Sonic Engagement: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Community Engaged Audio Practice

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Introduction: Distilling an interdisciplinary approach
	What do we mean by community engaged?
	Sonic relations: Considering ethics and aesthetics
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Part I: First Knowledges First
Introduction
	References
1. Bu\'ra\'nga\'man | Dadirri | Yimbali: Echoes of listening to country
	Listening to country: Mapping the country that connects us
	Listening to country: The project
	Echoing the sounds of belonging places
	Listening to country: The collaboration
	What we heard
		It can send you womba
		It can keep you strong
		Listening to how birds speak of where we belong
		A river runs through what we found
		In the sounds beneath the sound
	Amplifying the silence, silencing the noise ...
	Echoes from the field
	Echoing words from the field
	Concluding (but not ending)
	Acknowledgements
	Notes
	References
Part II: Sonic Knowing: Meaning and Resonance
Introduction
	References
2. Audio drama inquiry: A telling method of research
	Introduction
	Audio drama inquiry
		Research-based theatre
		The contours of audio drama inquiry
			Inquiry led
			Community responsive
			Audio
			Truth through fiction
			Theoretically supported
			Aesthetics of inquiry
			Ethically grounded
	The method used in tuning into CYC
		Material generation
		Participant-researcher group processes
			Introductory and script building workshops
			Generating materials
			Mediating materials
			Rehearsal
			Recording
	Conversations with CYCPfC
		Recorded conversations
		Reflective panels
		Casting
		Rehearsing and recording
	Aesthetic of ethics
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3. What does a cellphilm (cellphone + film production + intention) sound like? The ethics and aesthetics of cellphilm method
	Introduction
	Cellphilm method
	Context
	Theorising sound in participatory media production
	What about silences?
	Data collection
	Listening to the where are our histories and celling sex cellphilms
		Youthful cellphilm sound aesthetics
		DIY aesthetics reveal the cellphilm producers
		Sound ethics and aesthetics in cellphilm method
	Commonalities and tensions in cellphilms\' use of sound and silence
	Who is heard? Who is listening?
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
4. Composing place: Creating participatory sound portraits and compilations
	Introduction
	Context, timeline, and methods
	Data generation and creation
	Creating portraits
	Ryanne
	Morgan
	Installation: A coda
	Notes
	References
5. The radio play as restorative justice education: A creative collaboration between a grassroots organisation and artists
	Introduction
	Envisioning the project
	The project: A mural of social change radio play
	Radio plays as education: Theoretical considerations
	Restorative justice, reconciliation, and the story
	Community inclusion
	Transformation of understanding
	Listening
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Part III: Sonic Assembly: Building Communities and Publics
Introduction
	References
6. More-than-social listening: Undercover engagements and undoing auditory norms
	A moment waiting to happen
	Animating engagement through more-than-sonic practices
	Notes
	References
7. Reinscribing the noise: New media walk technologies and the politics of community engagement
	Background and theory: Rhizome 1
	Composition/Improvisation: Rhizome II
	Community agency and autonomy: Rhizome III
	Suggestions for principled engagement
	Notes
	References
8. Hyper-listening and co-listening: Reflections on sound, selfhood, and solidarity
	Prelude: Listening to our time
	Against judgemental listening: Going inward to build capacity for engaging outward
	Self-attunement: Three artistic positions and a workshop proposal
	Hyper- and co-listening: Critical engagement
	Acoustic solidarity: Concluding remarks
	Notes
	References
9. I make noise therefore I am: Aesthetics of sonic experimentation in participatory art and culture
	Introduction
	Pragmatist aesthetics and autonomy of art
	Frames of participation
	Sonic memes and emergent communities
	The joy of making noise
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Part IV: Sonic Disruptions: Creating Auditory Counter-Narratives
Introduction
	References
10. Sound travels faster over water: Sonically re-designing institutional aural architecture with The Verbatim Formula
	Attending to voice, sound, and agency
	Glaswegian encounters
	The Scottish Parliament
	Promising care
	Notes
	References
11. Yellow Couch Convos Podcast series: Navigating identity politics through collective voices and counternarratives
	Introduction
	Background: The Roma and the ERIAC Yellow Couch Convos Podcast
	Positionality and ethical research methods
	Embodiment, representation, and the sonic
	Creative activism, counternarratives, and the YCC podcast
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
12. Many worlds in one place: Composition as a site of encounter
	Introduction
	Project overview
	First encounters
	Navigating uncertainty
	Wayfinding, curating and translating
	Dialogic editing
	Many worlds in one place
	The challenges of representation
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
13. Odyssey on the airwaves: A journey from HMP to hope
	Telemachy, Apologoi, Mnesterophonia
	Telemachy: Re-unlocking the theoretical gates
	Mnesterophonia: \'slaughter of the suitors\'
	Notes
	References
Part V: Sonic Resistance: Soundscapes of Protest and Activism
Introduction
	References
14. Engaging communities in listening to ecosystems: Case studies from acoustic ecology research in Australia and Mexico
	Introduction
	Listening to ecosystems
	Biosphere soundscapes: Listening to UNESCO biosphere reserves
	BIOM: Towards a Biosphere Open Microphone network
	River listening: Connecting communities to freshwater ecosystems
	Conclusion
	References
15. Aural counterpublic resistance: Noise, silence, and acoustical agency in protest tactics
	Introduction
	Towards a politics of listening
	Sonic agitation through aural counterpublics
	Listening politically to noise as tactical resistance
		Hearing aural counterpublics in riots
		Acoustical agency through sonic disobedience: The audible tactics of Idle No More
		Sounding out respectability politics: The loud/quiet protest dichotomy
	Listening for resistance in silence
		Sounding out agency and counter-narratives in Marshawn Lynch\'s silence
		You aren\'t listening
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
16. Street hassle: Noise, art, and activism
	Notes
	References
Concluding Acknowledgement
Index