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Orbital transmissions: affect and musical public-making in London

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This thesis is a multi-sited ethnography of live music audiences in London. Drawing insight from four broadly defined field sites—classical music, sound art, dub reggae, and electronic/dance music—the thesis investigates the role of affect in the formation of musical and sonic publics. Music’s affective propensities refer to its ability to generate visceral states and adrenal surges that elude obvious discursive representation, and that often seem pre-conscious. The importance of these som...

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Division:
HUMS
Department:
Music Faculty
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Author

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Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-4056-9053
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Examiner
ORCID:
0000-0002-2635-9850
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Examiner


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Stirling, C
Programme:
Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities


Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


Language:
English
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Deposit date:
2020-06-08

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