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music history and the digital humanities
— by Jessica Dauterive
PhD Candidate, George Mason University
The DH Audiovisual Litany
"bringing sound studies into meaningful conversation with digital humanities has the power to inspire new questions and foment new methods that are radically different from those of print" (11)
"...moving away from single-authored, single-argument work toward collaborative, multimodal projects that allow for multiple pathways and target broad audiences" (12)
"Challenging the humanities to listen more closely--to attend that is, not only to what but also to how we hear--sound studies scholars have productively theorized the sonic technologies that mediate and construct our experiences" (4)
Doing Digital Sound Studies
Making Musical Sources Audible
How can digital technologies allow us to make historical objects audible?
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Integrating Audio into Historical Narrative
How can digital technologies integrate sound into writing about music?
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Data-driven Approaches to Sound
How can we use quantitative tools and methods to learn more about sound and music?
ReSounding the Archives
Partnering with archivists, historians, students, and educators to bring historical sheet music back to life.
https://resoundingthearchives.org
New Orleans Jazz Museum Virtual Field Trips
Bringing the history of New Orleans music and culture online through the voices of its culture bearers.
Hearing the Americas
Working with digitized sound recordings to provide deeper context for the multiracial, multiethnic, and transnational roots of early sound recording.
https://hearingtheamericas.org
Imagining Acadiana:
Cajun Identity in Modern Louisiana
ReMapping Regional Radio
Using quantitative methods to explore radio listening in Louisiana.
What does region sound like?
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music history and the digital humanities