Sound Anthropology and Ecosound

EasyChair Preprint 15354

Abstract

“Acoustic ontology” characterizes the relationship we have with the world of sound, our world of sound being in the forefront, and that of the human tribe, the human community, being in the background. The word “ecosound”, a neologism composed of the contraction of two terms “ecology” and “sound”, refers to this paradigm. Since Schafer and his insights on the question of ecology, sound embraces the acoustic environment, through its notion of "amenity" (tuning), as an entire dimension and within which rethinking structurally the society can/must be done in relation to such acoustic reality. This acoustic reality constitutes a form of socio-economic engagement, with respect to health, norms and standards, and the environment, three areas of focus in design research. The role of sound design and its actors is therefore to monitor this question of a new “sound order”, which we have defined as “ecosonic” and within which, our daily life is organized in different living spaces, in accordance with existing norms and standards and structural frameworks, as well as others yet to be established.

Keyphrases: Ecosound, Music Design, acoustic ecology, sound design, soundstainability

@booklet{EasyChair:15354,
  author    = {Frank Pecquet},
  title     = {Sound Anthropology and Ecosound},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15354},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}