Abstract: Recent events in Serbia, particularly the murder of a French football fan in 2009, hooligan violence in response to the gay parade in Belgrade and riots during the Serbia–Italy UEFA football game i

Abstract: In recent years forensic phoneticians, in consultation with psychologists and law enforcement officers, have put considerable effort into devising and refining procedures for preparing and conducting fair voice parades. In England and Wales, a procedure for conducting a voice parade is outlined in a 2003 Home Office circular; this has been successfully implemented in a number of cases. These guidelines explain that a phonetician should examine the foil voice samples to ensure that the voices provide a fair comparison against the suspect, however, a formalised method for making this comparison is not offered. The present paper presents a method for assessing the degree of perceived (lay-listener judged) similarity among a group of voices for potential inclusion in a voice parade using Multidimensional Scaling.

Abstract: The annual marching season in Northern Ireland has long been the site of ethnic/religious controversy and violence pitting Catholics against Protestants. This study analyzes how more than 80 news stories from two Belfast-based ethnic newspapers, the Catholic/nationalist Irish News and the Protestant/loyalist News Letter, framed the 2011 season. The research documents that the discourses and overarching themes presented by The Irish News and the News Letter were vastly different, with the former largely describing the season in negative terms and as the source of violence and civil unrest, and the latter portraying the season as a triumphant, and popular, display of loyalist culture.

Abstract: On October 1, 2009, the People’s Republic of China orchestrated a grand military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the republic. Amid China’s ascendancy in the world, this national ceremony provides a rhetorical prototype to examine its communicative phenomena and sociopolitical circumstances. Deploying public memory as the conceptual framework to investigate this spectacle, I argue that the Chinese government mobilized a publicity campaign to project its national identity as an ancient, emergent superpower. To this end, the Chinese government exploited historico-cultural resources to consummate its communist leadership as historically continuous, politically orthodox, and ideologically legitimate. The parade’s problematic historical representation and memorial invocation, though attaining political and ideological credentials, reveal discursive dynamics and dilemmas in the increasingly contested, globalizing sphere of Chinese politics and communication.

Abstract: For almost 150 years New York City has been America’s self-declared national parade ground. Traditionally, personalities from politics, sports, and of social importance have enjoyed the city’s distinct parade style of ticker-tape throwing. The list of celebrities reaches from President Theodore Roosevelt to aviator Charles Lindbergh and the moon-conquering crew of Apollo 11. Although most recently parade activity has somewhat subsided, the tradition is still alive. The latest addition to this illustrious list were the Super Bowl winners of the New York Giants, who in 2008 had the honor of “riding” through the Canyon of Heroes, as the Manhattan’s Broadway and Fifth Avenue parade area is also called. However, some of the biggest and most elaborate celebrations to ever take place have been military victory parades—especially those staged after the First and Second World Wars. New York was a prime location of return from the war, and after the First World War the city was a major port for soldiers coming back from Europe to disembark, and thousands of men had themselves enlisted in the city to fight in Europe. The task of welcoming home some 1.3 million soldiers required a professional organization of celebrations. The series of ad hoc committees that had earlier taken up the task of organizing these events was then replaced by a permanent mayoral agency.

Abstract: Following the annual Dublin Pride parade on June 27, 2009, certain voices within the Irish media heavily criticized the performance of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer (LGBTQ) community involved. In particular, writing for the Sunday Times, journalist and barrister Brenda Power used the occasion to argue against the provision of marital and adoptive rights to same-sex couples, following the publication of the government’s proposed Civil Partnership Bill the previous month.1 The debates that subsequently played across radio stations, newspapers, blogs, and social networking sites, in addition to the demonstrations that took place on the streets, were not only sparked off by a mass cultural performance, but they also followed a week of theater and performance events programmed by Calipo and THISISPOPBABY theater companies as part of the extended Pride festival. Although Civil Partnership legislation would eventually take effect in Ireland in 2011, this critical, contentious turning point provides an opportunity for reflecting upon the relationship among LGBTQ people, politics, and performance in contemporary Ireland.

Abstract: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On Tuesday, March 28, 1961, the overcast clouds above Jackson, Mississippi, parted just around ten o'clock in the morning. Shortly after, drummers took to their instruments to send off the color guard at the beginning of the parade. Behind them, stretching for six miles, were three thousand men dressed as Confederate soldiers, collectively known as the "Mississippi Greys." Cheers rang out when the Jackson Central High School Junior ROTC unfurled the largest Confederate battle flag in the world, owned by the University of Mississippi. After the two-hour parade, Governor Ross Barnett, clad as a Confederate officer, performed as his 1861 counterpart in a dramatized reenactment of Mississippi's secession convention. As five thousand Mississippians watched in the halls of the Old Capitol, Mississippi symbolically left the Union once again. Mississippi's official commemoration of the centennial of the Civil War had begun. (1) The United States had been preparing for the Civil War centennial since 1957, when Congress authorized a commission, appropriately titled the Civil War Centennial Commission (CWCC) to plan events and steer state and local organizations towards commemorating the war and especially the men involved. Mississippi quickly organized a state commission to plan and encourage events within the state, due to its importance as the home state of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and as the site of one of the most important Confederate defeats, Vicksburg. From the outset, Mississippi's commission had a clear goal, evinced by its name. The Mississippi Commission on the War Between the States (MCWBS) was unapologetically pro-Confederate, though willing to acknowledge, however begrudgingly, the Union victory. But the commissioners did not wish to fight the war again; rather, the commissioners urged Mississippians to "honor dedication and devotion, courage and honor, integrity and faith" of the men who fought in the previous century. The MCWBS focused on the fighting generation's character as necessary lessons for children and adults alike. The Civil War centennial was more than just recognition of a central event in American history. It was more than simple nostalgia for an imagined Old South. The numerous parades, the pageants and balls, and the multitude of reenactments and commemorations around the state collectively reinforced ideas of a moral fiber that would save the South from a host of "-isms": liberalism, communism, socialism, pacifism, and atheism. The story of the Civil War centennial commemoration has been a subject of recent inquiry by historians Robert J. Cook and David Blight. Cook studied the commemoration from a national standpoint in light of the Cold War; Blight examined the works of four prominent historians of the day. Jon Wiener analyzed the centennial events in the context of the Civil Rights Movement in addition to the Cold War. The national scope of these works causes them to miss a dominant theme from the Centennial that is best seen at the state and local level, particularly in Mississippi. The events from 1961 to 1963 in the Magnolia State shed light on how one generation of men, born before 1920, and who benefited from the rabid white supremacist rhetoric and policies of men like Governor James K. Vardaman, used the anniversary to impart similar anti-Civil Rights (and, by their own extension, anti-communist) values onto the next generation of Mississippians. (2) The Civil War Centennial did not create a new spirit of resistance for southerners, but it arrived at a critical moment. As returning veterans, often young, arrived home from Europe and the Pacific, they began making inroads in their communities as business leaders and politicians. Yet the four men who defined Mississippi's Centennial period--Commission director Sidney Roebuck, professor Louis Dollarhide, Governor Ross Barnett, and Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) leader William D. …

Abstract: (2013). Peoples on Parade: Exhibitions, Empire, and Anthropology in Nineteenth-Century Britain. By Sadiah Qureshi. Cultural and Social History: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 312-314.

Abstract: In this study, we try to create a digital archive for festival music, which are called "Ohayashi" in Japanese, for the Yamahoko parade of the Gion festival in Kyoto, Japan. The festival music, which consists of Japanese traditional drums, flutes, bells, ambient noise, sounds of floats moving, and shouts during the parade, need to be reproduced to create the authentic atmosphere of the Gion festival. To reproduce a high-quality sound field, we recorded some festival music including these sounds in the Yamahoko parade. After that, we tried to reproduce the festival music using a web system linked to the map of a Yamahoko float to construct a more interactive acoustic sound field. This system reproduces the Ohayashi at particular positions along the route when the user clicks on any position of the float route.

Abstract: Arab and Berber population. The flow of migration was anything but smooth, but once the decision was made that France was in Algeria to stay, the trajectory, especially tragic for the Algerian population, was clear. By 1848 the fate of Algeria, a colony made up of increasing numbers of European settlers craving land, was sealed. The following decades saw continuing conquest by “the sword” along with the growth of an immigrant settler population. Granting European immigrants rights of French citizenship while denying these rights to the native “subjects” planted contradictions that would reap the whirlwind midway through the following century. By Sword and Plow makes an important contribution to our understanding of French, Algerian, and world history. If only such rich documentary and iconographic sources existed to illuminate nineteenthcentury Algerian culture. The book appears to accept as a given the global expansion of the West. A fundamental question remains under the surface. Why was the nineteenth-century story of France in Algeria almost entirely one of expanding territorial control? French military setbacks, such as the failed attempt to take Constantine in 1836, were rare and quickly reversed. What were the specific instruments of expansion symbolized by “the sword” and “the plow,” and to what extent did their efficacy derive from the new technologies of the Industrial Revolution? Rapidly changing firearms technology is almost completely overlooked, for example. Political culture is unquestionably important, as this book illustrates. But can political culture account for the unprecedented rate and scale of Western expansion during the age of imperialism? Reminding readers of larger questions might help them view this excellent study of political culture not as an end but as the beginning of further exploration. don holsinger Seattle Pacific University

Abstract: The most splendid and famous guild parades in Istanbul were held in the 16th and 17th centuries; of those guild parades, the parade of 1638 definitely was the largest and most spectacular in terms of participants This event is elaborately described in the first volume of Evliyâ Celebi’s Seyahatnâme, In this paper I wish to briefly consider one previously neglected aspect of this text: Evliyâ’s more or less detailed discussion of the pīrs, the guild patrons. I will begin with a general overview about how Evliyâ introduces these pīrs ; next, I will discuss the longer stories or legends about these pīrs which Evliyâ narrates – though there are not many, unfortunately. Then I will highlight the most significant themes of these stories to show why particular individuals were chosen as pīrs for certain guilds. Finally, I will briefly summarize the similarities and differences between these pīrs and the patrons of the Christian guilds of Europe.

Abstract: Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Travestites and Transsexuals (LGBT) pride parades are events of visibility to this population. Originated in the United States as marches of complaint due to the violence against homosexuals, in Brazil these parades became manifestations with carnival-like characteristics. The present study investigated the parades through the views of their participants. One hundred and eighty three (183) instruments evoking the term "parade" were applied to people attending the parades in Brasilia (n=123) and Goiânia (n=60). The data were analyzed by means of the software EVOC. It was noticed that the more evoked terms were “joy” (F=46, RM=1,978), “diversity” (F=25, RM=2,360) and “freedom” (F=85, RM=2,412). The conclusion was that participants understand parades as propitious moments for free expression of affections.

Abstract: How do small states behave once they have a seat at the table? In this article, I describe how one small state—Norway—operated when it was a member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2001–02. From my anthropological fieldwork in this period, I present a number of arguments. The first one is that, substantively, Norwegian diplomats at the Council were caught in a bind between representing national interests, on the one hand, and being “team players” vis-a-vis the permanent members, on the other. I also argue that institutionally organizational designs shape political decisions in significant and often unexpected ways. Finally, in terms of theory and method, even in highly formalized diplomatic settings, such as the UNSC, informal processes are central to understanding how states operate, as well as how the Council functions.

Abstract: This article explores long-standing American Indian opposition to Columbus Day in Denver. In 2007, Glenn Morris, a leading activist from the American Indian Movement of Colorado, stated that the rejection of the racist philosophy behind Columbus Day ‘may be the most important issue facing Indian country today’. Activism aimed at Columbus Day and the parades is a struggle over identity and historical memory, and Denver forms a distinctive, complex and emotive stage. The ideological nature of American Indian opposition to the holiday is examined and discussed as a blend of patriotic counter-narrative and nationalistic counter-memory. The opposition aims to highlight the historical actions of Columbus, but this is ultimately less important than confronting the way in which a conservative, individualistic myth of Columbus infuses itself into American society and psyche; the crux of activism revolves around the legacy of Columbus and the wider issues of decolonization that this raises.

Abstract: Contents: Foreword, Charles Keil Introduction: the world of brass bands, Katherine Brucher and Suzel Ana Reily Brass and military bands in Britain - performance domains, the factors that construct them and their influence, Trevor Herbert Western challenge, Japanese musical response: military bands in modern Japan, Sarah McClimon Battlefields and the field of music: South Korean military band musicians and the Korean War, Heejin Kim From processions to encontros: the performance niches of the community bands of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Suzel Ana Reily The representational power of the New Orleans brass band, Matt Sakakeeny Soldiers of God: the spectacular musical ministry of the Christmas bands in the Western Cape, South Africa, Sylvia Bruinders Composing identity and transposing values in Portuguese amateur wind bands, Katherine Brucher Playing away: liminality, flow and communitas in an Ulster flute band's visit to a Scottish Orange parade, Gordon Ramsey From village to world stage: the malleability of Sinaloan popular brass bands, Helena Simonett Bibliography Discography Index.