Britta Sweers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1457636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Britta Sweers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Britta |
| FAMILY NAME | Sweers |
| SIGNATURE | SWEERS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1879-8711 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge Companion to Folk Music
A groundbreaking critical introduction to folk music and song focused on questions of identity, community, representation, politics, and popular culture. Written by a distinguished international team of authors, this Companion is an indispensable resource for rethinking the confluence of sound, heritage, and identity in the twenty-first century. A unique addition to the literature, it highlights the fundamentally hybrid and (post)colonial dynamic…
The Oxford Handbook of Global Popular Music
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title w…
Music, Climate Change, and the North
laciers are the "climate thermometers" of the planet, providing insights into past climate changes and the current climate situation globally.What do these "thermometers" tell us about the climate in the second decade of the new millennium, given that ice, snow, and glaciers-the natural surroundings and conditions in the Northern hemisphere-are both conceptually and physically linked to climate change? 1 And what can one learn from listening to a…
Environmental Perception and Activism through Performance: Alpine Song and Sound Impressions
As is argued in this article, a deeper understanding of the relationship between music and performance and environmental aspects in extreme contexts, such as the North and Alpine regions, provides insights into the constantly shifting human concepts of nature. By analyzing historical and modern accounts of nature-related music and performances in the Swiss Alpes, this article discusses the interconnectedness between local traditional performing p…
The Position of University-Based Ethnomusicology from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Cultural Anthropology
Growing up: Jazz in Europe 1960–1980 (English)
Growing Up: Jazz in Europa 1960–1980 (German)
Hein Schoer: The Sounding Museum: Box of Treasures. Four Worlds. Cultural Soundscape Composition and Trans-Cultural Communication. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2014. XIV, 402 S., Abb., CD, 2 DVDs
Schwerpunkt Musik und Natur
Music and Conflict Resolution
Klingender Weihnachtskalender. Producedby the Österreichisches Volksliedarchiv. Chief editors: Michaela Brodl and Irene Riegler. URL: http://www.volksliedwerk.at/weihnachtskalender
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Marianne Richert Pfau/ Stefan J. Morent, Hildegard von Bingen: Der Klang des Himmels. Annette Kreutziger Herr/ Melanie Unseld (Hsg.), Europäische Komponistinnen, Band 1. Köln: Böhlau 2005
Michael Brocken, The British Folk Revival 1944-2002, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003
Music and Conflict Resolution
Music, Climate Change, and the North
laciers are the "climate thermometers" of the planet, providing insights into past climate changes and the current climate situation globally.What do these "thermometers" tell us about the climate in the second decade of the new millennium, given that ice, snow, and glaciers-the natural surroundings and conditions in the Northern hemisphere-are both conceptually and physically linked to climate change? 1 And what can one learn from listening to a…
Michael Brocken, The British Folk Revival 1944-2002, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003
Marianne Richert Pfau/ Stefan J. Morent, Hildegard von Bingen: Der Klang des Himmels. Annette Kreutziger Herr/ Melanie Unseld (Hsg.), Europäische Komponistinnen, Band 1. Köln: Böhlau 2005
Klingender Weihnachtskalender. Producedby the Österreichisches Volksliedarchiv. Chief editors: Michaela Brodl and Irene Riegler. URL: http://www.volksliedwerk.at/weihnachtskalender
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Music and Conflict Resolution
Hein Schoer: The Sounding Museum: Box of Treasures. Four Worlds. Cultural Soundscape Composition and Trans-Cultural Communication. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2014. XIV, 402 S., Abb., CD, 2 DVDs
Schwerpunkt Musik und Natur
Growing up: Jazz in Europe 1960–1980 (English)
Growing Up: Jazz in Europa 1960–1980 (German)
The Position of University-Based Ethnomusicology from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Cultural Anthropology
Music, Climate Change, and the North
laciers are the "climate thermometers" of the planet, providing insights into past climate changes and the current climate situation globally.What do these "thermometers" tell us about the climate in the second decade of the new millennium, given that ice, snow, and glaciers-the natural surroundings and conditions in the Northern hemisphere-are both conceptually and physically linked to climate change? 1 And what can one learn from listening to a…
Environmental Perception and Activism through Performance: Alpine Song and Sound Impressions
As is argued in this article, a deeper understanding of the relationship between music and performance and environmental aspects in extreme contexts, such as the North and Alpine regions, provides insights into the constantly shifting human concepts of nature. By analyzing historical and modern accounts of nature-related music and performances in the Swiss Alpes, this article discusses the interconnectedness between local traditional performing p…
The Oxford Handbook of Global Popular Music
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title w…
The Cambridge Companion to Folk Music
A groundbreaking critical introduction to folk music and song focused on questions of identity, community, representation, politics, and popular culture. Written by a distinguished international team of authors, this Companion is an indispensable resource for rethinking the confluence of sound, heritage, and identity in the twenty-first century. A unique addition to the literature, it highlights the fundamentally hybrid and (post)colonial dynamic…
Art (6 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Geography (2 works)