The Archive and the Aural City: Sound, Knowledge, and the Politics of Listening

Author(s)
Madrid, Alejandro L.
Language
EnglishAbstract
Drawing on various archives in Latin America, Alejandro L. Madrid examines how listening for sound in the archive can provide opportunities to build more inclusive spaces for intellectual exchange and political mobilization.
Keywords
archives; sonic turn; aurality; lettered city; aural city; inaudito; Latin America; estrangement; patrimony; entextualization; archival constellation; soundscape; postnationalism; sound objects; Mexican Rarities; noriganales; Carrillo Pianos; open-source; affect; rhizomeISBN
9781478094425, 9781478028864, 9781478032113Publisher
Duke University PressPublisher website
http://www.dukeupress.edu/Publication date and place
Durham, 2025Series
Sign, Storage, Transmission,Classification
Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics)

