The Acoustic City by Matthew Gandy (9783868592719)

Description - The Acoustic City by Matthew Gandy

How does sound shape urban life? What do soundscapes reveal about the experience of modernity? This innovative essay collection explores a series of critical themes including the diversity of urban soundscapes; acoustic flanerie and different ways of listening to the city; the emergence of specific associations between place, music, and sound; and the acoustic ecology of architecture, landscape and urban design. The collection and accompanying CD will be of interest to a wide range of disciplines including architecture, cultural studies, geography, musicology, and urban sociology. SELLING POINT: Discovering the sounds of the city - includes a free CD

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