Doing Anthropology in Sound By: Steve Feld and Donald Bernice

Do ethnographies need “acoustemology ” or colloquially known as ‘sound’ to compliment cultural analysis? How?

What are the issues of recording background sounds of cultures for the purpose of analysis? Background as foreground

In what ways do we as a culture have selective listening? (Listening to earphones on bus etc.)

Does ethnography need to incorporate all of the senses? If so Why? How?

Does the inscription of a song provide sufficient material for cultural analysis? Is there room for sound and what more can it tell us about the culture?

Is the content or the context of a sound more important for an ethnographer?

For example: it’s important to understand that the tapes are listened to in context yet the content is less important because the story can change but the context is key

 

 

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