Situated Listening

<p>Grounded in a conviction that how we listen matters deeply in the context of ongoing social political and ecological crises <i>Situated Listening: Attending to the Unheard </i>sets forth a collection of methodologies and creative proposals for listening advancing the framework of situated listening as both a theoretical concept and a methodological practice that investigates relationships between the listening body and the politics of place space and culture.</p><p>Drawing from an array of scholarship that engages sound studies broadly this 15-chapter book is written entirely collaboratively and from a multidisciplinary perspective. Each section includes scores for situated listening which take the form of diagrams instructions exercises images and meditations. The scores offer alternate modes of sharing the central ideas of the associated chapters inviting the reader to shift from theory into practice. This book contributes to decolonial feminist anti-racist and anti-capitalist scholarship in the field of sound studies by centering listening as a relational practice.</p><p>This book brings together a roster of accomplished international contributors making it essential supplementary reading for advanced undergraduates and researchers in sound studies. It will be of interest to faculty and students in the fields of Sound Studies Music Feminist Science and Technology Studies Urban Design and Sound Art.</p>