Det här arbetet behandlar Dominick Argentos sångcykel The Andrée Expedition, ett verk som beskriver den historiska händelse i slutet av 1800-talet då tre svenskar med hjälp av luftballong försökte bli de första någonsin att ta sig till Nordpolen. Arbetet beskriver och utforskar den konstnärliga processen, instuderingen och framförandet av verket. Utgångspunkten ligger i den del av förberedelsearbetet som har skett innan den textliga och musikaliska instuderingen har påbörjats: utforskande och sammanställning av information som beskriver de tre personerna Salomon August Andrée, Knut Frænkel och Nils Strindberg. Syftet med arbetet är att utforska hur denna förberedelseprocess har påverkat framförandet av verket. Efter genomförda efterforskningar i texter och litteratur som behandlar dessa tre historiska personer har en karaktärsanalys genomförts. Denna analys har sedan satts i relation till det komponerade verket och således kompositörens tillvägagångssätt att beskriva och gestalta karaktärerna. Genom att utgå från dessa två förutsättningar har en tolkning av verket utkristalliserat sig. Studien har lett till slutsatser om värdet i att inte bara låta sig påverkas av impulser från det faktiska verket som ska framföras. Utöver den text och musik som verket utgör så finns det en mängd källor som kan ge upphov till tankar och inspiration som sedan leder till en personlig tolkning och ett intressant framförande. / <p>Dominick Argento</p><p>The Andrée Expedition</p><p>Viktor Rydén, baryton</p><p>Joakim Martinsen, piano</p>

Outfacing the Storm is a song cycle that tells the story of the spectacular failure-turned-triumph of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Expedition was an attempt to trek overland across the whole of the Antarctic continent. Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, launched from England in August of 1914 with twenty-eight men. Within weeks of entering the polar latitudes, ice ensnared the ship. The Endurance remained stuck fast until the spring breakup crushed its hull, and it sank in November of 1915. The crew struck out for civilization, and, after six months and over one thousand miles of travel by foot, by ice-drift, and by lifeboat, they returned home alive. The Expedition’s safe return was heavily credited by its crew to Shackleton himself. A man of intense character, burning passion, and unfailing determination, Shackleton put the needs of his crew ahead of all else. His individual dedication to each member of the voyage was an inspiration to each. Ernest Shackleton, however, was a private man. He hid his own concerns from all except those closest to him. During the Expedition, he feared for the well-being of the crew. In the largest sense, he feared failure. Shackleton was only ever content while at sea. “Sometimes,” he wrote to his wife, “I think I am no good at anything but being away in the wilds… I grow restless and feel any part of youth is slipping away from me and that nothing matters… I feel I am no use to anyone unless I am outfacing the storm in wild lands.” This song cycle tells the tale of the Expedition through Shackleton’s eyes. The cycle is in eleven movements—nine recounting the story, plus a prologue and epilogue. All of the text is Shackleton’s own. The nine middle movements are taken from Shackleton’s memoir about the voyage, South. The prologue and epilogue are taken, respectively, from an interview and the above letter. / Music, Butler School of / text

This study will explore the similarities and differences between Alcibiades and Nicias’ speeches to the Athenian Assembly in 415 BC and Secretary Hillary Clinton and President Donald J. Trump’s first presidential debate in 2016. The ancient speeches were regarding the Sicilian Expedition, while the modern speeches focused on each candidates’ foreign policy plan regarding Syria and the Islamic State (IS). Despite the near 2,500-year difference between these two democracies, there are striking similarities between the ways their governments are structured as well as the values they uphold. I explore the significance of the fact that the Athenians and the modern-day Americans have two ostensibly functioning democracies yet the candidates whom they elected and the subsequent results were disadvantageous for the long-term sustainability of their countries. I will look at the differences between the expectations of the democratic institutions and what the outcomes of the debates were. Additionally, I compare the differences between the Athenian democracy and the American democracy.

This diploma thesis studies the transformation of the image of conquistador Lope de Aguirre in selected pieces of Hispanic literature. The introductory compilation explains the historical context of the colonial background in which Aguirre's rebellion took place. Some historical facts about Aguirre himself are added as well. The analytical part of this thesis concentrates on Aguirre's image in literature written in Spanish, from the second half of the 16th century till present. The four hundred year development of a historical persona into a myth is very briefly captured. Given the amount of possible research samples we choose to primarily focus on Aguirre's image in 16th century chronicles written by witnesses, namely the chronicle of Francisco Vázquez. Secondarily, we also look into the image created by post-boom writers in the seventies in the 20th century, with special consideration of Abel Posse's novel Daimón. As a result, we can make a limited comparison between one of the very first and one of the very last literary images of Aguirre. Based upon these images we also try to deduce the influence of contemporary values and mentality on the creation of said images.

This Master's Thesis deals with logistic processes within Unipetrol group of chemical companies with main focus on material flow of polyolefin plastics. Thesis's key objectives are thorough exploring of material flow, identifying possible ineffective areas and suggesting solutions. All parts of the material chain (production line, packaging,warehousing and expedition) are carefully analyzed. Theoretical part defines general logistics, importance of supply chain management in connection with globalization, chemical industry specifics and methods used in analyses (inventory management models). Practical part describes Unipetrol and its departments and more importantly results of executed analyses. Ten selected products with the greatest impact on department efficiency are examined carefully. Thesis conclusion includes final recommendations and chain's weakest places that should be eliminated.

Nessa pesquisa analisamos os diários de campo de Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, naturalista, médico, diplomata e chefe da expedição russa que esteve no Brasil na primeira metade do século XIX. De 1824 a 1829, Langsdorff realizou uma ampla viagem científica pelo interior do Brasil, desde o Rio de Janeiro até o Amazonas, passando por Minas Gerais, São Paulo e Mato Grosso. Tais diários formam um inigualável tesouro sobre o Brasil. Devido ao caráter exploratório da viagem, os diários do chefe da expedição se estabelecem como um lugar privilegiado na constituição das paisagens geográficas. Dessa forma, foi realizada uma análise que cotejou tais diários de modo interdisciplinar. Para tanto, aproximamos os estudos da paisagem geográfica e os parâmetros teóricos da Semiótica de linha francesa, tendo como convergência o estudo da paisagem. Perscrutamos as representações simbólicas da paisagem que emergem dos relatos, constatando que tais representações se constituem em um legado de sensíveis e perspicazes registros sobre as diferentes porções do território brasileiro. Por fim, constatamos que essas representações exerceram significativa contribuição para a formação de uma identidade nacional. / We analyse in this research programme the field diaries of Georg Heinrich von Lagnsdorff. He was a Prussian naturalist, physician, diplomat and leader of a Russian scientific expedition launched in Brazil in the first half of the 19th century. From 1824 to 1829, Langsdorff went on a long scientific expedition into the interior of Brazil, travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Amazonas, including Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Mato Grosso. Langsdorffs diaries constitute an unparalleled treasure about Brazil. Mainly because of the exploratory character of the journey, the diaries of the expedition leader act as a privileged spot in the constitution of geographic landscapes. As a result, a careful analysis was performed through the interdisciplinary comparison of such diaries. For this reason, we brought together the studies of geographic landscapes and the theoretical parameters of French semiotics, having the landscape study as a convergence point. We closely scrutinized the symbolic representations of the landscapes that emerged from Langsdorffs accounts, and concluded that such representations comprise legacies of sensitive and shrewd records from different parts of the Brazilian territory. Finally, we have observed that those representations made a significant contribution towards the development of a national identity.

Thesis (M.A. (Recreation Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

Thesis (M.A.)--Kutztown University. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2908. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 89).

From 1686 to 1690, General Alonso de León led five military expeditions from Northern New Spain into modern-day Texas in search of French intruders who had breached Spanish sovereignty and settled on lands claimed by the Spanish Crown. His first two exploratory journeys were unsuccessful, but on the third expedition, he discovered a Frenchman living among Coahuiltec Indians across the Río Grande. In 1689, the fourth expedition finally led to the discovery of La Salle’s ill-fated colony and fort on the Texas Coast and to the repatriation of two of the French survivors. On his fifth and final expedition, De León established the first Spanish mission among the Hasinai Indians of East Texas and rescued several French children who had been abducted by the Karankawa. Through archival research, I have identified sixteen manuscript copies of De León’s meticulously kept expedition diaries. These documents form a distinct corpus and hold major importance for early Texas scholarship. Several of these manuscripts, but not all, have been known to historians and have been addressed in the literature. However, never before have all sixteen manuscripts been studied as an interconnected body of work and submitted to philological treatment. In this interdisciplinary study, I transcribe, translate, and analyze the diaries from two different perspectives: linguistic and historical. The linguistic analysis examines the most salient phonological, morphosyntactic, and lexical phenomena attested in the documents. This synchronic study provides a snapshot of the Spanish language as it was used in Northern Mexico and Texas at the end of the 17th century. An in-depth examination discovers both conservative traits and linguistic innovations and contributes to the history of American Spanish. The historical analysis reveals that frequent misreadings, misinterpretations, and mistranslations of the Spanish source documents have led to substantial factual errors which have misinformed historical interpretation for more than a century. Thus, I have produced new, faithful, annotated English translations based on the manuscript archetypes to address historical misconceptions and present a more accurate interpretation of the historical events as they actually occurred.

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