Books
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The Auditory Culture Reader (Sensory Formations) Michael Bull & Les Back The first edition of *The Auditory Culture Reader *offered an introduction to both classical and recent work on auditory culture, laying the foundations for new academic research in sound…
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John Cage: Diary: How to Improve the World John Cage Composed over the course of 16 years, John Cage’s Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) is one of his most prescient and personal works.…
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Sounding the Limits of Life: Essays in the Anthropology of Biology and Beyond (Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology) Stefan Helmreich What is life? What is water? What is sound? In Sounding the Limits of Life, anthropologist Stefan Helmreich investigates…
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The Tone of Our Times: Sound, Sense, Economy, and Ecology (Leonardo Book Series) Frances Dyson In this wide-ranging book, Frances Dyson examines the role of sound in the development of economic and ecological systems that are today in crisis. Connecting…
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Voices of the Wild: Animal Songs, Human Din, and the Call to Save Natural Soundscapes (The Future Series) Bernie Krause Since 1968, Bernie Krause has traveled the world recording the sounds of remote landscapes, endangered habitats, and rare animal species. …
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Thresholds of Listening: Sound, Technics, Space Sander van Maas Thresholds of Listening addresses recent and historical changes in the ways listening has been conceived. Listening, having been emancipated from the passive, subjected position of reception, has come to be asserted…