The Sound of a Room: Memory and the Auditory Presence of Place

Author:   Seán Street (Bournemouth University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367463342


Pages:   140
Publication Date:   02 October 2020
Format:   Hardback
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The Sound of a Room: Memory and the Auditory Presence of Place


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What does a place sound like – and how does the sound of place affect our perceptions, experiences, and memories? The Sound of a Room takes a poetic and philosophical approach to exploring these questions, providing a thoughtful investigation of the sonic aesthetics of our lived environments. Moving through a series of location-based case studies, the author uses his own field recordings as the jumping-off point to consider the underlying questions of how sonic environments interact with our ideas of self, sense of creativity, and memories. Advocating an awareness born of deep listening, this book offers practical and poetic insights for researchers, practitioners, and students of sound.

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Author:   Seán Street (Bournemouth University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780367463342


ISBN 10:   0367463342
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   02 October 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface In One Circle Bound A Day in the Life Performing Rooms The Sound of a Room at Prayer Walking through Urban Sound Landscapes, Beachscapes, Soundscapes Interviewing Space The Rooms We Make and the Rooms We Are Index

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Sean Street opens our ears.... [to] the sounds that exist inside us, both physically and psychologically.... [to] consider the sound of the rooms in our own minds, poems, novels, works of art.... Sean Street gently conducts us on. -Hilary Davies, The Times Literary Supplement


Author Information

Seán Street holds an Emeritus Professorship at Bournemouth University. Previous works on sound include The Poetry of Radio and The Memory of Sound (Routledge, 2013/2015,) as well as a trilogy published by Palgrave, Sound Poetics ( 2017,) Sound at the Edge of Perception (2018), and The Sound Inside the Silence: Travels in the Sonic Imagination (2019.) He is a published poet, and a radio programme maker for the BBC and other broadcasters.

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