Agreed, the opposite could be used, or as you say to 'manipulate'. The idea of sound design that evokes an emotional response, like music, is surely what these artistic endeavours are trying to achieve. Countless films, and composers have capitalised on it for years. Surely there are many studies on emotional responses, that could encompass this specific subset? Not sure its being 'woke', or that it has much to do with sursound. Just sounds like an ear catching PHD to grab funds...
Best Steven On Thu, 23 Nov 2023, 10:58 Fons Adriaensen, <f...@linuxaudio.org> wrote: > > > ... how these emotions might be represented sonically > > ... in order to maximise empathy > > How emotions can be represented in any form is of course > an interesting *artistic* question. > > But when this becomes a research project 'in order to > maximise empathy' this feels very close to an attempt > at developing techniques for subliminal manipulation. > > And no matter how noble and justified the original > motivation, you can be sure that the results can and > will be used for less positive ends. > > Societal problems like sexual harassment need positive > action based on rational considerations, and not on > emotional manipulation. We have more than enough of > the latter on social media. > > I'm sorry I have to say this, but this project looks > to me very much like an effort to fit in with the > excessively 'woke' climate that is engulfing the > academic world. > > -- > FA > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20231124/0e2df56e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
