Oberlin Center for Convergence (StudiOC)
Sonic Storytelling
Be. Hear. Now.
photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones '97
photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones '97
Look out across the Oberlin campus at almost any hour on any given day, and you’re guaranteed to see one thing: headphones. Students are constantly–in some cases, compulsively–curating their own sonic universes. For many of them, podcasts are a prime source of information, a key means of engaging with scholarship and forming judgments about current events. And yet, outside of the Conservatory, our classrooms are often silent spaces that privilege visual learning and where discussions center on texts that no one would ever dream of reading out loud. In this learning community, we want to help students to a) critically examine their own soundscapes while expanding their sonic palette, b) develop new ways of listening, and c) create new stories in sound.
Students in this class must also enroll in both classes for the complete StudiOC Learning Community experience.
Instructors
Course Instructors for this learning community are Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts Tom Lopez , and Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics David Gutherz.