Sonic Worlds

Published: Jan. 11, 2023, noon

What is ecomusicology, and what sorts of things do ecomusicologists investigate? Aaron S. Allen defines and traces the contours of this interdisciplinary field of study. Also, we revisit a conversation with Martin Daughtry about the auditory dimension of armed conflict and the violence perpetrated by mechanized sounds of wartime.\nAaron Allen\u2019s keynote lecture on global ecomusicologies\nAllen & Dawe, eds., Current Directions in Ecomusicology: Music, Culture, Nature Routledge, 2016\nJ. Martin Daughtry, Listening to War: Sound, Music, Trauma, and Survival in Wartime Iraq Oxford University Press, 2015\nThe post Sonic Worlds appeared first on KPFA.