Shaping Sound And Society

Author : Stephen Cottrell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000928969

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This volume brings together leading voices from the new wave of research on musical instruments to consider how we can connect the material aspects of instruments with their social function, approaches that have been otherwise too frequently separated in musical scholarship. Shaping Sound and Society: The Cultural Study of Musical Instruments locates the instruments at the centre of cultural interactions. With contributions from ten scholars spanning a variety of methodologies and a wide range of both contemporary and historic music cultures, the volume is divided into three sections. Contributors discuss the relationships between makers, performers, and their local communities; the different meanings that instruments accrue as they travel over time and place; and the manner in which instruments throw new light on historic music cultures. Alongside the scholarly chapters, the volume also includes a selection of shorter interludes based on interviews with makers of comparatively new instruments, offering further insights into the process of musical instrument innovation. An essential read for students and academics in the fields of music and ethnomusicology, this volume will also interest anyone looking to understand how the cultural interaction of musical instruments is deeply informed and influenced by social, technological, and cultural change.

Author : Ola Johansson,Thomas Lee Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Music and geography
ISBN : 1315609932

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Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music by Ola Johansson,Thomas Lee Bell Pdf

Author : Peter J. Martin
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0719032245

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Sounds and Society by Peter J. Martin Pdf

In this pioneering new book, Dr Martin presents a lively and accessible introduction to the social analysis of music. Dr Martin argues that musical meaning must be understood as socially constructed, rather than inherent, and that the notion of a correspondence between social and musical structures is highly problematic. An alternative approach, based on the ‘social action’ pespective is outlined, and the book concludes with a discussion of the social situation of music in advanced capitalist society. Along the way, leading thinkers are introduced: Adorno, Weber and Schntz as well as, more recently, John Shepherd and the feminist musicologists. The book draws on studies spanning the whole spectrum of Western music - rock bands to symphony orchestras, medieval plainchant to avant-garde jazz and concludes with a discussion of the social situation of music in advanced capitalist society.

Author : Göran Bolin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415893114

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Cultural Technologies by Göran Bolin Pdf

Covering diverse themes such as intellectual property, media and architecture, satellite debris, server farms and search engines, art installations, surveillance, peer-to-peer file-sharing, the construction of techno-history and much more, this book discusses both the culture of technology that we live in today, and culture as technology.

Author : Antoine Hennion,Christophe Levaux
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000381993

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Rethinking Music through Science and Technology Studies by Antoine Hennion,Christophe Levaux Pdf

This volume seeks to offer a new approach to the study of music through the lens of recent works in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Applied to the study of music, this approach enables us to reconcile the human, social, factual, and technological aspects of the musical world, and opens the prospect of new areas of inquiry in musicology and sound studies. Drawing together contributions from a wide range of scholars, the book’s four sections focus on key areas of music study that are impacted by STS: organology, sound studies, music history, and epistemology.

Author : Josep Martí,Sara Revilla
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527507418

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Making Music, Making Society by Josep Martí,Sara Revilla Pdf

A society is the result of interacting individuals, and individuals are also the result of this interaction. This interaction happens through music, among other factors. As such, music constitutes a powerful resource for symbolic interaction, which constitutes the medium and substance of a culture. The importance of music in a society is clearly brought to light in the role that it plays in the three basic parameters of the social logics: identity, social order and the need for exchange. If music is so important to us, it is because, apart from its assigned aesthetic values, it fits closely with the dynamics of each of these three different parameters. These parameters, which are consubstantial to the social nature of the human being, constitute the core of the book as they manifest in musical practices. This publication addresses important issues such as the role of music in shaping identities, how music and social order are intertwined and why music is so relevant in human interaction. The last part of the book explores issues related to the social application of musical research. The volume brings together specialists from different academic disciplines with the same powerful starting point: music is not merely something related to the social, but rather a social life itself, something capable of structuring the social experience.

Author : G. Hardy,D. Everett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137033383

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Shaping the Future of Business Education by G. Hardy,D. Everett Pdf

In a world economy where rapid change is the only constant, what is the best way for business schools to prepare the leaders of tomorrow? The authors of this volume argue that a broad and rigorous education is needed; one that fuses business knowledge with arts and sciences, technology, and ethical training.

Author : Ezra J. Teboul,Andreas Kitzmann,Einar Engström
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781040015728

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Modular Synthesis by Ezra J. Teboul,Andreas Kitzmann,Einar Engström Pdf

Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People brings together scholars, artists, composers, and musical instrument designers in an exploration of modular synthesis, an unusually multifaceted musical instrument that opens up many avenues for exploration and insight, particularly with respect to technological use, practice, and resistance. Through historical, technical, social, aesthetic, and other perspectives, this volume offers a collective reflection on the powerful connections between technology, creativity, culture, and personal agency. Ultimately, this collection is about creativity in a technoscientific world and speaks to issues fundamental to our everyday lives and experiences, by providing insights into the complex relationships between content creators, the technologies they use, and the individuals and communities who design and engage with them. With chapters covering VCV Rack, modular synthesis, instrument design, and the histories of synthesizer technology, as well as interviews with Dave Rossum, Corry Banks, Meng Qi, and Dani Dobkin, among others, Modular Synthesis is recommended reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and practitioners of electronic music and music technology. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Joel Spring
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135614133

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How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society by Joel Spring Pdf

In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly erodes under the power of a growing global civil society. Traditional nationalist education attempts to mold loyal and patriotic citizens who are emotionally attached to symbols of the state, whereas the goal of neo-liberal educational ideology is to change nationalist education to serve the needs of the global economy. These changes are fueling a clash between the ideas of free-market and consumer-based neo-liberals and those of human rights and environmental educators. Human rights education is concerned with creating activist global citizens. It is rooted in the idea that inherent in human rights doctrines is a collective responsibility to ensure the rights of all people. Environmentalism is the most radical of the ideologies because it rejects the industrial and consumerist paradigm that has dominated most economic thought, including capitalism and communism. Spring synthesizes and analyzes the effect of these educational ideologies on shaping the future of the global society. In the concluding section, he compares the effect of these ideologies on global society with the possibility of a world divided between conflicting civilizations. How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society: Intergovernmental Organizations, NGOs, and the Decline of the Nation-State features: *a critical exploration of the transition of schooling from a function of the nation-state to a globalized economic and political system; *a discussion of the major organizations and trading blocs shaping the future globalization of educational policies; *an analysis of the major competing global ideologies of education--including national and corporate models that emphasize training workers for a competitive global free market; the worldwide network of human rights and peace educators who are teaching a global set of ethics; and the environmental movement's efforts to create a common set of educational standards for sustainable development and sustainable consumption; and *an exploration of the possible future of global educational policy and school organizations. By integrating a wide range of previously scattered information within a bold new framework for understanding educational ideologies and their impact on the global society, Spring raises important questions for researchers, professionals, and students in history and philosophy of education, educational policy, educational studies, comparative education, multicultural education, curriculum studies, critical media studies, global studies, human rights education, and related areas.

Author : Kimberley Peters
Publisher : Springer
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137576767

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Sound, Space and Society by Kimberley Peters Pdf

In 1964, rebel radio stations took to the seas in converted ships to offer listening choice to a young, resistant audience, against a backdrop of restrictive broadcasting policies. This book draws on this exceptional moment in social history, and the decades that followed, teasing out the relations between sound, society and space that were central to ‘pirate’ broadcasting activities. With a turn towards mediated life in geography, studies of radio have been largely absent. However, radio remains the most pervasive mass communications medium. This book breaks new ground, discussing in depth the relationship between radio, space and society; considering how space matters in the production, consumption and regulation of audio transmission, through the geophysical spaces of sea, land and air. It is relevant for readers interested in geographies of media, sensory spatial experience, everyday geopolitics and the turn towards elemental and more-than-human geographies.

Author : Elke Seefried
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781805395171

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Shaping Tomorrow's World by Elke Seefried Pdf

Shaping Tomorrow’s World tells the crucial story of how futures studies developed in West Germany, Europe, the US and within global futures networks from the 1940s to the 1980s. It charts the emergence of different approaches and thought styles within the field ranging from Cold War defense intellectuals such as Herman Kahn to critical peace activists like Robert Jungk. Engaging with the challenges of the looming nuclear war, the changing phases of the Cold War, ‘1968’, and the growing importance of both the Global South and environmentalism, this book argues that futures scholars actively contributed to these processes of change. This multiple award-winning study combines national and transnational perspectives to present a unique history of envisioning, forecasting, and shaping the future.

Author : Thomas L. Bell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317052548

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Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music by Thomas L. Bell Pdf

Popular music is a cultural form much rooted in space and place. This book interprets the meaning of music from a spatial perspective and, in doing so it furthers our understanding of broader social relations and trends, including identity, attachment to place, cultural economies, social activism and politics. The book's editors have brought together a team of scholars to discuss the latest innovative thinking on music and its geographies, illustrated with a fascinating range of case studies from the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia and Great Britain.

Author : Dr Ola Johansson,Professor Thomas L Bell
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781409488361

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Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music by Dr Ola Johansson,Professor Thomas L Bell Pdf

Popular music is a cultural form much rooted in space and place. This book interprets the meaning of music from a spatial perspective and, in doing so it furthers our understanding of broader social relations and trends, including identity, attachment to place, cultural economies, social activism and politics. The book's editors have brought together a team of scholars to discuss the latest innovative thinking on music and its geographies, illustrated with a fascinating range of case studies from the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia and Great Britain.

Author : Georgina Barton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319954080

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Music Learning and Teaching in Culturally and Socially Diverse Contexts by Georgina Barton Pdf

This book examines the inter-relationship between music learning and teaching, and culture and society: a relationship that is crucial to comprehend in today’s classrooms. The author presents case studies from diverse music learning and teaching contexts – including South India and Australia and online learning environments – to compare the modes of transmission teachers use to share their music knowledge and skills. It is imperative to understand the ways in which culture and society can in fact influence music teachers’ beliefs and experiences: and in understanding, there is potential to improve intercultural approaches to music education more generally. In increasingly diverse schools, the author highlights the need for culturally appropriate approaches to music planning, assessment and curricula. Thus, music teachers and learners will be able to understand the diversity of music education, and be encouraged to embrace a variety of methods and approaches in their own teaching. This inspiring book will be of interest and value to all those involved in teaching and learning music in various contexts.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264046535

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OECD Reviews of Tertiary Education Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society Volume 1 and Volume 2 by OECD Pdf

Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society provides a thorough international investigation of tertiary education policy across its many facets – governance, funding, quality assurance, equity, research and innovation, academic career, links to the labour market and internationalisation.