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Piano transductions: music, sound and noise in urban Taiwan
Jennifer C. Hsieh
- Vol. 5, Iss: 1, pp 4-21
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In this article, the interchange between multiple co-existing environments is examined and the authors focus on the production of space through sound, but there has been less attention given to the interchange of spaces through sound.Abstract:
While scholars have drawn attention to the production of space through sound, there has been less attention given to the interchange between multiple co-existing environments. This paper examines h...read more
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The Audible PastThe Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction, by SterneJonathan. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. 472 pp. $69.95 cloth. ISBN: 0-8223-3004-0. $22.95 paper. ISBN: 0-8223-3013-X.: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction
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Caring through Sound and Silence: Technology and the Sound of Everyday Life in Homes for the Elderly
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an ethnographic fieldwork in three eldercare homes in Germany and find that the more permanent care context of institutional homes for the elderly compared to a hospital setting is decisive for people's interpretation of and engagement with sounds.
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The audible past : cultural origins of sound reproduction
TL;DR: The Audible Past as discussed by the authors explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction and explores the constantly shifting boundary between phenomena organized as "sound" and "not sound" in the history of sound.
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The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World
TL;DR: Schafer advocates soundscape study, or interdisciplinary research on the sonic environment that combines science, society, and the arts as mentioned in this paper, and gives an historical overview of the changing soundscape, from a graceful state of nature to a heavily industrialised society filled with noise pollution.
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Cultural Intimacy: Social Poetics in the Nation-State
TL;DR: In this article, Herzfeld includes more discussion about what cultural intimacy has come to mean for other authors and researchers, and how it can contribute to present studies of global processes and the forces that resist them.
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The sonic environment of cities.
TL;DR: Signs and Lights (S&L) as mentioned in this paper is an example of a light-painting project in the city of Boston, where the goal is to provide a "design proposal for the future of light painting".