Object-Oriented Musicology: Some Implications Of Graham Harman's Philosophy For Music Theory, History, And Criticism,
2020
CUNY Graduate Center
Object-Oriented Musicology: Some Implications Of Graham Harman's Philosophy For Music Theory, History, And Criticism, Eric Taxier
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation brings the ideas of the philosopher Graham Harman (b. 1968) into a musicological context. His “object-oriented ontology” is widely known in continental philosophy, but it has not yet entered rigorous contact with musicology. Certain factors pose difficulties at first glance, such as Harman’s focus on metaphysical issues (originating in his critique of Martin Heidegger) and his rehabilitation of the widely criticized concept of aesthetic autonomy. But these are also sources of novelty that could make an object-oriented encounter with musicology fruitful. In the first chapter, I outline the main features of Harman’s thought. He critiques assumptions about the …
Projective Aesthetics As A New Discourse,
2020
Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russis
Projective Aesthetics As A New Discourse, Boris Orlov Ph.D.
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Material Matters,
2020
The Graduate Center of The City University of New York
Material Matters, Mary Bittner Wiseman
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Afrosonic Noise: A Transnational Black Feminist Musicological Study Of Global Black Joy In Black North American Rock Music And Afro Argentinian Music Performance.,
2020
University of Louisville
Afrosonic Noise: A Transnational Black Feminist Musicological Study Of Global Black Joy In Black North American Rock Music And Afro Argentinian Music Performance., Jerika M Jones
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
I have decided that my academic mission, at this juncture at least, is to find common links between 2 groups of people that have come to know themselves through paralleling but colonially different environments. Perhaps it is wise for me to explore the similarities between Afro Argentine Black Music and African North American Music in closer ethnomusicological detail using feminist praxis—after all both communities are part of the African Diaspora and producing Black music. I do this by reconstructing a very limited genealogy of Black Femme’s and their contribution to their respective musical communities. I draw parallels between the global …
V.1 Spring Pandemic 2020-2021,
2020
Rhode Island School of Design
V.1 Spring Pandemic 2020-2021, Center For Arts & Language, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
All Student Newspapers
v.1 is a publishing platform for the ongoing work, ideas, discussions, debates, and aspirations of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The Spring 2020-Spring 2021 issue contains articles on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on RISD, students engaging with nature, racial and gender identity, art exhibitions and contemporary artists, D+M student work, and other topics of interest to students.
Rockin' The Church: Vernacular Catholic Musical Practices,
2020
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Rockin' The Church: Vernacular Catholic Musical Practices, Kinga Povedak
Journal of Global Catholicism
This article focuses on the unique dimensions of lived or vernacular Catholicism through the analysis of contemporary congregational music in Hungary. Looking at the musical lives of Hungarian Roman Catholics from the late 1960s to contemporary times can provide us with new understandings of the theological contents and aesthetics, as well as the vernacular religiosity of the community. Christian popular music appeared behind the Iron Curtain relatively early, in 1967 when the first “beat mass” was created and introduced at Budapest. The early Christian popular music sounded astonishingly similar to the songs of the American Folk Mass Movement of the …
The Aesthetics Of Social Situations: Encounters And Sensibilities Of The Everyday Life In Japan,
2020
Toyo University, Hakusan Campus, Tokyo
The Aesthetics Of Social Situations: Encounters And Sensibilities Of The Everyday Life In Japan, Garcia Chambers
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
What beauty could there be in mundane, interactive encounters in and observations of the everydayness of life in Japan? The answer rightly may be none whatsoever based on the Kantian, distancing, art-centered theory and practice of aesthetics. Refreshingly, however, contemporary social and aesthetic philosophers would argue that the use of the word ‘beauty’ was a misguided choice, as it repeats the common error of equating the aesthetic with the beautiful or pleasing. A more appropriate word, honoring the original sense perception meaning of aesthetics, would be ‘sensibility.’ True to this original meaning of aesthetics, this paper presents and analyzes two …
Aesthetic Disappointmnet,
2020
American Society of Aesthetics, British Society for Aesthetics
Aesthetic Disappointmnet, Russell L. Quacchia
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
A survey of the literature in philosophical aesthetics reveals no extended studies on aesthetic disappointment. If anything, the topic has no more than a tacit or implicit presence to that of aesthetic satisfaction. Yet we do suffer aesthetic dissatisfactions in the form of disappointment. In this essay I attempt to initiate a discussion of the question, why and under what conditions are we aesthetically disappointed? I identify some of the main ingredients of aesthetic disappointment by examining commonly relevant emotions, the expectation basis of aesthetic appreciation, and the role of adaptive preference formation in the cultivation of personal taste as …
Flower Unfurling: Buddhist Modernism And The Early Writing Of James Joyce,
2020
CUNY Graduate Center
Flower Unfurling: Buddhist Modernism And The Early Writing Of James Joyce, Erin Garrow
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation traces the history of the references to Buddhism in Stephen Hero, James Joyce’s first and unpublished novel, through the author’s previous writing, his sources, and his context, in order to determine how—if at all—the tradition bore upon his earliest depiction of consciousness. Acknowledging that Joyce habitually revisited and refined earlier ideas and prose, it attends to previous essays, notebooks, book reviews, conversations, letters, epiphanies, poems, and autobiographical prose; to available material, bibliographical, and biographical evidence about the specific volumes and performances to which Joyce had access; to language and paratext—including advertisements, introductions, and appended essays—in those volumes; …
In And Out Of Character: Socratic Mimēsis,
2020
CUNY Graduate Center
In And Out Of Character: Socratic Mimēsis, Mateo Duque
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
In the Republic, Plato has Socrates attack poetry’s use of mimēsis, often translated as ‘imitation’ or ‘representation.’ Various scholars (e.g. Blondell 2002; Frank 2018; Halliwell 2009; K. Morgan 2004) have noticed the tension between Socrates’ theory critical of mimēsis and Plato’s literary practice of speaking through various characters in his dialogues. However, none of these scholars have addressed that it is not only Plato the writer who uses mimēsis but also his own character, Socrates. At crucial moments in several dialogues, Socrates takes on a role and speaks as someone else. I call these moments “Socratic mimēsis.” …
Aesthetic Appreciation Of Silence,
2020
Drew University
Aesthetic Appreciation Of Silence, Erik Anderson
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
We enjoy sounds. What about silence: the absence of sound? Certainly not all, but surely many of us seek out, attend to, and appreciate silence. But, if nothing is there, then there is nothing to possess aesthetic qualities that might engage aesthetic interest or reward aesthetic attention. This is at least puzzling, perhaps even paradoxical. In this paper, I attempt to dispel the sense of paradox and provide a way to understand aesthetic appreciation of silence. I argue that silence can have an aesthetic character and can sustain the kinds of rich experiences apt for aesthetic assessment and appraisal.
Revolution And Aesthetics,
2020
The Perse School, Cambridge, UK
Revolution And Aesthetics, Nicholas Romanos
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Recent Publications,
2020
Rhode Island School of Design
Recent Publications, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Notices,
2020
Rhode Island School of Design
Notices, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Remembering Eden: A Study Of Garden Imagery In Judeo-Christian Worship Spaces,
2020
Bethel University
Remembering Eden: A Study Of Garden Imagery In Judeo-Christian Worship Spaces, Luc Berard
Honors Student Works
Vases of flowers, a mural of wildlife, and poetic references to a garden, these artistic elements are all commonplace in Judeo-Christian worship spaces; but why? While all of these are certainly aesthetically pleasing, there is likely much more going on than mere interior decoration. This paper will begin by examining the source of garden imagery in the poetry of the Judeo-Christian tradition, demonstrating the significance and prevalence of Eden in the memory of the Judeo-Christian memory. Following this, the paper will then furnish and analyze several examples of Edenic imagery in the worship spaces, highlighting several important artistic elements shared …
Aesthetics And Poetics Of The Novel In Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer And Adam Johnson's The Orphan Master's Son,
2020
West Chester University
Aesthetics And Poetics Of The Novel In Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer And Adam Johnson's The Orphan Master's Son, Frederick Feldman
West Chester University Master’s Theses
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer and Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son are both Pulitzer Prize-winning novels from the first half of the 2010s. Nguyen’s novel of a Vietnamese spy in America during the Vietnam war has been critically acclaimed and has attracted significant scholarly attention, a special issue of PMLA being dedicated to the work. Johnson’s novel about North Korea, while also a recipient of praise, has been comparatively less noticed and attracted little scholarly work. This thesis seeks to contribute to the scholarly literature on American literature and to literature on the poetics of the novel by reading …
V.1 Winter 2020,
2020
Rhode Island School of Design
V.1 Winter 2020, Center For Arts & Language, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
All Student Newspapers
v.1 is a publishing platform for the ongoing work, ideas, discussions, debates, and aspirations of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The Winter 2020 issue contains articles on cultural touchstones, family memories, reality tv in paradise, and cultural artifacts in Italy, along with student creative writing.
Idealist And Materialist Approaches To Abolition In Uncle Tom's Cabin And The Daughter Of Adoption,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
Idealist And Materialist Approaches To Abolition In Uncle Tom's Cabin And The Daughter Of Adoption, Jillian Shea
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Sentimentalism was a popular aesthetic, moral, political, and literary movement in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States and England, and both Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) and John Thelwall’s The Daughter of Adoption (1801) use sentimentalism in their attempts to advocate for the abolition of slavery. Scholars such as Lauren Berlant critique sentimentalism, specifically Stowe’s use of sentimentalism, for its potential to make structural problems appear as if they can be assuaged by personal change, and I situate this understanding of sentimentalism within an idealist framework, or a framework that primarily emphasizes subjectivity’s role in …
Aesthetic Education In The Anthropocene,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
Aesthetic Education In The Anthropocene, Nathaniel Williams
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This big picture study wrestles with the environmental crisis and the digital revolution, two grand themes of our century. Their grand scale is evident in their global significance, which we can anticipate will only grow in coming decades. Will these collective developments be met in such a way that democracy and individuality can be expanded and preserved? This study contributes to this query, offering a new articulation of aesthetic education that draws on a discourse reaching back to Friedrich Schiller, while incorporating many contemporary theorists. The study suggests that the environmental crisis and the digital revolution are creating a perfect …
Editorial,
2020
Rhode Island School of Design
Editorial, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
