Listening Well: Managing Modern Life with Music
How do we re-articulate musical meaning in the contemporary world? Recent work in music psychology has explained away much of the mystery of music, and the academy’s revision of the canon of great composers and ‘monumental works’ makes any such reverence problematic. However, ethics and aesthetics are linked in that they both ask questions about value, and when our listening is informed by values, we have a conscious role in determining how music affects our identities. This talk examines our listening choices and looks at the responsibilities which come with them.
Date:
21 February 2018, 19:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2018)
Venue:
University College, High Street OX1 4BH
Venue Details:
Old Library
Speaker:
Dr Gulliver Ralston (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Part of:
Music & Mind
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Andreia Gomes Da Costa Leite
