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"Hearing, Sound, and the Auditory in Ancient Greece represents the first comprehensive study of the role of sound and hearing in the ancient Greek world. While our modern western culture is almost an entirely visual one, hearing and sound were central to ancient Greeks. The fift…
The acoustic city
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The Acoustic City
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The acoustic city
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Accompanying sound disc contains sounds from the natural and built world, most (but not all) with musical accompaniment added. Detailed track listing on P. [223-234].
Endless praise and sweet dissonance -- Acclamation -- Infinite noise -- Disaffected voices -- Resonance, anechoica, and noisy speech -- The racket -- Echoes of eco.
"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 early theories of harmony, cosmology, and theological doctrine to contemporary media and governance, Dyson uses sound, …
Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest
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A massive amount of music is produced digitally each year adding to the growing amount converted from analogue sources. David Toop addresses this condition of over-load and explores how we listen to music and how sound affects us at many different levels, both physically and in …
Introduction: Anna Snaith -- Part I. Origins: Chapter 1. Hearing and the Senses / Sam Halliday -- Chapter 2. Fragments on/of Voice / David Nowell Smith -- Chapter 3. Sonic Forms: Ezra Pound's Anti-Metronome Modernism in Context / Jason David Hall -- Chapter 4. Classical Music an…
Contents Introduction: The Acoustics of Unfreedom 1. The Sonic Field of Resistance: Free Jazz and the Horizon of Black Aesthetic Expansion 2. Apocalyptic Soundscapes: Listening to Henry Dumas's Short Fiction 3. Peering into the Maw: Larry Neal's Aesthetic Universe 4. Sonic Futur…
