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Low End Theory Paul C. Jasen Low End Theory probes the much-mythologized field of bass and low-frequency sound. It begins in music but quickly moves far beyond, following vibratory phenomena across time, disciplines and disparate cultural spheres (including hauntings, laboratories,…
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An Epistemology of Noise Cecile Malaspina What do we understand ‘noise’ to be? The term ‘noise’ no longer suggests only aesthetic judgement, as in acoustic or visual noise, and is now relevant to domains as varied as communication theory, physics…
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Inflamed Invisible: Collected Writings on Art and Sound, 1976-2018 (Goldsmiths Press / Sonics Series (2)) David Toop **A rich collection of essays tracing the relationship between art and sound. **** In the 1970s David Toop became preoccupied with the possibility…
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Media, Sound, and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean (Pitt Latin American Series) Alejandra Bronfman, Andrew Grant Wood Outside of music, the importance of sound and listening have been greatly overlooked in Latin American history. Visual media has dominated…
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The Sonic Persona: An Anthropology of Sound Holger Schulze In The Sonic Persona, Holger Schulze undertakes a critical study of some of the most influential studies in sound since the 19th century in the natural sciences, the engineering sciences, and…
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Remapping Sound Studies Gavin Steingo, Jim Sykes The contributors to Remapping Sound Studies intervene in current trends and practices in sound studies by reorienting the field toward the global South. Attending to disparate aspects of sound in Africa, South and…