Soundwalking: Through Time, Space, and Technologies

Soundwalking is a practice of moving through space while carefully listening to what it has to say, addressing urgent challenges and concerns of an environmental, ethical, social, and technological nature. It combines the historical development of soundwalking as a scholarly method and artistic genre with emerging voices concerned with this practice. The book encourages scholars, artists, and those unfamiliar with the concept to engage with it in their respective fields and subjects of interest as an interdisciplinary method of critical inquiry and a creative mode of communication.

Format: Hardback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 20 February 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Soundwalking is a groundbreaking exploration that brings together a diverse array of contemporary scholars, artists, and thinkers to delve into the comprehensive study of soundwalking, a practice that involves moving through space while attentively listening to the environment's messages. This innovative approach addresses pressing environmental, ethical, social, and technological challenges and concerns. By delving into the historical development of soundwalking as a scholarly method and artistic genre, the reader gains valuable insights into its origins and evolution. Additionally, the reader has the opportunity to learn from emerging voices, representing diverse backgrounds and positions, who are passionate about this practice.

Soundwalking showcases the transformative power of attentive listening and walking, enabling individuals to navigate the intricate dimensions of our shared environments and entangled histories with greater awareness and responsibility. This book encourages scholars, artists, and those unfamiliar with the concept to engage with it as an interdisciplinary method of critical inquiry and a creative mode of communication. It inspires readers to rediscover the potential of walking and listening, appealing to students, researchers, and practitioners in fields such as environmental humanities, arts, design, landscape architecture, media, and cultural studies.

Chapter 10 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Weight: 562g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032044248