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.
Author(s): Justin Patch, Thomas Porcello
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 195
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
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 Art? Debates and Examples
Concluding Project: Putting the Pieces Together through Audio Narratives
Author Biographies
Index
