085 Peter J Woods and John Melillo on the Academics of Noise

About this episode

Marc talks to Peter J. Woods and John Melillo about their academic works on noise.

On this episode, Marc talks to two authors, Peter J. Woods and John Melillo. Peter is an assistant professor in learning sciences at the University of Nottingham in England, and John is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Arizona. They've both written academic books about noise: Woods' "Learning Through Noise" was published in early 2025, and Melillo's "The Poetics of Noise from Dada to Punk" was published in 2020. In the former, Woods examines noise as a potential vehicle ...

People in this episode

Host: Marc Masters

Guests: Peter J. Woods, John Melillo

Topics covered

• noise
• academics
• interview
• music theory
• learning sciences
• poetics

Keywords

• noise
• academics
• music
• learning sciences
• Dada
• Punk
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Nottingham, University of Arizona

Books & works: Learning Through Noise, The Poetics of Noise from Dada to Punk

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