The ethical potential of sound in public space: Migrant pan flute music and its potential to create moments of conviviality in a ‘failed’ public square

Doughty, Karolina; Lagerqvist, Maja

doi:10.1016/j.emospa.2016.06.002

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“…Another significant line of works in music has been the relation of sound and place in spaces of musical performance. It has been argued that spaces of musical performance provide meaningful memories (Duffy & Waitt, ), promote conviviality (Doughty & Lagerqvist, ), enhance sense of belonging (Duffy & Waitt, ), and strengthen identity and sense of place (Duffy, , ). Simpson () has argued that such events open up spaces of mediation between macropolitical issues of social identity and regulations and micropolitical performative and affective practices.…”

Section: Main Themes Of Geographical Research On Soundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sonic geographies: Themes, concepts, and deaf spots

Paiva

2018

Geography Compass

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This article poses a straightforward question: What has geography been listening to? Sonic geographies have been established as a relevant subfield in Human Geography in the last decades. During this period, a significant amount of work has been published, but there are still few reviews of these works, and most of them focus solely on Anglophone geography. In this article, I attempt to address this gap by providing an overview of the themes and concepts that have been studied within the emerging subfield of sonic geographies. My intention is to reunite a large range of works that are becoming increasingly scattered and specialized, in order to make sense of the subfield as a whole.With this in mind, I am particularly interested in identifying the "deaf spots" of the subfield, that is, the subjects, concepts, or fields that have not yet been explored thoroughly by sonic geographies.

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Section: Main Themes Of Geographical Research On Soundmentioning

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Sonic geographies: Themes, concepts, and deaf spots

Paiva

2018

Geography Compass

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“…In fact, a few recent studies have highlighted the effectiveness of art in changing urban sociality, mainly through cognitive or affective phenomena (André et al . ; Belgiojoso ; Doughty & Lagerqvist ). Subsequently, the perception of the potential of art to change urban states of affair has also sparked the interest of planners and urbanists to use arts to intervene in urban space, not only for its economic value, but for its social and atmospheric value (Pinder ; Lehtuvuori ; Belgiojoso ).…”

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“…But, very often, the artwork not only falls into place, but also intervenes in a profound manner, by acting out different rhythms, contesting meanings and activities, or provoking new feelings and sensations (McCormack 2004;Barbour & Hitchmough 2015;Edensor & Bowdler 2015;Simpson 2016). In fact, a few recent studies have highlighted the effectiveness of art in changing urban sociality, mainly through cognitive or affective phenomena (Andr e et al 2013;Belgiojoso 2014;Doughty & Lagerqvist 2016). Subsequently, the perception of the potential of art to change urban states of affair has also sparked the interest of planners and urbanists to use arts to intervene in urban space, not only for its economic value, but for its social and atmospheric value (Pinder 2008;Lehtuvuori 2012;Belgiojoso 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Subsequently, the perception of the potential of art to change urban states of affair has also sparked the interest of planners and urbanists to use arts to intervene in urban space, not only for its economic value, but for its social and atmospheric value (Pinder 2008;Lehtuvuori 2012;Belgiojoso 2014). Some of these studies have pointed out the role of the sensory experience of such practices, (Belgiojoso 2014; DANIEL PAIVA & HERCULANO CACHINHO V C 2018 Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG Edensor & Bowdler 2015;Doughty & Lagerqvist 2016;Simpson 2016), but it is still possible to further our understanding of these dynamics. In particular, how specific artistic mediums elicit different senses and how in turn these cause distinct spatial appropriations is a matter still underexplored.…”

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Artistic Practices and the Redistribution of the Sensible in Largo do Chiado: Attention, Corporeal Isles, Visceral Politics

Paiva

Cachinho

2018

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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The objective of this paper is to explore how different artistic practices work to alter the distribution of the senses, and consequently, the disposition, processes and practices of the situated surplus of urban places. While it has been acknowledged that artistic performances in public space generate specific appropriations of the urban environment, the role that specific sensorial channels play in these events is still underexplored. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted between 2012 and 2016 in Chiado, our study highlights how dance, music and architecture stimulate, invoke and highlight specific senses while rendering others unnoticed. This causes shifts in bodily rhythms, mood and attention to details in urban space. As certain corporeal isles are enacted through contemplation, the experience and appropriation of urban space is subject to change. A central tension in this matter is the fluctuation between visual and sonic spatialities.

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“…Second, most academic work has focused on urban encounters in public spaces. Scholars have examined public spaces such as cafes (Jones et al., ), buses (Lobo, ; Wilson, ), public squares (Doughty & Lagerqvist, ), playgrounds (Wilson, 2013a), and street corners (Elsheshtawy, ). Another node of interest focuses on “micropublics,” which Amin defines as spaces where “prosaic negotiations are compulsory” (, p. 969).…”

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Choreographing the rhythms of encounter in Singapore's maid agencies

Wee

Goh

Yeoh

2019

Trans Inst British Geog

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This paper builds on Lefebvre's concept of rhythmanalysis in order to extend our understanding of geographies of encounter in everyday social life. Focusing on the encounters that take place at maid agencies that match migrant domestic workers with local employers in Singapore, we develop the conceptual construct of choreography to show how bodies in spaces of encounter are rhythmically ordered to move through space in particular ways at specific speeds and times. The concept is also useful in studying encounters between migrants and citizens not just as serendipitous events but as purposively designed. Foregrounding the tangled relationalities that exist between maid agents, domestic workers, and employers, we show how employers’ interactions with the materialities of the migration industry – such as the spatial arrangement of the maid agency and the biodata used in the selection of workers – set particular diagrammatic rhythms into motion, prefiguring corporeal migrant–local encounters before they begin. We depict migrant women's punctuated rhythms of moving and waiting, revealing how the eurythmia of the maid agency both conceals and is dependent on the arrhythmia of their bodies. Finally, by emphasising that choreography requires both design and performance, we investigate how migrant women are able to overturn the ordering of rhythms through improvisational moments. Attending to the practices of the maid agency allows us to reveal how relations of power between migrants and locals are reproduced within contexts of temporary labour migration.

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The ethical potential of sound in public space: Migrant pan flute music and its potential to create moments of conviviality in a ‘failed’ public square

Cited by 36 publications

References 38 publications

Sonic geographies: Themes, concepts, and deaf spots

Sonic geographies: Themes, concepts, and deaf spots

Artistic Practices and the Redistribution of the Sensible in Largo do Chiado: Attention, Corporeal Isles, Visceral Politics

Choreographing the rhythms of encounter in Singapore's maid agencies

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