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Participating in a musician's stream of consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

Björn Vickhoff*
Affiliation:
Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 90Göteborg, Sweden. [email protected]

Abstract

Do we acquire culture through other minds, or do we get access to other minds through culture? Music culture is a practice as well as the people involved. Sounding music works as a script guiding action, as do, to varying degrees, many rituals and customs. Collective co-performance of the script enables inter-subjectivity, which arguably contributes to the formation of subcultures. Shared-emotional experiences give material to the narrative of who we are.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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