Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?
Presentation / Conference
Harkins, P. (2022, August)
Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?. Paper presented at IASPM UK and Ireland Conference, University of Liverpool
In December last year, a number of record labels based in the UK signed the Music Climate Pact in which they committed to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases by 50% by 2...
Gamified Formative Assessment – Developing Assessment Confidence through Research
Presentation / Conference
Stillie, B. (2020, July)
Gamified Formative Assessment – Developing Assessment Confidence through Research. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education, Edinburgh Napier University
Formative assessments can play a powerful role in supporting the student learning process (Black &William, 2009; Andrade & Cizek 2010) and they can be an effective tool for su...
Islay Jazz Festival
Journal Article
Medboe, H., & Maclean, D. (2020)
Islay Jazz Festival. Jazz Research Journal, 12(2), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.40304
This article considers the ecologies and stakeholder interests that overlap in the staging of an annual jazz festival on a small Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides. Through...
Popular Music and the Anthropocene
Journal Article
Ribac, F., & Harkins, P. (2020)
Popular Music and the Anthropocene. Popular Music, 39(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261143019000539
Ribac, F., & Harkins, P. (2020). Popular Music and the Anthropocene. Popular Music, 39(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261143019000539
Student Perceptions of Learning Drum Kit Technologies
Presentation / Conference
Stillie, B. (2019, June)
Student Perceptions of Learning Drum Kit Technologies. Paper presented at The Association of Popular Music Education World Conference, New York, US
Drum kit technologies such as sample pads, triggers and percussion controllers are now a common addition to the acoustic drum kit setups used by many drummers. However, tradit...
Rip It Up: A blueprint for collaborative partnership
Presentation / Conference
Stillie, B. (2018, October)
Rip It Up: A blueprint for collaborative partnership. Paper presented at School of Arts and Creative Industries 20x20
Rip It Up: The story of Scottish Pop Music is a feature exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. This presentation charts the involvement of students from the School of ...
Two Hearts Beating
Other
Dempster, K. (2017)
Two Hearts Beating
Grassmarket Community Project
• Composition: Two Hearts Beating for soprano and guitar.
• Performance 1: Grassmarket Community Project during Edinburgh Doors Open Day ...
Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies
Presentation / Conference
Harkins, P. (2017, June)
Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies. Paper presented at 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Kassel, Germany
The use of digital technologies since the 1980s have changed the way in which music is stored, distributed, and consumed. The use of digital technologies has also reshaped the...
Flipped Learning: Engaging Music Technology Students Outside the Classroom.
Presentation / Conference
Stillie, B. (2017, June)
Flipped Learning: Engaging Music Technology Students Outside the Classroom. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Conference
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are an essential part of the learning infrastructure in university but are still commonly used as mere ‘file stores’ that give students on...
Engaging Students Outside the Classroom
Presentation / Conference
Stillie, B. (2017, February)
Engaging Students Outside the Classroom. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Innovations in Teaching and Supporting Learning Teaching Fellows Conference
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are an essential part of the learning infrastructure in university but are still commonly used as mere ‘file stores’ where lecture slides ...