Sounds of the Pandemic: Accounts, Experiences, Perspectives in Times of COVID-19

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Introduction: Understanding a Pandemic Through Sound
	Listening to the Pandemic Silence
	Mediatising Reality
	Musicking as a Technology of the Self
	Time and Memory
	Notes
	References
Part I Accounts: Sounds From a World Under Lockdown
	1 Listening to the First Lockdown: The Auditory Experience of Wroclaw’s Inhabitants
		Assumptions, Categories, and Methodology
		Multiplied Schizophonia
		Ambivalent Silence
		The Lockdown’s Soundmark
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	2 Together in Discipline and Turmoil: Remembering Public Sounds During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
		Introduction
		Remembering Sound?
		Mutual Trajectories
		Sounds of the Privatised Public
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	3 Listening to the Hustle and the Hush: Sound, City, and the Pandemic
		Introduction
		Sounding South Asia
		Janata Curfew: A Euphoria in Serious Hours
		Noise: The Necessary Evil
		The Rhapsody of Silence
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	4 Applauses and Banners, Horns and Fireworks: Tracing the Sonic Expression of French Social Movements During Lockdown
		#CortègeDeFenêtre: When the Songs of the Protests Are Displayed in the Window
		The Applause at 8:00 Pm: The Rhythms of a New Confined Socialisation
			Appearance of Clapping
			What Is Clapping?
				What Clapping Means in Times of Confinement
		Hijacking a Consensual Ritual for the Benefit of Social Struggle
			Hijacking the Applause to Make a Connection: The Role of Sound
			The Different Sound Modalities of These Detours: Casserolade, Balcony Concerts for Politically Causes, Slogans at the …
				Shouting, Slogans, Casserolades and DIY Percussion
				The Sound and Light Shows and Projections, a Dynamic Extension of the Banners
		Exit the Window: The New Soundscape of Confined Towns and Suburbs in Protest
			Diverting the 8:00 Pm Applause By Honking Horns
			Shedding Light Onto an Emerging Counter-Space of Appearance Specific to COVID-19
			The Particular Case of Parisian Suburbs
		Notes
		References
	5 Pandemic Soundscaping: Rediscovering a New Aura in the Mediatised Sonic Reality
		Why So Surprised?
		Towards Immersive Mediatisation
		Hic Et Nunc of a Unique Experience
		Pandemic Soundscaping
			Soundscapes and High-Resolution Technology
		Aesthetics, Atmospheres, and the New Aura
		For an Investigative Perspective
		Notes
		References
	6 Not People But a Sound: Virtual Audio and the Appropriation of Fandom Practices in Pandemic Football
		Behind Closed Doors: Restarting Safely and the Atmosphere Problem
		Rewriting Football On Television in Times of Pandemic
		Not People But a Sound: Ethical Issues of Virtual Audio
		Concluding Remarks
		Notes
		References
	7 A Digital Archive of Participatory Location Rhythm Performances: Listening as a Way of Attending to the Pandemic
		Listening in Quarantine: Hybrid Auditory Realities
		An Archive of Listening: #otherbeats
		Playing as Listening: The Playback System and User Interface of #otherbeats
		References
Part II Experiences: Musicking in the Face of the Pandemic
	8 Huapanguitos Pa Seguir Aguantando En Cuarentena: Mexican SonTube Channels as Emergent Digital Spaces of Music and …
		The Streamed Queues of ‘SonTube’ During COVID-19
		Notes
		References
	9 ‘Why Do They Dance In The Middle Of The Pandemic?’: Post-Pandemic Cumbia, Mediated Live Music, and Digital Heritage From …
		An Introduction to Pre-Pandemic Mexican Sonideros
		The Pandemic and the Social Stigma
		Live Music, Sonideros, and the Media Economy
		Sonidero Digital Channels as Challenged Archivists and Niche Heritage
		Notes
		References
	10 Sardinian Traditional Music During the COVID-19 Pandemic
		Imaginary Polyphonies
		Media Strategies for Multipart Singing
		Virtual Multipart Singing
		Cantzonis: Narrative Song in Southern Sardinia
		‘Su Baballoti’ By Antonio Pani
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	11 Becoming Visible: Proud Roma and Sinti Musicians in Italy During the Pandemic
		First Wave – Stay Home
		Towards the Second Wave and Beyond
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	12 Rethinking Intermedia Practices During the Pandemic: Staging and Conception of Alexander Schubert’s Virtual Reality …
		Introduction
			Theoretical Background
		After Media
			Mapping Schubert’s Latest Production
			Aesthetic References
		Through Media
			Institutional Aspects
			Into the Unknown
			Digital Trespassing
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	13 Musicians in the Brazilian Pandemic: Facing COVID-19 During the Bolsonaro Regime and the Aldir Blanc Emergency Bill
		Negotiating the Emergency Bill
		LAB Projects and Their Impacts
		Final Considerations
		Notes
		References
	14 Musical Performance During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Days of Future Passed?
		The Great (Social) Narration of the Pandemic
		Experiencing and Reflecting On Digital Liveness After the Lockdown
		Streaming Liveness in the Time of Pandemic (And After?)
		Suspended Rites and Media Compensation
		Re-Inventing Virtual Communities On YouTube During the Lockdown
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
Part III Perspectives: Rethinking Sound and Music Against the Backdrop of a Global Crisis
	15 Coronamusic(king): Types, Repertoires, Consolatory Function
		Coronamusicking: A Typology
			Live Music Performances
			Performances On the Internet
			Repertoire Creation
		Coronamusicking as ‘Umgangsmusik’
		Coronamusicking as a Practice of Mediated Consolation
			Consolation at Large: Theories, Practices, and Media
			Musical Consolation During COVID-19
		Conclusions
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
	16 The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Remotivity in Music
		Introduction
		Adaption and Response in Challenging Times
		The History of Remote and Home Working in Music
		This Time It’s Different
			Production and Consumption
			The Response of Music Practitioners
				The Disruption of a Technologically Enabled Global Network
				Income Stream Disruption
				Living and Working in Isolation
				New Instruments of Communication, Production, and Collaboration
		New Modes of Expression Through Remotivity
			Studios Relocating to Home
			Live Streaming From Home
			New Performance Platforms
			Collage Performances
		The Practice of Remotivity
			A Creative and Innovative Mindset
			Technical Expertise to Repurpose Tools
			Maintaining a Stable Client Or Audience Base
			A Differentiated Expertise
		Summary
		References
	17 Music in Lockdown: On Sonic Spaces During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March–June 2020
		Boccaccio’s Lesson
		Mood Music in Times of COVID-19
		The Musical Politics of Balconies
		Self-expression and ‘Coronamusic’
		References
	18 What a Blackbird Has Told Me: Latent Acoustic Learning in the Times of COVID-19
		How Silent Urban Soundscapes Can Become
		Blackbirds On My Roof
		Basic Terminology
		Noise Pollution
			Continuous Noise and the Salami Sound
		Latent Learning and Cognitive Maps
		Auditory Cognitive Maps: A Hypothesis
		What the Blackbird Has Told Me. Or, How Am I Related to the Blackbird?
		How Do I Reply to the Blackbird? Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	19 The Sounds and Silence of COVID-19 Quarantine: Media Representation, Debility, and Neoliberal Biopolitics
		Introduction
		Sound in Disaster Reporting
		Coverage of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
		Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic
			China
			Italy
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	20 Four Sounds Against Capitalocene: Lockdown, Music, and the Artist as Producer
		Lockdown as a Politically Repressive Measure
		Anthropocene and Capitalocene
		Music Is Not Just the World of Consolation
		The Artist as Producer
		Notes
		References
	Afterword: Coping With Crisis Through Coronamusic
		Setting the Scene
		An Infectious Case of Musical Revivals
		Mental Wellbeing During Lockdown
		Musical Coping Behaviours
		A Special Role for Corona-Themed Music
		Key Characteristics of Coronamusic
		Future Musicovid Research
		Notes
		References
Index