Guillebaud Toward an Anthropology of Ambient Sound

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-62592-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

This volume approaches the issue of ambient sound through the ethnographic exploration of different cultural contexts including Italy, India, Egypt, France, Ethiopia, Romania, Scotland, Portugal, and Japan. It examines social, religious, and aesthetic conceptions of soundscapes, what types of action or agency are attributed to them, and what bodies of knowledge exist concerning them. Contributors shed new light on these sensory environments by focusing not only on their form and internal dynamics, but also on their wider social and cultural environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guillebaud, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction Christine Guillebaud Part 1: Sound, Noise and Silence: Listening into Others 1. Noising the City: Sociality and Sonic Production in Naples (Italy) Olivier Féraud 2. Sounds of Hell and Sounds of Eden: Ambient Sounds in Ethiopia in the Catholic Missionary Context, 17th-18th Centuries Anne Damon 3. An "Obscene" Calling: Politics of Production and Articulation of Sounds in a Slum Settlement (Delhi, India) Tripta Chandola Part 2: Sound Displays and Social Effects 4. Vocal and Sound Techniques for Catching People's Attention: Public Spaces in India Christine Guillebaud 5. Ritornellos in JR East Train Stations: Departure Melodies and the Management of Passengers' Behaviours (Japan) Pierre Manea Part 3: Sound Identity and Locality 6. Acoustic Communities Articulated: Sound Preferences in the Village of Dollar, Scotland Heikki Uimonen 7. Mikes in Their Ears: How to Ask People in Cairo to Talk About their Sound Universes (Egypt) Vincent Battesti 8. Mapping Out the Sounds of Urban Transformation: The Case of Lisbon's Mouraria Quarter Iñigo Sánchez 9. Sounds and Representations of Rurality in European Countries Claire Guiu Part 4: Sound Arts and Anthropology 10. Oral Poetry, Sound Art… or What Should We Call It? Jean-Charles Depaule 11. Tribute to a Footbridge: Contact Dance and Sound Spaces Improvisations in Choisy-Le-Roi (France) Vincent Rioux

Über Autor(innen)

Christine Guillebaud is based at CNRS/University of Paris Ouest, France.