Re: [idm] One last thing on that Air Guitar PhD thingy
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quoted 6 lines 1. I'm curious to know if this person is applying for a PhD in> 1. I'm curious to know if this person is applying for a PhD in
> Performance (which would actually make it a DMA in most parts), or
> rather in a Cultural Studies/Ethnomusicology/Anthropology sort of
> study of Air Guitar as a social phenomenon. If it's the latter, then
> that is nothing new, and no more or less silly than a doctorate on
> the use of slang and neologisms in Buffy episodes (a real diss. topic).
Yeah... it's a bit annoying how the press talk about 'doing a PhD in foo' when what they mean is 'doing a PhD in cultural studies / musicology / whatever and writing their thesis about foo.'
quoted 2 lines 2. As much as it is easy to make fun of someone who wants> 2. As much as it is easy to make fun of someone who wants
> to do a PhD in Air Guitar
That doesn't mean it's not funny, though...
quoted 2 lines I'm reminded of the derisive laughter I used to get (and sometimes still do> I'm reminded of the derisive laughter I used to get (and sometimes still do
> get) when I first started to study electronic dance music.
Christ, I still get derisive laughter for studying pure maths...
David
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