Microstructures
of Feel, Macrostructures of Sound:
Embodied Cognition in West African
and African-American Musics
by
Vijay S. Iyer
B.S. (Yale University) 1992
M.A. (University of California, Berkeley) 1994
A dissertation submitted in partial
satisfaction of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Technology and the Arts
in the
GRADUATE DIVISION
of the
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Committee in charge:
Professor David Wessel, Chair
Professor Olly Wilson
Professor Ervin Hafter
Professor George Lewis
Professor Donald Glaser
Fall 1998
Microstructures of Feel, Macrostructures
of Sound:
Embodied Cognition in West African
and African-American Musics
© 1998
by
Vijay S. Iyer