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When Nothing is Called Music

When Nothing is Called Music

Written by: Dr. Pessi Parviainen
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The words we use affect the way we think.

Music is a word.

Do we have to use it? Have we always used it?

The answer to both these questions is "no."


This is not nitpicking on words. This is a radical call for cultural reformation.


This podcast presents excerpts from Dr. Pessi Parviainen's dissertation "When Nothing is Called Music: Towards Ecological Composition."

The book is available to download for free:

https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951


The dissertation was generously supported by the Kone Foundation, the City of Helsinki, UniArts Helsinki (Theatre Academy / Tutke & VÄS), and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.

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Episodes
  • Episode 8. Without Music. The Creativity of All People: a Reformation

    Episode 8. Without Music. The Creativity of All People: a Reformation
    Jul 7 2021

    If all people are creative, what we believe about creativity indicates what we believe about humanity.

    Without dogmatic barriers between 'sacred' and 'secular', creativity could flow in an unprecedented manner.
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    5 mins
  • Episode 7. Without Music: Hybridity and Future Prospects

    Episode 7. Without Music: Hybridity and Future Prospects
    Jul 2 2021

    Hybrid forms of creative expression challenge dogmatic terminology.
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    5 mins
  • Episode 6. Without Music: On Instrumentality (The Case of the Guitar Paddle)

    Episode 6. Without Music: On Instrumentality (The Case of the Guitar Paddle)
    May 30 2021

    A unity of abstractions is a self-contradicting idea since the point of abstraction is precisely the opposite of unity with others.

    Instrumental specializations can form a unity, since specialized focus does not mean a detachment. This could be called a “non-dogmatic togetherness” – another way of saying “ecological composition.”


    The movie scene discussed in the episode can be viewed here:

    https://youtu.be/gKafo_OCBDo?t=796
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    7 mins
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