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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"hi-fi"”.
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Frank Sinatra, hi-fi, and formations of adult culture : gender, technology, and celebrity, 1948-62
This dissertation involves a detailed examination of selected formations of adult entertainment culture between 1948 and 1962. While much research has focused on the emergence of youth or teen culture after the Second World War, the contemporaneous development of distinct and distinctive adult …
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An Omnivorous Ear: The Creative Practice of Field Recording
“An Omnivorous Ear - The Creative Practice of Field Recording” offers new insights into the history of recording outside of the studio in North America, challenging the various working definitions of field recording in music studies, anthropology, and communications. I examine recording …
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Exploring the relaxation potential of nature soundscapes and photography through field recordings and meditation nature walks
This thesis investigates the potential of nature soundscapes, paired with nature photography, to promote relaxation. The research opens with the context of the soundscape and R. Murray Schafer’s notion of acoustic ecology. Schafer’s work from the 1970s onward examines how individuals interact with …
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(Not) Drawing The Line: Technology Reexamined
… the nature of materiality and process in the fields of art, science, and technology. Exploration and experimentation in these diverse disciplines have helped to illuminate many of the ideas and concepts that have guided the overall research process. These explorations have also honed the …