Value potential of ukrainian national musical image

Developing National Open Access Policies: Ukrainian Case Study

Since January 2007 Ukraine has a law mandating open access to publicly funded researches. It was widely supported by most of the Parliament members. And it is already the second parliamentary inquiry mandating the Cabinet of Ministers to take actions on creating favourable conditions for developing open access repositories in archives, libraries, museums, scientific and research institutions wi...

Musical Image Compression

Digital Image Capture of Musical Scores

Musical scores have small details and complex markings, and are difficult to digitally capture and deliver well. All capture decisions should be made with a clear idea of the purpose of the resulting digital images, but master images must be flexible enough to fulfill unanticipated future uses. In order to provide a framework for decision-making in musical score digitization projects, best prac...

Making Sense of World War II: How Russian and Ukrainian Textbooks Foster National Identities

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the memory of World War II has been used in state-led nation-building processes of post-Soviet countries to foster a sense of national belonging. This paper provides an insight into the offi cial discourse of World War II in Russia and Ukraine by concentrating on a comparative analysis of World War II representations in Russian and Ukrainian school histor...

Iamascope: A Musical Application for Image Processing

The Iamascope is an interactive, electronic kaleidoscope. The Iamascope combines computer video, graphics, vision, and audio technology for performers to create striking imagery and sound with this aesthetically uplifting interactive device. In the installation, the user takes the place of a colourful piece of oating glass inside the kaleidoscope, and simultaneously views a kaleidoscopic image ...