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Ecology of Sound: The Sonic Order of Urban Space

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posted on 2023-06-23, 10:50 authored by R Atkinson
Sound provides an often-ignored element of our conceptualisation of the urban fabric. The power of music, sound and noise to denote place and demarcate space is used here to develop the idea of a sonic ecology. The paper attempts to map the relative order of this unseen city and to theorise its spatial and temporal patterning. The sonic ecology, a relatively persistent and chronologically ordered quality to sound in urban space, is used as a means of examining the distribution of sound and to weigh the broader social impact of these qualities. The ambient soundscape of the street is made up of a shifting aural terrain, a resonant metropolitan fabric, which may exclude or subtly guide us in our experience of the city, thus highlighting an invisible yet highly affecting and socially relevant area of urban enquiry.

History

Publication title

Urban Studies

Volume

44

Issue

10

Article number

10

Number

10

Pagination

1905-1917

ISSN

0042-0980

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Publication status

  • Published

Repository Status

  • Open

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210999 Pacific Peoples community services not elsewhere classified

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