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Superdiversity in Music Education
Globalization has changed the social, cultural, and linguistic diversity in societies all over the world (Blommaert, J & Rampton, B. Diversities, 13(2), 1–22 (2011)). As new technologies have rapidly developed alongside increased forms of transnational flow, so have new forms of language, art, music, communication, and expression. This rapid and varied blending of cultures, ideas, and modes of communication is what Vertovec (2007) describes as super-diversity—diversity within diversity. In this narrative, I explore the theoretical and methodological pluralism that has aided my research in diverse settings, drawing from post-structuralism, critical theory, sociolinguistics, complexity theory, and discourse analysis—specifically Scollon and Scollon’s (Scollon, R & Scollon, W S. Discourses in place: Language in the material world. London: Routledge (2003), 10.4324/9780203422724; Scollon, R & Scollon, W S. Nexus analysis: Discourse and the emerging internet. New York: Routledge (2004)) recommendations for nexus analysis and Blommaert’s theoretical principles and concepts of ethnography, globalization, and superdiversity (Blommaert, J. Discourse. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2005), 10.1017/CBo9780511610295; Blommaert, J. The sociolinguistics of globalization. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2010), 10.1017/CBO9780511845307; Blommaert, J. Ethnography, superdiversity and linguistic landscapes: Chronicles of complexity. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters (2013)). I promote a need to develop a robust toolkit for music education that (1) better analyzes how we position and are positioned as part of larger groups and practices operating within multiple layers of social, cultural, and historical context, and (2) better advocates for equitable practices and inclusive spaces in our field
Understanding AGB evolution in Galactic bulge stars from high-resolution infrared spectroscopy
An analysis of high-resolution near-infrared spectra of a sample of 45
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars towards the Galactic bulge is presented.
The sample consists of two subsamples, a larger one in the inner and
intermediate bulge, and a smaller one in the outer bulge. The data are analysed
with the help of hydrostatic model atmospheres and spectral synthesis. We
derive the radial velocity of all stars, and the atmospheric chemical mix
([Fe/H], C/O, C/C, Al, Si, Ti, and Y) where possible. Our ability
to model the spectra is mainly limited by the (in)completeness of atomic and
molecular line lists, at least for temperatures down to K. We find that the subsample in the inner and intermediate
bulge is quite homogeneous, with a slightly sub-solar mean metallicity and only
few stars with super-solar metallicity, in agreement with previous studies of
non-variable M-type giants in the bulge. All sample stars are oxygen-rich,
C/O1.0. The C/O and carbon isotopic ratios suggest that third dredge-up
(3DUP) is absent among the sample stars, except for two stars in the outer
bulge that are known to contain technetium. These stars are also more
metal-poor than the stars in the intermediate or inner bulge. Current stellar
masses are determined from linear pulsation models. The masses, metallicities
and 3DUP behaviour are compared to AGB evolutionary models. We conclude that
these models are partly in conflict with our observations. Furthermore, we
conclude that the stars in the inner and intermediate bulge belong to a more
metal-rich population that follows bar-like kinematics, whereas the stars in
the outer bulge belong to the metal-poor, spheroidal bulge population.Comment: 21 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables (incl. appendix), years of work,
published in MNRA
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