Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance by LaBelle, Brandon

Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance

A timely exploration of whether sound and listening can be the basis of political change.In a world...
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Author: Brandon LaBelle
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Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance by LaBelle, Brandon

Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance

¥12,523

Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance

¥12,523
Author: Brandon LaBelle
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A timely exploration of whether sound and listening can be the basis of political change.

In a world dominated by the visual, could contemporary resistances be auditory? This timely and important book from Goldsmiths Press highlights sound's invisible, disruptive, and affective qualities and asks whether the unseen nature of sound can support a political transformation. In Sonic Agency, Brandon LaBelle sets out to engage contemporary social and political crises by way of sonic thought and imagination. He divides sound's functions into four figures of resistance--the invisible, the overheard, the itinerant, and the weak--and argues for their role in creating alternative "unlikely publics" in which to foster mutuality and dissent. He highlights existing sonic cultures and social initiatives that utilize or deploy sound and listening to address conflict, and points to their work as models for a wider movement. He considers issues of disappearance and hidden culture, nonviolence and noise, creole poetics, and networked life, aiming to unsettle traditional notions of the "space of appearance" as the condition for political action and survival.

By examining the experience of listening and being heard, LaBelle illuminates a path from the fringes toward hope, citizenship, and vibrancy. In a current climate that has left many feeling they have lost their voices, it may be sound itself that restores it to them.



Author: Brandon LaBelle
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Published: 12/08/2020
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781912685950
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Brandon LaBelle is Professor in New Media in the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen. He is the author of Lexicon of the Mouth: Poetics and Politics of Voice and the Oral Imaginary, Diary of an Imaginary Egyptian, Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life, and Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art.

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