Bounding and breaking - An inquiry on the voicing of acoustic territories

Eduardo Abrantes (1)

1 LIF, Language, Interpretation and Philosophy Research Unit

In most urban settings, the multiplicity of human voices in a constant state of acoustic irradiation is overwhelming. They define territories, in conversation, in public transportation, in the, sometimes awkward, transitions between private and public place. They resonate identity, they are biographical sound happenings and they turn every listener into a bearer of this shared individuality. In the context of my interdisciplinary PhD research on voice as acoustic presence, inquired through the scopes of phenomenology of sound, and artistic research in the realms of documentary and sound art, this paper aims to discuss the voice as a modulator of acoustic territories in both its transgressive and communal potential.

Mots clés: phenomenology of sound; voice; intersubjectivity; acoustic territories

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Sociologie

Eduardo Abrantes. Bounding and breaking - An inquiry on the voicing of acoustic territories. Ambiances in action / Ambiances en acte(s) - International Congress on Ambiances, Montreal 2012, Sep 2012, Montreal, Canada. pp.461-466. ⟨halshs-00745540⟩