MDSB63H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Berghahn Books, Sound Studies, Media Studies
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But this is a much older question. The problem of occularcentrism, or the focus on visual phenomena at the sensory forms. Sound as a medium of artistic and creative practice. The emergence of a field of sound studies . Modernity has brought and mediated sound. (p. 4) Sound becomes more regulated, and controlled. (p. 5) The importance of interdisciplinary literary studies, and sts. (p. 7) Sound is a social relation it creates connections between people. Some key questions expense of other to sound the way. Key ideas from pinch and bijsterveld (page 4, 5, 7). Critique of occularcentrism across a range of disciplines, like archaeology, anthropology, art history, media studies, et. For mattern and salmon, it"s film studies. Sound as an interdisciplinary field of practice (p. 141) similar in approach to visual studies. A sound studies curriculum should strive to promote a critical awareness of listening and the sounds one listens to.
