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Listening and Recording In Situ: Entanglement in the sociopolitical context of place

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2021

Maja Zećo
Maja Zećo*
Affiliation:
Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
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Email: m.zeco1@rgu.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article considers the ways in which soundwalking and field recording entangle the listener in a sociopolitical relationship with place. The place is a physical site in which the listener encounters complex sonic sociopolitical factors, shaped not just by the interactions of people but also by involving living and material objects that voice themselves through sound and vibrations. Sets of expectations and personal identities inform listening experiences, in addition to the material-orientated tendencies in the field, deriving from soundscape composition and acousmatic music. Specific sociopolitical examples that inform sonic experiences in diverse listening situations across different geographic regions are used to uncover bias, and some of the preconceptions of listeners. The article argues for a greater reflexivity in regard to the motives that inform our listening, relationship with places and awareness of the widest spectrum of cultural, historic and sociopolitical contexts.

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Organised Sound , Volume 26 , Issue 2: Socially Engaged Sound Practices , August 2021 , pp. 284 - 290
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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