K F Heimes
Biographic Data
| ID | 9312745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K F Heimes |
| GIVEN NAMES | K F |
| FAMILY NAME | Heimes |
| SIGNATURE | HEIMES K F |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Walmer , 6065 , Port Elizabeth Republic of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
South African musicology in terms of the sociology of knowledge
Musicology as pursued in the majority of South African university music departments suffers a conceptual deficit concerning the nature and enterprise of current international musicology and the academic needs in a country seeking cross-cultural understanding. This deficit is shown to be socially determined through the symbolic universe construed partly by colonialism, partly by the policies of separate development and defensive cultural isolation…
Towards a South African sociology of music
An exposition is offered of the specific aims which a hypothetical educational reorientation will have to realize in defined areas of socio-musical dysfunction. These areas include the historicizing art-music culture, the pop culture, and the music-educational establishment in South Africa. It is demonstrated that some of the major problems, such as the rejection reflexes vis-á-vis contemporary Western or traditional African music and the awarene…
Towards a South African sociology of music
The point of departure is the reciprocal relationship between music and society. The manipulatability of majority tastes, and the methods and effects of their exploitation, are seen in the context of social pathologies which include the assertive democratization and pragmatization of aesthetic as well as ethical values. It is shown how the bulk manufacture of musics resulting from the commercialization of the pleasure principle can obliterate the…
Towards a South African sociology of music
The point of departure is the reciprocal relationship between music and society. The manipulatability of majority tastes, and the methods and effects of their exploitation, are seen in the context of social pathologies which include the assertive democratization and pragmatization of aesthetic as well as ethical values. It is shown how the bulk manufacture of musics resulting from the commercialization of the pleasure principle can obliterate the…
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Towards a South African sociology of music
The point of departure is the reciprocal relationship between music and society. The manipulatability of majority tastes, and the methods and effects of their exploitation, are seen in the context of social pathologies which include the assertive democratization and pragmatization of aesthetic as well as ethical values. It is shown how the bulk manufacture of musics resulting from the commercialization of the pleasure principle can obliterate the…
Towards a South African sociology of music
The point of departure is the reciprocal relationship between music and society. The manipulatability of majority tastes, and the methods and effects of their exploitation, are seen in the context of social pathologies which include the assertive democratization and pragmatization of aesthetic as well as ethical values. It is shown how the bulk manufacture of musics resulting from the commercialization of the pleasure principle can obliterate the…
Towards a South African sociology of music
An exposition is offered of the specific aims which a hypothetical educational reorientation will have to realize in defined areas of socio-musical dysfunction. These areas include the historicizing art-music culture, the pop culture, and the music-educational establishment in South Africa. It is demonstrated that some of the major problems, such as the rejection reflexes vis-á-vis contemporary Western or traditional African music and the awarene…
South African musicology in terms of the sociology of knowledge
Musicology as pursued in the majority of South African university music departments suffers a conceptual deficit concerning the nature and enterprise of current international musicology and the academic needs in a country seeking cross-cultural understanding. This deficit is shown to be socially determined through the symbolic universe construed partly by colonialism, partly by the policies of separate development and defensive cultural isolation…
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