
Gear
Cultures of Audio and Music Technologies
MIT Press
Published on 20. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-262-55185-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Gear: Cultures of Audio and Music Technologies, traces the life and socio-cultural relations of professional audio recording technologies from their material origins through to heritage status"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
24 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55185-4 (9780262551854)
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05/2025
MIT Press
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Persons
Eliot Bates and Samantha Bennett
Content
Acknowledgments
Part I: Gear Cultures
1 Gear
2 Fetishization
Part II: Materializing Gear
3 Extractivism
4 Manufacturing
5 Interface
Part III: Staging Gear
6 Event
7 Print
8 Online
Part IV: Encountering Gear
9 Agency
10 Testing
11 Organization
Part V: Gear Attitudes
12 Secrets
13 Heritage
14 Obdurance
15 Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Part I: Gear Cultures
1 Gear
2 Fetishization
Part II: Materializing Gear
3 Extractivism
4 Manufacturing
5 Interface
Part III: Staging Gear
6 Event
7 Print
8 Online
Part IV: Encountering Gear
9 Agency
10 Testing
11 Organization
Part V: Gear Attitudes
12 Secrets
13 Heritage
14 Obdurance
15 Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index