Sonic skills : listening for knowledge in science, medicine and engineering (1920s-present) / Karin Bijsterveld.
It is common for us today to associate the practice of science primarily with the act of seeing--with staring at computer screens, analyzing graphs, and presenting images. We may notice that physicians use stethoscopes to listen for disease, that biologists tune into sound recordings to understand b...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Listening for Knowledge: Introduction
- 2. Sonic Signs: Turning to, Talking about and Transcribing Sound
- 3. Modes of Listening: Why, How and to What?
- 4. Resounding Contestation: The Ambiguous Status of Sonic Skills
- 5. Popping Up: The Continual Return of Sound and Listening
- 6. Ensembles of Sonic Skills: Conclusions
- References.