- Feb 2016
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Theorganization ofsoundinterpretedhistorically,politically,socially.Likeaheadmaster,theoryteachestodaysmusicathingor2aboutlife
Sound is a reflection of wisdom of life; reflects social states. Building upon this by using music theories helps to deepen this understanding
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SoundismerelyathinsHce,thevibrationsaudibletohumansoranimals.Suchanorientationthereforeshouldbedifferentiatedfromaphehomenologyofsoniceffectscenteredontheperceptionsofahiunan subject,as aready-made,interiorizedhumancenterofbeingandfeeling.
Characterization of how sound is experienced - how a vibration affects a person is very individual
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- Jan 2016
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Keynotesoundsdonothavetobehstenedtoconsaously;heyareoverheardbut cannotbeoverlooked, forkeynotesounds become hstemnghabitsinspiteofthemselves
This brings up the assumption that some sounds are universally regarded the same (something that can't be overheard)
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ForsometimeIhavealsobelipvpHtHofjsocietycanbe readasanindicatorofsoZA-^environmentofausranchabout thetrendingandJlnZnodgh.alp^hlicafion,,willfupestma„psn^S:Z
Music could sort of foreshadow how a society will evolve
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Thereforethemusicofawell-orderedageiscalmandcheerfulandIfm^^lel
Schafer suggests that music is a reflection of the current political state
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Todefinemusicmerelyassoundswouldhavebeenimthinkableafewyearsago,thoughtodayitisthemoreexclusivedefinitionsthatareprovingunacceptable.Littlebylittlethroughoutthetwentiethcentury,alltheconventionaldefinitionsofmusichavebeen explodedbythe abundantactivitiesofmusiciansthemselves.
Music is mainly something that is felt - how can it be defined?
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oss-cultmalevidenceffomaroundtheworldmustbecarefullyassembledand mterpreted
different cultures need to be examined in order to get a comprehensive result
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Fromthearts,particularlymusic,wewilllearnhowmancreatesidealsoundscapesforthatotherlife,thelifeoftheimaginationandpsychic reflection.Fromthesestudieswewillbegintolaythefoundationsofanewinterdiscipline—acousticdesign.
music is incredibly important because it is so personal
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Noisesarethesounds wehavelearnedtoignore
noises = negative "bad" sounds?
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universal deafnessasthq-ultimateconsequenceunlesstheproblemcanbebroughtquicklyundercontrol
this allusion to illness makes the problem of noise pollution seem far more grave than it is commonly regarded as
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Noise pollutionisnowaworldproblem
It seems like the former purity of the soundscape has been tainted by many modern unnecessary sounds
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Wemustdothehardworkofmakinga‘Tjreak”with pregivenorcommon-sensenotions,regardlessofwheretheycomefrom
an open mind is required (because sound is constantly changing and can be interpreted in so many different ways)
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manyclassicstudiesofsoundbeginbycontrastingtheauditoryandvisualregisters.Whentheymakethismove,authorsmoreoftentalkaboutearsandeyesthansoimdsandhght.
what about the other senses?
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Rather,theboundarybetweensoundandnot-soundisbasedontheunderstoodpossibilitiesofthefacultyofhearing—^whetherwearetalkingaboutapersonorasquirrel.Therefore,aspeopleandsquirrelschan
So - squirrel sounds have an effect on human culture, but they also have their own histories
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?Mustwealwaysstarttheculturalstudyofsoundfromthepositionofpeople?C
isn't culture always studied from the position of people?
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Methodmatters,butitshouldarisefromthequestionsaskedandtheknowledgefieldsengaged,nottheotherwayaround.
methodology is not the focus/starting point, but more like a side effect
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Thesociologicalimagination isbasedin“thecapacitytoshiftfromoneperspectivetoanother.[
sound shifts from a societal movement to becoming something personal/intimate! it can also be both at the same time
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TheseHmitsinturnworklikeaffordances—^baselineassumptionsandmassivetraditionstobuildfrom,aswellasconventionsworthplayingwith orstrugglingagainst.
new sonic movements arise from both challenging and sticking with conventions/traditions
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“seriousresearchleadsonetounitewhatIsordinarilyseparatedortodistinguishwhat isordinarilyconfused.”
clarity
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arbelowtheconsdouslevelsofthoughtandfeehng,invigoratingeveryword;sinkingtothemostprimitiveandforgotten,returningtotheoriginandbringingsomethingback,seekingthebeginningandtheend.
sound is something unconscious and intrinsic
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Sonicimaginationsarenecessarilyplural,recursive,reflexive,driventorepresent, refigure andredescrib
assumption?
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Soundstudiesisanintellectualexercise,onethatfor the momentis mostgroundedinacademia,thoughcertainlynon-academicsproducefascinatingworkaboutsoundallthetime,andsoundstudentscananclshouldmove beyond theacademyto try andeffectchangeintheworld.
is the sound student's objective to change the world?
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key term
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Ifyouhearthesamesoundintwodifferentspaces,youmaynotevenrecognizeitasthesamesound.
this could apply to how the same sounds are interpreted differently by different cultures
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Thismeansthatifweuseconceptsdrawnfromthestudyofhumanauditoryperception,wemust accountforthehistoricity ofthatknowledge(ratherthansimplysaying“thisishowyourearworks”asiftheearisthesameinalltimesandplaces)
how sound is perceived goes beyond the biological functioning of the ear
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soundstudentsarenotstrictlyspeaking-osophers,-ologistsor-ographers.Inhis1997attackonculturalstudies,ToddGitlinusedthephrase“culturalstudents”todescribepractitionersoftbefield.
Even though the study of sound does not seem to have a "traditional" approach, it has deep scholarly roots
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utitisalsoaproductof changesinthoughtandtheorganizationofthedisciphnes.
It sounds like sounds, and the resulting sound studies, are a product of social change instead of the other way around.
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For.SigmundFreudin1929,soundrecordingallowedfortheretentionof“fleeting”auditory memories.
So, in other words, sound was not regarded as a lasting, permanent memory - sound is just something temporary.
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rlanguages. °ItIStemptingtocallsoundstudiesaresponsetoourchangingsonicworld__anditisthat.Butsohavebeenmanyotherimportantintellectualmovementsaroundsoundinthe20thcentury
It seems like this statement wants to overturn the assumption that sound studies are a response purely to our changing sonic world, when in reality they are also a reaction to other intellectual movements in the 20th century.
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Itisaglobalphenomenonaswell.
This makes me think about how sounds are not limited linguistically and about how the same sounds can be interpreted differently by different nations and cultures.
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architecture,
Architecture is a sonic phenomenon? I had never thought about architecture in this way and don't know how to imagine this.
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sound is something that is constantly evolving
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