Situated Listening

Attending to the Unheard

Morten Sondergaard editor Stephanie Loveless editor Tullis Rennie editor Freya Zinovieff editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publishing:28th May '25

£145.00

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Grounded in a conviction that how we listen matters deeply in the context of ongoing social, political, and ecological crises, Situated Listening sets forth a collection of novel methodologies and creative proposals for listening, advancing the framework of situated listening as both a theoretical concept and a methodological practice.

Drawing the parameters of sound studies broadly, this 15-chapter book is written entirely collaboratively, and from a multidisciplinary perspective, and seeks to investigate the relationships between the listening body and the politics of place, space, and culture. Each section includes scores for situated listening, which take the form of diagrams, instructions, exercises, images, and meditations. The scores offer alternate modes of sharing the central ideas of the associated chapters, inviting the reader to shift from theory into practice. This book contributes to decolonial, feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist scholarship in the field of sound studies, by centering listening as a situated and relational practice.

Situated Listening brings together a roster of accomplished, international contributors, making it essential supplementary reading for advanced undergraduates and researchers in sound studies. It will also be of interest to sound artists, as well as faculty and students in the fields of Music, Feminist Science and Technology Studies, and Urban Design.

‘Situated Listening is a robust theoretical and methodological guide for building situated sonic knowledges. Through diverse and collaborative conversations and co-narratives, the volume offers new insights on the listening body, the sonic politics of place, space, and culture, and how human and technological biases inform what is heard and unheard.’

Milena Droumeva, Glenfraser Endowed Professor in Sound Studies, SFU

‘This book writes listening in collective but myriad lines that challenge us not to hear but to imagine within its plural and collaborative approach a future of infinite voices, in contradictory co-presence, without chapter breaks, making the indivisible simultaneity of sound heard.’

Salomé Voegelin, Professor of Sound, University of the Arts London

‘Spanning a range of cultural contexts and epistemic concerns, Situated Listening convincingly argues for greater critical engagement with listening. This includes an examination of the structural inequalities often impacting aurality as well as how listening itself may impose forms of harm. Through an emphasis on collaborative writing from a diversity of contributors, Situated Listening raises the volume on the importance of listening studies.’

Brandon LaBelle, Artistic Director, The Listening Biennial

ISBN: 9781032391328

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328 pages