Embodied Cognition of Music
Dr. Alexander Jakobidze-Gitmann
Recent research in cognitive neuroscience shows that the human mind learns not just through thought, but through the living, moving body—whether we are fully aware of it or not. When we engage with music and the arts, we do more than experience passive aesthetic pleasure: we become active participants. Our minds and bodies resonate, even in stillness, giving rise to what art theorists call “inner movement”—a creative, bodily dimension of perception that shapes how we imagine, feel, and interpret art.
Dr. Alexander Jakobidze-Gitmann
Ich bin ausgebildeter Konzertpianist, promovierter Filmwissenschaftler und selbstgelernter Musikwissenschaftler. Mich begeistert besonders, die Reflexion über die Künste und künstlerische Praxis aufeinander beziehen zu können, sei es bei meinen Lehrveranstaltungen oder Gesprächskonzerten. Es ist meine tiefe Überzeugung, dass die Theorie und intuitives Erlebnis der Künste keine sich ausschließenden Gegensätze sind, sondern Gegenpole, die sich wechselseitig herausfordern und anregen.
Ziele & Kompetenzen
In this seminar, we will investigate how embodied factors—sensorimotor couplings, motor resonances, and inner movement—play a crucial role in musical learning, emotion, perception, and performance. We will explore how bodily awareness contributes to the evolution of musical styles across historical and cultural contexts. Through practical exercises and guided reflection, participants will discover how the body itself becomes a central instrument in making sense of musical experience.
Combining the study of scholarly literature with experiential listening exercises, we will see how music serves as a particularly illuminating case study for a much broader phenomenon: in countless daily activities bodily involvement plays a decisive yet often unnoticed role. This seminar introduces techniques for identifying and reflecting on these embodied processes. Students will learn how to recognize subtle bodily dynamics in perception, interaction, and performance, and contemplate how to integrate this awareness into their own professional practice.
Join us to experience music not just as sound, but as an active, living encounter between mind, body, and environment.
Maximale Teilnehmendenzahl
30 Teilnehmer