Sound(worlds)

What effects do sounds and noises have on concentration, memory and thinking? Can certain kinds of music increase the cognitive potential of humans?

Analysing sound phenomena in the framework of cultural studies has become a popular field of research and experimentation in the 21st century. Indeed, we are talking about a primordial nature-nurture-relationship of humankind. As early as in the bible, God cannot be seen, only heard, and for the romantic art-religion music is the preferred medium for a new transcendental experience. But the primacy of seeing is also questioned today from different perspectives. In the global society audio engineering is gaining importance to the extent that some factions in academia are beginning to speak of the "acoustic turn".

Publications

  • Wolf Gerhard Schmidt / Jean-François Candoni / Stéphane Pesnel (Hrsg.): Klang - Ton - Musik. Theorien und Modelle (national)kultureller Identitätsstiftung, Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag, 2014

  • Schmidt, Wolf Gerhard (Hrsg.): Körperbilder in Kunst und Wissenschaft, Würzburg: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, 2014

  • Schmidt, Wolf Gerhard (Hrsg.): Die Natur-Kultur-Grenze in Kunst und Wissenschaft, Würzburg: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, 2014

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