Course
Course 15 credits • MUVN01
Have you ever wondered about the sounds that surround you in your everyday life? Are you interested in what makes a sound design functional? Do you ever think of how noise and silence affects us? Do you appreciate a smooth and well composed podcast? Are you curious of museums’ use of sound in exhibitions and audio guides? And, are you interested in working with sound through practical exercises?
Teaching – autumn semester of 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our courses and programmes. Teaching and assessment during the first half of the autumn semester 2021 will be conducted both online and on campus. From 1 November more elements will be conducted on campus – the current schedule is available on course websites and/or in Canvas.
From a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches the course "sound studies" invites you to learn about the field of sound from a trans-disciplinary approach drawing on psychoacoustics, medicine, acoustics, anthropology, aesthetics, design, sound art and cultural theory. Topic wise you will, a.o., learn about the notion of soundscape; audio walks and audio guides; everyday noise and health problems; sound design and functional sounds; sound in galleries and museums; sound politics and territoriality.
Sound studies also invites you to do practical explorations of the field as you will get the opportunity of doing experiments with e.g. sound in public domains; produce audio guides or reportages; conduct an empirical study of functional sounds; analyze existing and construct new soundscapes; or do aesthetic explorations of artistic sound installations.
Study period:
autumn semester 2021
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2021-08-30 – 2022-01-16
Language of instruction:
English
Eligibility:
Students must have passed 90 credits including a Bachelor s degree project of 15 credits.
Application code:
LU-E1701
Application code:
LU-32801
Introductory meeting: Wednesday, 1 September at 13.15 – 15.00 in LUX:B352
Teachers:
Philip Dodds,
Sanne Krogh Groth