2012
DOI: 10.1177/1354067x12456716
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The sound of history and acoustic memory: Where psychology and history converge

Abstract: Historians have reconstructed the past mainly by the study of texts; only recently have they turned their attention to the analysis of images. They have abstained almost entirely, however, from using their ears when exploring the past: they have been content with the sound of silence. This can be explained in part by the scarcity of authentic acoustic sources which have existed only for the time period since about 1900. Historical studies focusing on the function of listening in the past, the soundscapes of ea… Show more

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“…The museum has traditionally been a visual space; a place for vision more than hearing. Jürgen Müller points out, that historians have been using written sources, and, more recently, pictures and images as their most important historical material to recreate the past – both kinds of sources are verceived visually (Müller : 444). Müller points out, that hearing is a source of information, and a sophisticated tool of orientation both physical and social, and therefore historians may earn a lot about a given historical period by listening to its particular sounds (Müller : 446–447).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The museum has traditionally been a visual space; a place for vision more than hearing. Jürgen Müller points out, that historians have been using written sources, and, more recently, pictures and images as their most important historical material to recreate the past – both kinds of sources are verceived visually (Müller : 444). Müller points out, that hearing is a source of information, and a sophisticated tool of orientation both physical and social, and therefore historians may earn a lot about a given historical period by listening to its particular sounds (Müller : 446–447).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Jürgen Müller points out, that historians have been using written sources, and, more recently, pictures and images as their most important historical material to recreate the past – both kinds of sources are verceived visually (Müller : 444). Müller points out, that hearing is a source of information, and a sophisticated tool of orientation both physical and social, and therefore historians may earn a lot about a given historical period by listening to its particular sounds (Müller : 446–447). For decades, however, contemporary art – including sound art – has sought to captivate museum visitors’ ears; the use of sound as a means of creating an atmosphere and supporting the visual exhibition has also grown increasingly common at historical museums.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As proposed by Mu¨ller (2012), sounds play a key role in people's daily experience, but also in their relationship to others, the world and themselves.…”
Section: For a Cultural Psychology Of Soundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of cultural history, how specific sounds became identified, admired, reproduced, or created, becomes one question -which Boesch addresses in his sociogenetic analysis of the sound of violin (2007), or that is at the heart of Mu¨ller's (2012) project of a history of sounds.…”
Section: Genesis Of Soundsmentioning
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