1. Sound, Place, and Religious Revival -- Interlude 1: Rabiya Acha's Story: 2. Affective Rituals in a Uyghur Village -- 3. Text and Performance in the Hikmät of Khoja Ahmad Yasawi -- 4. Style and Meaning in the Recited Qur'an -- Interlude 2: Tutiwalidu (They'll Arrest You): 5. M…
We cannot simply listen to our urban past. Yet we encounter a rich cultural heritage of city sounds presented in text, radio and film. How can such 'staged sounds' express the changing identities of cities? This volume presents a collection of studies on the staging of Amsterdam…
We cannot simply listen to our urban past. Yet we encounter a rich cultural heritage of city sounds presented in text, radio and film. How can such 'staged sounds' express the changing identities of cities? This volume presents a collection of studies on the staging of Amsterdam…
We cannot simply listen to our urban past. Yet we encounter a rich cultural heritage of city sounds presented in text, radio and film. How can such 'staged sounds' express the changing identities of cities? This volume presents a collection of studies on the staging of Amsterdam…
"From the cinema to the recording studio to public festival grounds, the range and sonic richness of Indian cultures can be heard across the subcontinent. Sound articulates communal difference and embodies specific identities for multiple publics. This diversity of sounds has be…
Anthropogenic noise represents a major obstacle to anurans in urban landscapes because they rely heavily on vocalizations to find breeding grounds, choose mates, and settle territorial disputes. A large proportion of urban frogs may be affected by noise, as past research suggest…
Recent scholarship on metrical psalmody has demonstrated how pervasive the genre was in English worship following the return of Protestantism to England with Elizabeth I’s accession in 1558. In particular, this scholarship has shown that nearly everyone in England sang these psa…
This thesis surveys the sounds of everyday street and work life to argue for a reassessment of the way historians have understood community, space, materiality and identity in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Germany and Britain. It will demonstrate that sound played …
Through its portfolio of practical case studies and its engagement with critical thinking from a range of disciplines, the PhD investigates the following key question: what are the technical, aesthetic and conceptual impacts of using binaural technology to create a soundscape? ‘…
Through interrelating the Acoustic Communication concepts of soundscape with contemporary collective memory studies, this research project explores the relationship between commuters and the London Underground (LU) soundscape in order to create an interactive sonic environment o…
Music constitutes a key medium through which political actors in Jerusalem embody, perform, and negotiate competing paradigms of nationhood and their visions of the future of Jerusalem. Among the Jewish population, many occurrences of public protest involve the intersection of J…
In the Indian megacity of Mumbai, loudness is power. Over the last fifty years, politicians have emerged as the leading patrons of the exuberant music-oriented events comprising Hindu religious festivals. As sponsors of Hindu festival processions and other events, Mumbai’s polit…
The Digital Musician, Third Edition is an introductory textbook for creative music technology and electronic music courses. Written to be accessible to students from any musical background, this book examines cultural awareness, artistic identity and musical skills, offering a s…