Wilson, LK (2020) Sounds from the Bunker: Aural Culture and the Remainder of the Cold War. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 13 (1). pp. 33-53. ISSN 1752-6272
Abstract
This article explores the aural culture of the Cold War bunker. First by considering the insinuation of nuclear war (and attempts to survive it) into early 1980s UK popular music (and its echo in contemporary – ironic or nostalgic pastiche). Secondly by examining the increasing use of decommissioned bunkers as performance venues, some as decontextualized atmospheric backdrops, others with greater attentiveness to heritage and its interpretation. Lastly, the article considers the experience of my own act of cultural production in making a BBC Radio 4 documentary (Cold Art, broadcast in 2018) by exploring the resonant spaces of three Cold War sites, and the complex attraction these structures hold for artists and musicians. Across the article, these three instances of ‘sounds from the bunker’ are critically examined in order to explore the notion of the cultural politics of cultural appropriation and memory/trauma re-working, as a creative practice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a journal article published in the Journal of War & Culture Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | aural culture, Cold War, nuclear war, bunkers, popular music, impulse response, Teufelsberg |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2020 12:07 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17526272.2019.1705597 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155371 |