When Nothing is Called Music
by Dr. Pessi Parviainen
July 7, 2021 5:30 pm
The words we use affect the way we think.
Music is a word.
Do we have to use it? Have we always used it?
The answer to both these questions is “no.”
This is not nitpicking on words. This is a radical call for cultural reformation.
This podcast presents excerpts from Dr. Pessi Parviainen’s dissertation “When Nothing is Called Music: Towards Ecological Composition.”
The book is available to download for free:
https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951
The dissertation was generously supported by the Kone Foundation, the City of Helsinki, UniArts Helsinki (Theatre Academy / Tutke & VÄS), and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.
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