Re-Making Sound
An Experiential Approach to Sound Studies
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2022
192 pages
978-1-5013-5476-2 (ISBN)
Description
Re-Making Sound is concise and flexible primer to sound studies. It takes students through six ways of conceptualizing sound and its links to other social phenomena: soundscapes; noise; sound and semiotics of the voice; sound and/through/in text; background sound/sound design; and sound art. Each chapter summarizes the history and scholarly theoretical underpinnings of these areas and concludes with a student activity that concretizes the historical and theoretical discussion via sound-making projects. With chapters designed to be flexible and non-sequential, the text fits within various course designs, and includes an introduction to key concepts in sound and sound studies, a cumulative concluding chapter with sound accompanying podcast exercise, and an extensive bibliography for students to pursue sound studies beyond the book itself.
Reviews / Votes
Re-Making Sound is splendid. Porcello and Patch advance sound studies in unique and compelling fashion and a whole generation of future scholars of the audible will be in their debt. Porcello and Patch have crafted a thoughtful, wide-ranging, and ear-opening introduction to the broad and expansive field of sound studies. Re-making Sound creates a jumping-off point for students, teachers, and other readers interested in exploring the links between sound and society. Re-Making Sound is a wonderful and innovative book, offering an immensely valuable and unique introduction to sound studies. By supporting their exposition with a focus on sensory experience and a set of classroom exercises geared towards making and listening, Thomas Porcello and Justin Patch's original and timely contribution will make rewarding reading for sound focused scholars and students alike.More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
Illustrations
4 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-5013-5476-2 (9781501354762)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2022
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€47.27
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Thomas Porcello is Professor of Anthropology at Vassar College, USA. He is co-editor of Wired for Sound: Engineering and Technologies in Sonic Cultures (2005), winner of the 2006 Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize for Critical and Advanced Study in Organology, the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Justin Patch is Assistant Professor of Music at Vassar College, USA. He is the author of Discordant Democracy: Audition, Affect and the Presidential Campaign (2018).
Justin Patch is Assistant Professor of Music at Vassar College, USA. He is the author of Discordant Democracy: Audition, Affect and the Presidential Campaign (2018).
Content
Figures
Biographies
Preface
Introduction
1. Soundscape: Sound, Space, and Listening
2. Noise: From the Everyday to the Exceptional
3. Voice: Hearing and Ascribing Individual and Social Identity
4. Sound on the Page: Echoes and Resonances in Writing
5. Sound Design/Designing Sounds: Intentionally Crafted Sonic Worlds
6. Sound Art: What is Sound? Debates and Examples
Concluding Exercise: Putting the Pieces Together Through Audio Narratives
Acknowledgments
Index
Biographies
Preface
Introduction
1. Soundscape: Sound, Space, and Listening
2. Noise: From the Everyday to the Exceptional
3. Voice: Hearing and Ascribing Individual and Social Identity
4. Sound on the Page: Echoes and Resonances in Writing
5. Sound Design/Designing Sounds: Intentionally Crafted Sonic Worlds
6. Sound Art: What is Sound? Debates and Examples
Concluding Exercise: Putting the Pieces Together Through Audio Narratives
Acknowledgments
Index
