Dr. Guitar
Non, ce n'est pas le nom d'une autre de ces ballades rock de baby-boomers finis (Je suis le pharmacien du rock...), mais une réalité.
And people say the United States' collegiate system is in bad shape: A woman is working on her Ph.D. studying air guitar at a British university.
Amanda Griffiths is working on a doctorate whose thesis is partially based upon air guitar – the long-held tradition of “playing” along to your favorite record with nothing more than your imagination providing you an instrument – at Chorlton University.
While the scholarly aims of her miming routine (she was once a fourth-place finisher in the United Kingdom’s air-guitar championships during her crazy days as a Masters’ candidate) are yet to be explained, she will give a lecture on the “instrument” at this year’s air guitar world championships.
Source : http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=4780
Wow. Un doctorat sur le air guitar. Un doctorat! J'espère qu'ensuite une université lui offrira une chaire d'études en mimique instrumentale. Et moi qui croyait que mon projet de maîtrise sur l'impact sociologique du karaoké au Japon serait refusé!
And people say the United States' collegiate system is in bad shape: A woman is working on her Ph.D. studying air guitar at a British university.
Amanda Griffiths is working on a doctorate whose thesis is partially based upon air guitar – the long-held tradition of “playing” along to your favorite record with nothing more than your imagination providing you an instrument – at Chorlton University.
While the scholarly aims of her miming routine (she was once a fourth-place finisher in the United Kingdom’s air-guitar championships during her crazy days as a Masters’ candidate) are yet to be explained, she will give a lecture on the “instrument” at this year’s air guitar world championships.
Source : http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=4780
Wow. Un doctorat sur le air guitar. Un doctorat! J'espère qu'ensuite une université lui offrira une chaire d'études en mimique instrumentale. Et moi qui croyait que mon projet de maîtrise sur l'impact sociologique du karaoké au Japon serait refusé!