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We cannot simply listen to our urban past. Yet we encounter a rich cultural heritage of city sounds presented in text, radio and film. How can such »staged sounds« express the changing identities of cities?
This volume presents a collection of studies on the staging of Amsterdam, Berlin and London soundscapes in historical documents, radio plays and films, and offers insights into themes such as film sound theory and museum audio guides. In doing so, this book puts contemporary controversies on urban sound in historical perspective, and contextualises iconic presentations of cities. It addresses academics, students, and museum workers alike.
With contributions by Jasper Aalbers, Karin Bijsterveld, Carolyn Birdsall, Ross Brown, Andrew Crisell, Andreas Fickers, Annelies Jacobs, Evi Karathanasopoulou, Patricia Pisters, Holger Schulze, Mark M. Smith and Jonathan Sterne.
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Editorial Board 2
Sound Studies 3
Contents 6
Introduction 11
Shifting Sounds 31
Why Historians of the Auditory Urban Past Might Consider Getting Their Ears Wet 67
Sounds Familiar 77
The Chirping of a Little Bird 117
Sonic Artefacts 129
Radio Documentary and the Formation of Urban Aesthetics 169
Soundscape, Landscape, Escape 181
The Corporeality of Listening 195
The Eleventh of the Eleventh of the Eleventh 209
Authors 221
List of Illustrations 227