Subject: Re: history of hearing science reference From: Roland Wittje <roland.wittje@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:39:54 +0530 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--94eb2c12511296819b053b571b98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Dear Valeriy, You might want to look at Alexandra Hui's "The Psychophysical Ear Musical Experiments, Experimental Sounds, 1840-1910", published by MIT Press in 2012: https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/alexandra-hui or the writings of Mara Mills: http://maramills.org/bio/ You might also want to look at the Sound Studies Reader, edited by Jonathan Sterne and published by Routledge in 2012: https://www.routledge.com/The-Sound-Studies-Reader/Sterne/p/book/9780415771313 Best, Roland On 31 August 2016 at 04:09, Valeriy Shafiro <firosha@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear list members, > > I am looking for suggestions for your favorite book, article or chapter > that provides a comprehensive treatment of the history of hearing science > that I could use in a graduate level course. Most hearing science > textbooks that I have seen go straight to the description of acoustic and > perceptual phenomena and underlying physiology with an occasional > historical anecdote. I have seen some interesting and useful history > overviews in works introducing new paradigms and theoretical perspectives > such as John Neuhoff's Ecological Psychoacoustics or Arlinger's et al. The > emergence of cognitive hearing science. However, beyond that I have not > seen much on the history of hearing science that would introduce major > developments, questions, ideas. Maybe this is because hearing science is > still young and is not a tightly defined discipline with its history > scattered across other fields, but I am curious if something has already > been written. > > cheers, > > > Valeriy > -- Roland Wittje Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036 India Phone: +91-7358517637 +91-442257-6540 e-mail: roland.wittje@xxxxxxxx --94eb2c12511296819b053b571b98 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Valeriy,<br><br></div>You might w= ant to look at Alexandra Hui's "The Psychophysical Ear Musical Exp= eriments, Experimental Sounds, 1840-1910", published by MIT Press in 2= 012:<br><br><a href=3D"https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/alexandra-hui">http= s://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/alexandra-hui</a><br><br>or the writings of Ma= ra Mills:<br><br><a href=3D"http://maramills.org/bio/">http://maramills.org= /bio/</a><br><br></div>You might also want to look at the Sound Studies Rea= der, edited by Jonathan Sterne and published by Routledge in 2012:<br><br><= /div><a href=3D"https://www.routledge.com/The-Sound-Studies-Reader/Sterne/p= /book/9780415771313">https://www.routledge.com/The-Sound-Studies-Reader/Ste= rne/p/book/9780415771313</a><br><br></div>Best, Roland<br><div><div><div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 31 August 2016 a= t 04:09, Valeriy Shafiro <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:firosha@xxxxxxxx= ail.com" target=3D"_blank">firosha@xxxxxxxx</a>></span> wrote:<br><bloc= kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:= 1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><di= v>Dear list members,<br><br></div>I am looking for suggestions for your fav= orite book, article or chapter that provides a comprehensive treatment of t= he history of hearing science that I could use in a graduate level course.= =C2=A0 Most hearing science textbooks that I have seen go straight to the d= escription of acoustic and perceptual phenomena and underlying physiology w= ith an occasional historical anecdote.=C2=A0 I have seen some interesting a= nd useful history overviews in works introducing new paradigms and theoreti= cal perspectives such as John Neuhoff's Ecological Psychoacoustics or A= rlinger's et al. The emergence of cognitive hearing science.=C2=A0 Howe= ver, beyond that I have not seen much on the history of hearing science tha= t would introduce major developments, questions, ideas. Maybe this is becau= se hearing science is still young and is not a tightly defined discipline w= ith its history scattered across other fields, but I am curious if somethin= g has already been written.<br><br></div><div>cheers,<br></div><div><br></d= iv><br></div>Valeriy<br></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_sig= nature">Roland Wittje<br>Department of Humanities and Social Sciences<br>In= dian Institute of Technology Madras<br>Chennai 600 036<br>India<br>Phone: += 91-7358517637<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 +91-442257-6540<= br>e-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:roland.wittje@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">rol= and.wittje@xxxxxxxx</a></div> </div></div></div></div></div> --94eb2c12511296819b053b571b98--