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Media and Methods: Sound

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesCMS.407
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2012English
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This course explores the ways in which humans experience the realm of sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. It examines how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally. It describes the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, sound recording, and the globalized travel of these technologies.

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