Episode 1: The Third Option

The words we use affect the way we think.Music is a word.Do we have to use it? Have we always used it?The answer to both these questions is &#34;no.&#34; This is not nitpicking on words. This is a radical call for cultural reformation. This podcast presents excerpts from Dr. Pessi Parviainen&#39;s dissertation &#34;When Nothing is Called Music: Towards Ecological Composition.&#34;The book is available to download for free:<a href="https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951" rel="nofollow">https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951</a> The dissertation was generously supported by the Kone Foundation, the City of Helsinki, UniArts Helsinki (Theatre Academy / Tutke &amp; VÄS), and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.

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The words we use affect the way we think. Music is a word. Do we have to use it? Have we always used it? The answer to both these questions is "no." This is not nitpicking on words. This is a radical call for cultural reformation. This podcast presents excerpts from Dr. Pessi Parviainen's dissertation "When Nothing is Called Music: Towards Ecological Composition." The book is available to download for free: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951 The dissertation was generously supported by the Kone Foundation, the City of Helsinki, UniArts Helsinki (Theatre Academy / Tutke & VÄS), and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.

The words we use affect the way we think.Music is a word.Do we have to use it? Have we always used it?The answer to both these questions is "no." This is not nitpicking on words. This is a radical call for cultural reformation. This podcast presents excerpts from Dr. Pessi Parviainen's dissertation "When Nothing is Called Music: Towards Ecological Composition."The book is available to download for free:<a href="https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/318951</a> The dissertation was generously supported by the Kone Foundation, the City of Helsinki, UniArts Helsinki (Theatre Academy / Tutke &amp; VÄS), and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.

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