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Dystopias

Deborah Wong

Published: 2008-08-25

VIDEO: Dr. Wong discusses the notion of America as nation founded upon the dystopian notion of slavery and considers the potential for improvisation to combat despair and engender community in a dystopian state. TEXT: A course description for Dr. Wong's lectures at the Summer Institute, includling this session on 'Dystopias.'

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So one of the things that improvisation has come to mean in the context of highly technological performance is that improvisation is the last claim to the legitimate presence of a human in the performance of music.

– Bob Ostertag