Ear Cleaning
by Horst Rickels and Edwin van der Heide
As with all sensory processes, what we actually hear is highly dependent on what we have learned to hear. We only can distinguish sensory characteristics when we have learned to label them, but sometimes these labels can prevent us from hearing new things. This is the time for ear cleaning.
Credits: 3 EC
Objective: ear training aiming at new approaches to hearing
Literature: Jaques Attali, Noise, The Political Economy of Music, University of Minnesota Press, 1985; R. Murray Schaeffer, The Tuning of the World, Shambala, 2000; Douglas Kahn, Noise, Water, Meat, A History of Sound in the Arts, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussetts, 1999
Competencies: A2, A3, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6
Location: KC CAM.30
Number of Classes: 6 classes of 8hours each
Examination: small assignments, attendance
