Non-Human Agential relations in Sonic Students
The emergence of new academic discourses suggests the constitution of epistemologies and perspectives based on distinctive research approaches and objectives in sonic studies. In addition, these discourses have emphasized the implementation of alternative research methodologies to address and genera...
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2022
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| Summary: | The emergence of new academic discourses suggests the constitution of epistemologies and perspectives based on distinctive research approaches and objectives in sonic studies. In addition, these discourses have emphasized the implementation of alternative research methodologies to address and generate new perspectives in response to the issues of perception, agency, and human and nonhuman relations in terms of theoretical, practical, and technical aspects. In comparison, these issues were addressed in research paradigms of ecological sound art, ecomusicology, and ethnomusicology; however, these approaches highlight sonic practices in ecocritical terms but with less emphasis on historical traces and conceptual themes of sound art. Hence, this research registers shortcomings such as knowledge gaps that require the scrutinizing of relevant themes and histories as well as the implementation of technical approaches and methodologies to address human and nonhuman relations. This research examines the aesthetics of sonic arts, traces the listening and sound strategies in the history of avant-garde music that deal with the concepts of human and nonhuman relations, and adheres to the following objectives: to illustrate how such concepts intersect and progress within sonic studies and to establish a theoretical foundation. Subsequently, these theories were further addressed through the implementation of soundwalks and technical approaches, which were informed by paradigms of established sonic and art-based action research methodologies. In this case, soundwalk as a theoretical approach was used to inquire about the epistemologies of soundscape, whereas as a perceptual approach, it aided in the constitution of corporeal artefact, such as situated knowledge and sensibilities. The corporeal artefacts engender creative decisions that were then materialized in the process of sonification to augment and mediate the affective qualities of weather data. To illustrate the relation of these approaches, a design framework is formulated to suggest an alternative methodology. In conclusion, this research proposed the notion of “agential sensibilities” to conceptualize human and nonhuman relations in frameworks of sound art. |
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