Author: Franziska Schroder
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443863173
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book is about music improvisation. It forges exciting and provocative new links between a range of theories and practices in texts that explore topics as varied as object-oriented ontology, game theory, ethical responsibility and breath. In improvisatory fashion, this book has been edited so that it weaves the texts amongst each other, subversively inserting a tactile piece of text – a text interlaced, as a woven cloth, among the contributing authors. The writings in this volume are both timely and diverse, exploring as they do an array of interdisciplinary and critical discourses, thereby illuminating the field of improvisation from different perspectives within the radical and diverse contexts that undercut contemporary improvisation studies and practices. It consists of eight chapters as researched by practising musicians and theorists and an introduction by one of the most inspiring improvisers of our generation – Evan Parker.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443863173
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book is about music improvisation. It forges exciting and provocative new links between a range of theories and practices in texts that explore topics as varied as object-oriented ontology, game theory, ethical responsibility and breath. In improvisatory fashion, this book has been edited so that it weaves the texts amongst each other, subversively inserting a tactile piece of text – a text interlaced, as a woven cloth, among the contributing authors. The writings in this volume are both timely and diverse, exploring as they do an array of interdisciplinary and critical discourses, thereby illuminating the field of improvisation from different perspectives within the radical and diverse contexts that undercut contemporary improvisation studies and practices. It consists of eight chapters as researched by practising musicians and theorists and an introduction by one of the most inspiring improvisers of our generation – Evan Parker.
Designing Self-Organization in the Physical Realm
Author: Heiko Hamann
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889663116
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889663116
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
The Horizons of Evolutionary Robotics
Author: Patricia A. Vargas
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262026767
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
An authoritative overview of current research in this exciting interdisciplinary field.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262026767
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
An authoritative overview of current research in this exciting interdisciplinary field.
Algebra, Meaning, and Computation
Author: Kokichi Futatsugi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354035462X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
This volume - honoring the computer science pioneer Joseph Goguen on his 65th Birthday - includes 32 refereed papers by leading researchers in areas spanned by Goguen's work. The papers address a variety of topics from meaning, meta-logic, specification and composition, behavior and formal languages, as well as models, deduction, and computation, by key members of the research community in computer science and other fields connected with Joseph Goguen's work.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354035462X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
This volume - honoring the computer science pioneer Joseph Goguen on his 65th Birthday - includes 32 refereed papers by leading researchers in areas spanned by Goguen's work. The papers address a variety of topics from meaning, meta-logic, specification and composition, behavior and formal languages, as well as models, deduction, and computation, by key members of the research community in computer science and other fields connected with Joseph Goguen's work.
Blockchain A to Z Explained
Author: Rajesh Dhuddu
Publisher: BPB Publications
ISBN: 9391030823
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Scan the History, Trace Evolution and Mine the terms of Blockchain KEY FEATURES ● World’s largest blockchain glossary covering 400+ blockchain terms explained in a simple and lucid manner. ● Easy to scan and find terms as they are arranged in an alphabetical orderIn-depth coverage on core principles, challenges, and application of Emotion Analysis. DESCRIPTION Blockchain has emerged as one of the most widely discussed technologies in the last few years among the students, practitioners, crypto enthusiasts and academicians alike. With Blockchain’s growing adoption, several new terms and lexicon are being added continuously to expand its universe comprising concepts, key contributors, latest developments, protocols, tools and lots more. We felt there was a need to introduce an all-encompassing ‘Blockchain Thesaurus’ that would enable practitioners and students to stay abreast of the ‘Who’, ‘Why’ and ‘What’ of the blockchain world as it stands today. With 400+ blockchain terms and growing, this book will address this requirement and equip the readers with all they want to know to become a blockchain pro. Blockchain technology will soon power the currency for entire countries, change the world’s financial systems and level the playing field for small companies to have the same access to opportunities as the large incumbents. Yet little has been done to make the core concepts of blockchain accessible and understandable to the everyday business user. With this essential guide, Rajesh has made these powerful concepts real to everyone. -Todd McDonald, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, R3 New-age technologies like blockchain have become all pervasive and we find ourselves inundated with new tech jargon at the rate of knots. Authored by blockchain industry veterans, this new thesaurus of blockchain is your quintessential ‘one-stop’ source that lists all the blockchain lexicon (400+ terms) that you ever need to know and explains them in a simple, easy to understand language. It is comprehensive in its coverage – from cryptocurrencies, contributors, protocols, consensus mechanisms, consortiums and lots more – you name it and it will have it! In short, it is the world’s shortest course to make you a Blockchain Pro! - Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Comprehensive blockchain knowledge that enhances our readers learning about key contributors, protocols, cryptocurrencies and much more. ● Applicability and usability of terms and concepts in diverse scenarios. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Book is a comprehensive compendium of Blockchain terms to become a valuable resource for everyone be it – Students, Academicians, Researchers, Blockchain Practitioners, Crypto enthusiasts who are interested in learning Blockchain. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. E 6. F 7. G 8. H 9. I 10. J 11. K 12. L 13. M 14. N 15. O 16. P 17. Q 18. R 19. S 20. T 21. U 22. V 23. W 24. X 25. Y 26. Z Others Index
Publisher: BPB Publications
ISBN: 9391030823
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Scan the History, Trace Evolution and Mine the terms of Blockchain KEY FEATURES ● World’s largest blockchain glossary covering 400+ blockchain terms explained in a simple and lucid manner. ● Easy to scan and find terms as they are arranged in an alphabetical orderIn-depth coverage on core principles, challenges, and application of Emotion Analysis. DESCRIPTION Blockchain has emerged as one of the most widely discussed technologies in the last few years among the students, practitioners, crypto enthusiasts and academicians alike. With Blockchain’s growing adoption, several new terms and lexicon are being added continuously to expand its universe comprising concepts, key contributors, latest developments, protocols, tools and lots more. We felt there was a need to introduce an all-encompassing ‘Blockchain Thesaurus’ that would enable practitioners and students to stay abreast of the ‘Who’, ‘Why’ and ‘What’ of the blockchain world as it stands today. With 400+ blockchain terms and growing, this book will address this requirement and equip the readers with all they want to know to become a blockchain pro. Blockchain technology will soon power the currency for entire countries, change the world’s financial systems and level the playing field for small companies to have the same access to opportunities as the large incumbents. Yet little has been done to make the core concepts of blockchain accessible and understandable to the everyday business user. With this essential guide, Rajesh has made these powerful concepts real to everyone. -Todd McDonald, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, R3 New-age technologies like blockchain have become all pervasive and we find ourselves inundated with new tech jargon at the rate of knots. Authored by blockchain industry veterans, this new thesaurus of blockchain is your quintessential ‘one-stop’ source that lists all the blockchain lexicon (400+ terms) that you ever need to know and explains them in a simple, easy to understand language. It is comprehensive in its coverage – from cryptocurrencies, contributors, protocols, consensus mechanisms, consortiums and lots more – you name it and it will have it! In short, it is the world’s shortest course to make you a Blockchain Pro! - Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Comprehensive blockchain knowledge that enhances our readers learning about key contributors, protocols, cryptocurrencies and much more. ● Applicability and usability of terms and concepts in diverse scenarios. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Book is a comprehensive compendium of Blockchain terms to become a valuable resource for everyone be it – Students, Academicians, Researchers, Blockchain Practitioners, Crypto enthusiasts who are interested in learning Blockchain. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. E 6. F 7. G 8. H 9. I 10. J 11. K 12. L 13. M 14. N 15. O 16. P 17. Q 18. R 19. S 20. T 21. U 22. V 23. W 24. X 25. Y 26. Z Others Index