Polisonics
Collective Listening and the Politics of Sound
$94.47
- Paperback
212 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2026
Summary
Bringing together contributors with backgrounds in ethnography, theatre, design, music, and sound, Polisonics: Collective Listening and the Politics of Sound demonstrates the importance of sound in design and how the sonic offers alternatives to dominant, singular, and technologically determined narratives.
From sonic street interventions to rural field recording, water fountains to community listening sessions, and Palestinian Hip-Hop to sound for VR, this book foregrounds p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032047324 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032047321 |
| Author: | Matt Lewis, Manal Massalha |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Focal Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 212 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis is an artist and researcher based in Margate and London. Informed by a background in music, he is passionate about the importance of coming together in groups to make things happen. He has a PhD from Goldsmiths and works at the Royal College of Art in London, where he teaches sound and is part of the Voicing Sound research group.
Manal Massalha
Manal Massalha is a London-based sociologist, urban ethnographer, and social documentary photographer/videographer. Manal holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, and her practice explores the everyday and the mundane, the human and the urban, the cultural and the social, and the political and the economic.
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