Soundwalking brings together a diverse group of scholars, artists and activists in one of the first comprehensive studies of soundwalking - the practice of moving through space while carefully listening to what it has to say - to address urgent challenges and concerns of an environmental, ethical, social, and technological nature.
- One of the first titles to be published on the state-of-the-art of Soundwalking as a practice
- This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach which considers cultural studies, environmental studies, politics, as well as sound studies
- Brings together voices from both academic and professional spheres
Jacek Smolicki is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, designer and educator. His work brings historical, critical and existential dimensions to listening, recording and archiving practices in human and more-than-human contexts. He holds a PhD in Media and Communications from Malmoe University and is currently a postdoc researcher at Linkoeping University. He is also a guest researcher at Uppsala University, Simon Fraser University, and 2022/2023 Fulbright visiting scholar at Harvard. In 2019, he co-founded the Walking Festival of Sound.
1. Soundwalking in the Phonocene: walking, listening, wilding 2. Walking with sound: race and the prosthetic ear 3. Walking and narrating SoundBorderscapes: an experience in Hong Kong 4. Throwing Stones at Nothing 5. Soundwalking extinction: listening on borrowed time 6. Aural border thinking as a decolonial soundwalking methodology 7. Paths of dependance: welcoming the unwelcome 8. Soundwalking on the edges: land, safety, and privilege in Sao Paulo 9. Traversing the concrete marvel: walking the un-sung city 10. 'Our voices reached the sky': sonic memories of the Armenian Genocide 11. Composing, recomposing, and decomposing with soundscapes