John Mowitt
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780520284623
- eISBN:
- 9780520960404
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520284623.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This book is a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. It seeks to critique existing models in the expanding field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as ...
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This book is a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. It seeks to critique existing models in the expanding field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds, not just readily classified examples such as speech, music, industrial sounds, or codified signals. The text looks into the fact that beyond hearing and listening we “audit” sounds and do so by drawing on paradigms of thought not easily accommodated within the concept of “sound studies.” To draw attention to the ways in which sounds often are not perceived for the social and political functions they serve, each chapter presents a culturally resonant sound—including a whistle, an echo, a gasp, and silence—to show how sounds enable critical social and political concepts such as dialogue, privacy, memory, social order, and art-making.Less
This book is a study of sounds that aims to write the resonance and response they call for. It seeks to critique existing models in the expanding field of sound studies and draw attention to sound as an object of study that solicits a humanistic approach encompassing many types of sounds, not just readily classified examples such as speech, music, industrial sounds, or codified signals. The text looks into the fact that beyond hearing and listening we “audit” sounds and do so by drawing on paradigms of thought not easily accommodated within the concept of “sound studies.” To draw attention to the ways in which sounds often are not perceived for the social and political functions they serve, each chapter presents a culturally resonant sound—including a whistle, an echo, a gasp, and silence—to show how sounds enable critical social and political concepts such as dialogue, privacy, memory, social order, and art-making.
Karin Bijsterveld
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262026390
- eISBN:
- 9780262268547
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262026390.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
This chapter provides examples of misconceptions associated with the dramatization of industrial sound and its definition under specific conditions. It finds that distinctions between these two ...
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This chapter provides examples of misconceptions associated with the dramatization of industrial sound and its definition under specific conditions. It finds that distinctions between these two concepts resulted in significant misconceptions and conflicts, which contributed to noise emerging as a key topic of the public agenda. The first example involved a case of nuisance law hearings where citizens expressed their concerns regarding sound generated from particular industries. The chapter finds that the citizens’ exaggerated complaints conflicted with the definition of industrial noise under nuisance legislation. The second example involved a case where doctors tried to coax workers to wear earplugs so that workers would be protected against the risks of noise-induced hearing loss. The chapter finds that the doctors’ definition of industrial noise in this case was different from the workers’ exaggerated expressions of mechanical sound.Less
This chapter provides examples of misconceptions associated with the dramatization of industrial sound and its definition under specific conditions. It finds that distinctions between these two concepts resulted in significant misconceptions and conflicts, which contributed to noise emerging as a key topic of the public agenda. The first example involved a case of nuisance law hearings where citizens expressed their concerns regarding sound generated from particular industries. The chapter finds that the citizens’ exaggerated complaints conflicted with the definition of industrial noise under nuisance legislation. The second example involved a case where doctors tried to coax workers to wear earplugs so that workers would be protected against the risks of noise-induced hearing loss. The chapter finds that the doctors’ definition of industrial noise in this case was different from the workers’ exaggerated expressions of mechanical sound.
