What is it about?
This article examines the connections and resonances between the recently emerged field of sound studies and the field of music education. The author reviews work in sound studies of interest to music educators, and also discusses areas where music education might benefit from engaging with and contributing to sound studies.
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Why is it important?
Most music education research is oriented heavily towards psychological research. Sound studies, in contrast, is more connected to the humanities, and research about music in sound studies is perhaps better oriented towards subjective experiences and the ways that culture contributes to what is heard. Sound studies is also a popular approach to current research in music and sound, so music educators can better connect to this research through the overview provided by this article.
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Having read deeply in the area of sound studies since 2012, I wrote this piece to share what I believe to be some of the most valuable aspects of the field as they pertain to music educators. My research is increasingly oriented towards sound studies, and I believe music educators are also in a good position to contribute to the knowledge of the sound studies community (which tends to treat learning only lightly).
Associate Professor Matthew Thibeault
Education University of Hong Kong
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This page is a summary of: Sound Studies and Music Education, Journal of Aesthetic Education, January 2017, University of Illinois Press,
DOI: 10.5406/jaesteduc.51.1.0069.
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