If I was King of India I would Get All the Horns Out of Cars

A Qualitative Study of Sound in Delhi

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4383632
AutoresMaria Patsarika (0000-0001-5906-8833, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, American College of Thessaloniki 17 Sevenidi St., PO Box 21021, 55535 Pylaia Greece, autor de correspondencia), Tatjana Schneider (0000-0003-2372-0919, University of Sheffield, autor de correspondencia), Michael Edwards (0000-0002-5392-2901, Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh 12 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DF UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen42
Número1
Páginas74-89
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.12470
OpenAlexW2555207848
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas27

In this article we present an experimental sonic space-the mobile noise abatement pod (mNAP)-constructed and used over a two-week period in Delhi, India, during December 2014. The interdisciplinary project, involving a composer, designer, carpenter, development scholar, filmmaker, graphic designer and sociologist, sought to investigate how noise, including honking (one of the most prevalent sounds in Indian cities), is perceived. The fieldwork reveals noise to be a complex contextual, spatial and personal experience that is as much about habit as it is about identity and class, intimately related to economic inequality and inherently connected to social justice. The article suggests that attempts to reduce levels of noise need to take into account its meaning and position-by whom and how narratives of noise reduction are constructed and reproduced

Acoustics · Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · New delhi · Social justice · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Music History and Culture · Noise Effects and Management · Psychology · Water Governance and Infrastructure