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Sumner Carolyne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Radical Socialism, Simplified Serialism: John Weinzweig and CBC Wartime Radio Drama during the Second World War
'Consortium Erudit', 2016Co-Authors: Sumner CarolyneAbstract:Radio drama was a quintessential source of entertainment for Canadian audiences during the Second World War, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) used the art form to distribute propaganda and garner support for the Canadian War effort. Similarly, radio drama became an essential artistic outlet for artists and composers to articulate their political beliefs to a national audience. This article frames Canadian composer John Weinzweig’s works for the CBC radio drama series New Homes for Old (1941) in light of Canada’s Wartime socio-political climate and the rise of the Popular Front movement during the 1930s, and suggests that radio drama provided Weinzweig with a national soapbox for his radical socialist ideals during a time of political upheaval.Drawing upon archival materials from Library and Archives Canada, the CBC Music Library Archives, and Concordia University’s Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism Studies, this article builds upon the biographical work of Udo Kasemets (1960), Elaine Keillor (1994), and Brian Cherney (2011). It establishes Weinzweig’s socialist ties and argues that his political leanings prompted him to simplify his serial language in favour of a simplified modernist aesthetic which appealed to Canada’s conservative Wartime audiences. Specifically, this study of Weinzweig’s radio works reveals how the composer desired to make serial compositions accessible and palatable, and shows how he incorporated vernacular idioms such as folk songs and national anthems as foils to the elitist European serial aesthetic. Finally, this article demonstrates how Weinzweig, in incorporating these devices, uses a powerful and pervasive medium to promote his unique compositional style and reveals how his simplified serial aesthetic reflects the cultural, political, and aesthetic ideals of leftist socialism and the Popular Front.Pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, le théâtre radiophonique est devenu une forme de divertissement populaire pour les Canadiens et était souvent utilisé comme un outil de propagande par la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). À cette même époque, le théâtre radiophonique est aussi devenu une forme d’expression permettant aux artistes d’exprimer leurs valeurs sociales et politiques. Cette article examine la musique de scène écrite par John Weinzweig pour la série New Homes for Old en fonction des conditions socio-politiques au Canada pendant les années 1930 et 1940, et plus particulièrement du mouvement politique du Front populaire.En se servant de documents d’archives conservés à la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) et au Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism Studies (CCJBS) de l’Université Concordia, cet article porte sur la modification et simplification de la technique sérielle utilisé par Weinzweig dans ses oeuvres radiophoniques. Faisant suite aux travaux d’Udo Kasemets (1960), Elaine Keillor (1994), et Brian Cherney (2011), cet article soutient que l’intérêt de Weinzweig pour l’art radiophonique a eu pour effet non seulement d’assurer la promotion de ses oeuvres, mais également d’influencer son approche sérielle en la simplifiant, un processus qui reflète les idéaux culturels, politiques, et esthétiques du Front populaire
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John Weinzweig, Leftist Politics, and Radio Drama at the CBC During the Second World War
Université d'Ottawa University of Ottawa, 2016Co-Authors: Sumner CarolyneAbstract:Since its rise to prominence in the 1920s, Canadian radio drama has become a topic of growing interest among scholars in the fields of media studies, communications, and literature. During the Second World War, radio drama became an important medium of entertainment for home front civilians, and was utilized as propaganda by the CBC to garner support for the Canadian War effort. At this time, radio drama also became an important artistic outlet for Wartime artists to express their political and social values and beliefs during the War. \ud While scholars have examined the art of radio drama in light of its artistic, dramatic and literary value, few have yet to examine the music composed for these dramas. This thesis draws on these scholars as well as archival materials from the John Weinzweig fonds and the CBC Music Library fonds located at Library and Archives Canada, and the CBC radio drama script collection located at the Concordia Centre of Broadcasting and Journalism Studies to examine the incidental music written by John Weinzweig for CBC Wartime radio dramas. By considering how composing for this artistic medium impacted his musical language at this time, this thesis examines his scoring for the series New Homes for Old. Specifically, I problematize the modification and simplification of the serial technique in his incidental works, and consider the challenges that informed Weinzweig’s approach to radio drama composition.\ud I propose that Weinzweig’s simplification of his serial technique may be understood in relationship to the social and political climate of the 1930s and 1940s, and within the context of leftist socialist movements, notably the Popular Front. I argue that Weinzweig’s engagement with radical socialism during this period may have prompted him to adopt a simpler and more accessible musical language that reflected and embodied the cultural, political, and aesthetic ideals of the Popular Front. \ud \ud Le théâtre radiophonique canadien est devenu un sujet très prisé parmi les chercheurs dans les domaines des médias, des communications, et de la littérature. Pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, le théâtre radiophonique est devenu une forme de divertissement populaire pour les Canadiens et était souvent utilisé comme un outil de propagande par la CBC. À cette même époque, le théâtre radiophonique est aussi devenu une forme d’expression pour les artistes du temps de guerre pour exprimer leurs valeurs sociales et politiques.\ud Bien que plusieurs chercheurs aient examiné l’art du théâtre radiophonique sous l’angle de sa valeur artistique, dramatique, et littéraire, peu ont examiné la musique qui a été composée pour ces drames. En se servant des matériaux d’archives trouvés dans les fonds “John Weinzweig” et les fonds “CBC music library” situés à la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC), ainsi que la collection “CBC Radio Dramas” située au Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism Studies (CCJBS) à l’Université Concordia, cette thèse examine la musique de scène écrite par John Weinzweig pour les émissions de théâtre radiophoniques présentées par la CBC pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. En considérant comment le genre radiophonique a influencé le langage musical de Weinzweig, cette thèse examine ses oeuvres pour la série New Homes for Old. Plus précisément, cette thèse examine la modification et simplification de la technique sérielle utilisé par Weinzweig dans ses oeuvres radiophoniques, et considère les défis qui ont influencé son approche compositionnelle.\ud Je suggère que la simplification de la technique sérielle utilisée par Weinzweig peut être étudiée en fonction des conditions politiques des années 1930 et 1940, et aussi en fonction des mouvements politiques de gauche et plus particulièrement du Front populaire. Je soutiens que l’engagement de Weinzweig avec les valeurs socialistes lui a permis d’adopter un langage accessible qui reflète les idéaux culturels, politiques, et esthétiques du Front populaire
James Pugh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the royal air force bomber command and the use of benzedrine sulphate an examination of policy and practice during the Second World War
Journal of Contemporary History, 2016Co-Authors: James PughAbstract:This article explores the development of policy in the Royal Air Force (RAF) relating to the use of Benzedrine, a potent amphetamine, by aircrews during the Second World War. This policy evolved from total prohibition in September 1939 to cautious approval for the use of the drug on operations in November 1942. Such caution reflected the subjective evidence available about Benzedrine, the media profile of the substance, and wider social and cultural factors relating to the use of drugs during this period. This challenges our understanding of drug history, demonstrating that while amphetamines were framed as a ‘miracle drug’, more nuanced, functional interpretations of the substance were in evidence.In turn, the article examines evidence from the operational context, including new data gathered from questionnaires and interviews with former Bomber Command aircrew and existing oral history material held by the Imperial War Museum. Both policy discussions and operational evidence allows for a re-evaluation o...
Furuhagen Björn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Ideal Teacher. Orientations of Teaacher Educations in Sweden and Finland after Second World War.
'Informa UK Limited', 2019Co-Authors: Furuhagen BjörnAbstract:There are many similarities between the Nordic countries of Sweden and Finland, but they have made different decisions regarding their teacher-education policies. This article focuses on how the objectives of teacher education, particularly the vision of the ideal teacher, have changed in Sweden and Finland in the period after the Second World War. In Finland, the period since the 1960s can be described as a gradual scientification of teacher education. The image of the ideal teacher has transformed according to a research-based agenda, where teachers are expected to conduct minor-scale research in the classroom. In Sweden since the 1980s, on the other hand, teacher education has oscillated between progressivist and academic orientations, following shifts in government between the Social Democratic Party and the centre-right. Since the turn of the millennium, however, a consensus in favour of a strengthened research base of teacher education has also emerged in Sweden
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The ideal teacher : orientations of teacher education in Sweden and Finland after the Second World War
'Informa UK Limited', 2019Co-Authors: Furuhagen Björn, Holmén Janne, Säntti JanneAbstract:There are many similarities between the Nordic countries of Sweden and Finland, but they have made different decisions regarding their teacher-education policies. This article focuses on how the objectives of teacher education, particularly the vision of the ideal teacher, have changed in Sweden and Finland in the period after the Second World War. In Finland, the period since the 1960s can be described as a gradual scientification of teacher education. The image of the ideal teacher has transformed according to a research-based agenda, where teachers are expected to conduct minor-scale research in the classroom. In Sweden since the 1980s, on the other hand, teacher education has oscillated between progressivist and academic orientations, following shifts in government between the Social Democratic Party and the centre-right. Since the turn of the millennium, however, a consensus in favour of a strengthened research base of teacher education has also emerged in Sweden.Peer reviewe
Thomas N Tyson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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standard costs standard costing and the introduction of scientific management and new technology into the post Second World War sunderland shipbuilding industry
Accounting History Review, 2006Co-Authors: Tom Mclean, Thomas N TysonAbstract:In their study of the shipbuilding, engineering and metals industries of the West of Scotland, c. 1900-1960, Fleming et al. (2000: p. 196) concluded that 'standard costing and budgetary control hardly made any impact at all in the engineering-related industries of the West of Scotland and that this … was correlated with the non-adoption of Scientific Management'. Fleming et al. encouraged further research to determine if this pattern of adoption was replicated elsewhere during the period. In this manner, the current research focuses on the post-Second World War development of standard costs and standard costing in Sunderland, a shipbuilding town of international importance on the north-east coast of England. Although the availability of company archives is somewhat limited, we nevertheless found evidence that at least one leading shipbuilding firm undertook major modernisation and reorganisation programmes, comprising the adoption of the new technology of welding, during the study period. Allied with these radical changes, the firm employed scientific management methods and utilised standard costs, but it did not employ full systems of standard costing and variance analysis. These costing developments were built into shipbuilders' traditional information systems based on the use of cost and output curves. However, the craft administration of production remained common in many shipbuilding firms and precluded developments in scientific management and standard costing.
Ted Binnema - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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canadian indians and the Second World War the pivotal event of the 20th century for canadian indians
2006Co-Authors: Ted BinnemaAbstract:Few Canadian historians have addressed Canadian Native involvement in the Second World War. Historians that have addressed this subject have created narrative histories of Native peoples’ involvement in combat and on the home front, with little concern for how Natives’ participation in World War II affected Native communities and individuals, or how their participation affected Canadian society as a whole. American historians Kenneth William Townsend and Alison Bernstein have argued that World War II was one of the most significant events of the 20 th Century for American Indians and American Indian policy. This thesis argues that the same can be said for Canada. By exploring Canadian Indian involvement in overseas combat, their experiences on the home front, and their experiences following the War’s end, this thesis explains that Native involvement in World War II brought about profound changes for native people and Native communities, as well as introducing important changes to Canadian society and Canadian Indian policy. Because Canadian native peoples’ involvement in World War II was so pivotal for Canadian Indians and Canadian Indian policy, Canadian historians must explore this facet of Canadian native history in greater detail.
