Sound, Media, Ecology

Book Overview

1. Sound, Media, Ecology: Introduction in Three Acts, Milena Droumeva and Randolph Jordan.- Section I: Acoustic Ecology: Foundations and Critical Responses.- 2. Acoustic ecology and the World Soundscape Project, Barry Truax.- 3. The Disruptive Nature of Listening, Hildegard Westerkamp.- 4. Local Eardonances: The Contribution of Acoustic Ecology to the History and Present-Day Practice of Noise Abatement, Karin Bijsterveld.- 5. Multimodal Scholarship in World Soundscape Project Composition: Toward a Different Media-Theoretical Legacy (Or: The WSP as OG DH), Jonathan Sterne.- Section II: Environment and Community.- 6. Nothing Connects Us But Imagined Sound, Mitchell Akiyama.- 7. Havana's Falling Tanks and Flooded Laneways: Examining the Acoustic Community, Vincent Andrisani.- 8. Acoustic Ecology and Ecological Sound Art: Listening to Changing Ecosystems, Leah Barclay.- 9. Listening to Ecological Interference: Renewable Technologies and their Soundscapes, Linda O'Keeffe.- Section III: Media and Society.- 10. The Uncanny Soundscapes of the Palestinian Exile: Rethinking About Technics, Memory, and Sound, ?zg?n Eyl?l İşcen.- 11. Responsive Listening: Negotiating cities of sirens, smartphones and sensors, Sarah Barns.- 12. Listening to Traffic with Guts and Antennae, Andra McCartney.- 13. Acouscenic Listening, Sean Taylor and Mikael F?rnstrom (Softday).- 14. Evening of Sounds: Cultures in Call-in Programmes, Heikki Uimonen.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303016568X
• ISBN13: 9783030165680
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"