Re-Making Sound

An Experiential Approach to Sound Studies

Justin Patch (Author) , Thomas Porcello (Author)

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Re-Making Sound

An Experiential Approach to Sound Studies

Justin Patch (Author) , Thomas Porcello (Author)

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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.

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

Product details

Published	13 Jan 2022
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Extent	192
ISBN	9781501354762
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations	4 bw illus
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Justin Patch

Justin Patch is Assistant Professor of Music at Va…

Author

Thomas Porcello

Thomas Porcello is Professor of Anthropology at Va…

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.

Mark Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, author of A Sensory History Manifesto (2021)
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.

David Novak, Associate Professor of Music, UC Santa Barbara, author of Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation (2013)
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.

Daniel Fisher, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, USA, author of The Voice and Its Doubles: Music and Media in Northern Australia (2016)