Ecology
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Chronic Sonics
Sonic Warfare is still a main reference for many of us around here. Now more than ever, Steve Goodman’s theories are relevant, as the audiovisual machine expands dramatically. Urbanomic will be releasing (March) a new Goodman’s text entitled “Notes on…
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The Archive and the Aural City
The Archive and the Aural City: Sound, Knowledge, and the Politics of Listening, book by Alejandro L. Madrid at Duke University Press “In The Archive and the Aural City, Alejandro L. Madrid examines the possibilities for retrieving from the archive sounds…
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Beyond the Noise
In a world overwhelmed by noise, we have forgotten how to truly listen. Beyond the Noise follows Agata, a sound therapist who uses singing bowls and vibrational frequencies to guide people back to themselves. Through her practice, we explore how…
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Sound Ecologies & Ways of Listening
The Institute for Postnatural Studies has a wonderful new seminar coming soon called Sound Ecologies and Ways of Listening, coordinated by co-founder Yuri Tuma and special guest Natasha Thembiso Ruwona. It’s a virtual seminar consisting of 6 sessions to happen…
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Bodies of Sound: Becoming a Feminist Ear
Bodies of Sound greatly contribute to sound studies with 220 pages in which dozens of feminist voices speak, encounter, resonate, and radically listen. Edited by Irene Revell and Sarah Shin and to be published November 12th this year by Silver…
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Geosonics
Bloomsbury has released Geosonics: Listening Through Earth’s Soundscapes by Joshua Dittrich. How do we listen to the earth? That is the central question posed in Geosonics: Listening Through Earth’s Soundscapes. Working across sound studies, media theory, and environmental media studies,…