Karin Bijsterveld Pořadí knih

Exploring the often-overlooked role of listening in scientific practice, this book delves into how scientists, engineers, and physicians utilize auditory skills alongside visual methods. Through historical and ethnographic evidence from various settings, it examines the purposes and techniques of listening in knowledge creation from the 1920s to the present. Rather than advocating for hearing over seeing, it investigates the conditions under which auditory perception has contributed to scientific understanding, highlighting the complexities of sensory engagement in the sciences.

Tracing efforts to control unwanted sound-the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft-from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century.

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 This volume presents a collection of studies on the staging of Amsterdam, Berlin and London soundscapes in historical documents, radio plays and films, and offers insights into themes such as film sound theory and museum audio guides. In doing so, this book puts contemporary controversies on urban sound in historical perspective, and contextualises iconic presentations of cities. It addresses academics, students, and museum workers alike. With contributions by Jasper Aalbers, Karin Bijsterveld, Carolyn Birdsall, Ross Brown, Andrew Crisell, Andreas Fickers, Annelies Jacobs, Evi Karathanasopoulou, Patricia Pisters, Holger Schulze, Mark M. Smith and Jonathan Sterne.