Sounding Out Normative and Colour-Blind Listening in Acoustic Ecology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14784821 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nimalan Yoganathan (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 462-487 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjc.2022-0025 |
| OpenAlex | W4302307744 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Background: The field of acoustic ecology emerged from Simon Fraser University in the late 1960s during which time R. Murray Schafer and the World Soundscape Project studied everyday soundscapes and the rise of urban noise. While it was an innovative approach to understanding the relationship between humans and their environments, it reproduced the dominant frameworks of this period. Analysis: This article argues that contemporary acoustic ecology discourse continues to frame noise, silence, and urban acoustic design through a white normative and colour-blind listening framework. This article examines dominant authorship and citation practices within leading journals that publish soundscape literature as well as sound mapping practices. Conclusion: After also surveying seldom-cited soundscape research that interrogates the environmental listening and sound-making practices of BIPOC and marginalized communities, the article concludes that there is a need for contemporary soundscape research to incorporate more intersectional and decolonial modes of environmental listening
Acoustics · Active listening · Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Normative · Silence · Sociology · Sound (geography · Soundscape · Communication · Diverse Musicological Studies · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Noise Effects and Management · Ecology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |