| Primary Text
Bull, Michael and Les Back, eds. The Auditory Culture Reader (Oxford:
Berg, 2003).
The text is available at the University Bookstore. Other required
reading materials will be assigned, as per the syllabus, and will
be available on electronic reserve or online. See the bibliography
at the end of the syllabus. Based on our class discussions,
critiques, and your developing interests, I may recommend or require
other readings as the semester progresses. |
Bibliography of Additional Required Readings
_____. “The National Entertainment State.” The Nation.
July 3, 2006, pp 13-30.
Alten, Stanley R. “Physics and Psychophysics of Sound,” “Microphones,” “Studio
Production: Live and Live-on-Tape (excerpt)” and “Staged
Productions” (excerpt). Audio In Media. Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth, 1999, pp 12-23, 42-73, 206-213, 261-265.
Lessig, Lawrence, Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity.
New York: Penguin Books, 2004, pp. 116-173,
276-286.
Lord, Max. “Why
Is That Thing Beeping?: A Sound Design Primer”
Middleton, Chris. “What is Digital Recording?” and “Audio
in the Digital World.” The Complete Guide to Digital Audio.
Boston: Muska and Lipman, 2003, pp 46-59, 60-67.
Mortley, Kaye. “Around Naxos: a radio “film”.” In
Allan S. Weiss, ed. Experimental Sound and Radio. Cambridge,
MA: The MIT Press, 2001, pp. 151-166.
Pinder, David. “Ghostly Footsteps: Voices, Memories, and Walks
in the City.” Ecumene. Vol. 8 Issue 1 (2001), pp.
1-19.
Pittman, Marilyn. “Standups
and Voiceovers"
Simula, Carlo. “Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari:
Interview with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky” November 20,
2005.
Towne, Jeff. “Editing
Wants to be Free! An audio editing solution for Mac, Windows, and
Linux” Transom Tools. Available
online at
Wise, Robin and Tim Gnatek. “Audio Editing with ProTools” Available
online at
Wrightson, Kendall. “An
Introduction to Acoustic Ecology” Journal
of Electroacoustic Music, Volume 12, March 1999.
Zweig, Ellen. “Mendicant Erotics [Sydney]: a performance for
radio.” In Allan S. Weiss, ed. Experimental Sound and Radio.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001, pp. 125-134. |