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DESCRIPTION:Omar Lizardo\n\nLeRoy Neiman Term Chair Professor of Sociology
 \n	University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nProfessional Taste: Omnivorous
 ness\, Empathy\, and Possibility in the Structure of Evaluation\n\nDate: F
 riday\, October 25\, 2024\n	Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm\n	Location: ARMSTRONG 
 375\n\nRegister by Monday Oct. 21\n\n\n	\n	Abstract\n\n	This study investigat
 es the relationship between expert taste and broader taste patterns\, focu
 sing on professional musicians. It combines a survey experiment with origi
 nal music compositions and interviews with musicians to explore how they e
 valuate music. The survey reveals that musicians\, regardless of their edu
 cational background\, exhibit greater openness to diverse musical genres t
 han non-musicians. This openness extends beyond abstract genre labels to c
 oncrete musical experiences\, as musicians rate original music excerpts mo
 re positively than non-musicians. To understand this seemingly puzzling fi
 nding\, in-depth interviews are conducted with musicians. The interviews u
 ncover two key mechanisms underlying musicians' evaluations. First\, music
 ians engage in empathetic listening\, often imagining themselves as the pe
 rformers. Second\, they evaluate music not solely based on its present for
 m but also on its potential\, considering how it could be improved with be
 tter composition and execution. These findings challenge the notion of a s
 imple opposition between 'highbrow' and 'lowbrow' tastes and highlight the
  complex interplay of social and aesthetic factors in shaping professional
  musicians' evaluative judgments. They also reveal a distinct evaluative a
 pproach among musicians\, emphasizing empathy and potentiality\, which dif
 fers from the evaluative strategies employed by non-experts.\n\n	\n	We are p
 roud to announce that our event has been awarded a Gold Sustainable Event 
 certification by the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Sustainable Events program run by the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ O
 ffice of Sustainability.\n\n
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LOCATION:Room 375\, Donald E. Armstrong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A
  3L1\, 3420 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:CSSO Speaker Series: Omar Lizardo
URL:/desautels/channels/event/csso-speaker-series-omar
 -lizardo-359846
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