Neste trabalho, é estudado o modo como a música eletroacústica / mista se desenvolveu em Portugal. É contextualizado o seu surgimento no país do ponto de vista histórico, social e político. De um ponto de vista global, este é descrito em paralelo com o desenvolvimento do género …
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Contained in the earliest human stories and into present day exist multiple references to hearing the “voice” of nature, usually expressed musically and/or through feeling, motion, or presence. Recent research shows that these experiences are quite common and only rarely associa…
The stylized, romantic song sequence — or the form(ula) of "song-dance-romance" — has remained the most visible, audible, and mobile aspect of Hindi popular cinema. Studies of Hindi film songs have taken the shape of either extended ethnographies of production practices or edite…
A study investigating whether a relationship exists between sound levels in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and the use of analgesics was conducted. Previous studies indicated sound levels in the PACU exceeded federal recommendations, that more analgesics were used during pe…
This thesis investigates the relationship between sound and written text. The subject is explored through practice, theory, and reflection. These research areas are preceded by an introduction to the phenomenon of the ‘book with a soundtrack’ as it has been set up within the fie…
Speaking through the voice of another is a practice-based PhD that employs art practice to interrogate translation (as a textual and verbal practice). It uses linguistic translation as both the subject and the method to make multimedia artworks (text, sound, performance and even…
This thesis investigates the design of audio for feedback in human-technology interaction- auditory displays. Despite promising progress in research and the potential benefits, we currently see little impact of audio in everyday interfaces. Changing interaction paradigms, new co…
The significant challenge of the twenty-first century is for humans to establish an intention of engaging nature in a relationship of mutuality. As the wounding of nature proliferates and the severity of the wounds increase, humans may recognize that the wounds of nature are sim…
This dissertation attends to complaints about religion as noise. I draw on court records, archival sources, and oral histories to analyze three American legal case studies in which neighbors complained about religious sounds spilling over into public space: an 1877 dispute about…
This study examines the relationship between sound and meaning in medieval Arabic linguistic theory, with particular attention given to the work of Ibn Jinni. The historical background of discussions of the relationship between sound and meaning in the Arabic linguistic traditio…
The present dissertation consists in an original composition for solo piano, titled Seven Nocturnes (2020). The score is preceded by a critical essay in which I discuss the overall aesthetic and formal qualities of the work, its musical, philosophical, theoretical, and historica…
In this thesis work, Sand and Dust is an installation containing multiple types of work, including short videos, short film, sound, photograph, and documentary. Sand and Dust title is inspired by the title of the song written by Trinh Cong Son. This song abstracts the concepts o…
This thesis investigates possible connections between the music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) and the later surrealist movement, turning to Parade (1917) in a case study that seeks to understand surrealism in music through the idea of self-exploration, a well-established interpretiv…
Borders today are commonly perceived as sites of tension and conflict. Whether conceptualized as territorial borders that purport to physically separate nations or social, political and cultural borders that ideologically split individuals, the idea of a border as impenetrable a…
Today’s digital environment features a growing circulation of repurposed archival audiovisual material. This dissertation builds on Jaimie Baron’s argument that the repurposing of audiovisual footage forms the contemporary experience of history today. I expand on her framework o…
This dissertation traces the relationship between auditory technology and models of listening in literature and film during the early-twentieth century. It considers a historical moment during which a vivid array of unprecedented sounds arose, such as the roar of the automobile,…
This dissertation uncovers an alternative theory of the human voice that decenters speech in premodern Chinese literature from the third to the seventeenth centuries. Through an examination of records of reportage, anecdotes, tales, biographies, poetry, and commentary, all cente…
While a great deal of scholarship has critically assessed Holocaust texts, films, and photographs for decades, scholars have largely overlooked music and sound. Musicologists and historians have made substantial contributions to understanding music during the Holocaust and how i…
Occupational noise induced hearing loss (occupational NIHL) is one of the leading causes of permanent hearing impairments not only in developing countries since developed countries such as the US also have a large number of employees who are at risk of occupational NIHL. A numbe…