MDSB63H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Berghahn Books, World Soundscape Project, Jacques Attali
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2nd week theorizing how we hear: noise, silence and the politics of sound. Acoustic ecology and the idea of the soundscape. An introduction to some of the concepts, questions and theoretical problems that will follow us throughout this course . Proposal should show (cid:283)clear topic,(cid:284) (cid:283)why does the topic is relevant to this course? (cid:284) (cid:283)how i(cid:284)m going to write about the research paper? (cid:284) Source should be clear and needs to know why does the source used. Critique of occularcentrism across a range of disciplines, like archaeology, anthropology, art history, media studies, et. al. Silence: the currency of power , m-l. achino-loeb (ed. A consideration of the idea of power, and how acts of silencing are implicated in the social exercise of power, from an anthropological perspective. What is the difference between asking someone to be silent and telling them to. Silence has crucial connotations of power and control.
