Downs, J.K. orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-5854 (2021) Acoustic Territories of the Body: Headphone Listening, Embodied Space, and the Phenomenology of Sonic Homeliness. Journal of Sonic Studies, 21.
Abstract
Can we describe certain sonic experiences as “homely,” even when they take place outside of a traditional home-space? While phenomenological accounts of home abound, with writers detailing a rich spectrum of the felt characteristics of the homely including safety, familiarity, and affective “warmth,” there is a scarcity of research into sonic experience that engages with such literatures. With specific interest in the experience of embodied space, I account here for what might be termed feelings of “sonic homeliness” as they emerge during headphone listening. After forming a conceptual model of homeliness that draws from phenomenological philosophy, I investigate its applicability to experiences of headphone listening. Through analysis of primary interview data, I consider how headphones may be said to territorialize space for listeners, analyzing how sonic “boundaries” are experienced in relation to the body, as well as how some listeners describe their experiences as interiorized, comforting, and “wombic.”
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Music (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts and Humanities Research Council AH/L503848/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2021 10:35 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2021 10:35 |
Published Version: | https://www.researchcatalogue.net/profile/show-exp... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Leiden University Press (LUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:175493 |