Parviainen, When Nothing is Called Music - Towards Ecological Composition

What is music? Philosophers have pondered this question for centuries. In his thesis When Nothing is Called Music: Towards Ecological Composition Pessi Parviainen makes a radical proposition: what if we called nothing music? How would the change affect our understanding and our practices? A non-dogmatic discourse without 'music' would align better with practice. It would also open up unprecedented possibilities for synergy between areas of culture and society. Parviainen finds grounds for this...