[PD] OT: Computer music grad school

Mathieu Bouchard matju at artengine.ca
Sat Oct 7 05:11:41 CEST 2006


On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

> Professors tend to mistrust it because they don't know how to use it.

And because it challenges their position as gatekeepers of knowledge.

> Yet a library can also be a detriment if you don't figure out how to use 
> it, and I've had about 10 orientations in the music library in 3 years 
> here, compared to zero sessions on internet research.

Because it challenges their position as gatekeepers of knowledge.

> "Well, if you're interested in computer music, you should take 'Intro to 
> MIDI' class."  Can you see where this is going?

You have to take the class offered by the university, because else it'd
challenge their position as gatekeepers of knowledge.

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