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The origins of the banjo in Irish music, from Africa to nineteenth-century blackface minstrelsy, to the Flanagan Brothers on the vaudeville circuit of the early twentieth century.
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      Irish StudiesAmerican StudiesMusicologyEthnomusicology
This thesis centres firstly upon an historicisation of the 5-string banjo and the downstroke styles used to play it in Jacksonian America, and secondly around the interrogation of historical sources pertaining to the banjo in early... more
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      EthnomusicologyPerformance Studies (Music)Hermeneutic PhenomenologyOral theory
Ethnic music of all kinds has had a powerful influence on American popular music throughout history, and this is certainly true of Irish music. For nearly 100 years, radio has been a vital conduit for conveying musical influences of all... more
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    • Sociology
Throughout the world, fossil fuels are being used in plentiful amounts and are diminishing the Earth's o-zone layer causing harm to the natural environment in which humans live in.
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    • Geography
This thesis analyses the Right to a Healthy Environment (RHE) and identifies the added value of rights-based approaches (RBAs) in the broader context of sustainable development. It focuses particularly on the requirement for 'meaningful... more
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    • Political Science