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Acoustic Technics : Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology - Don Ihde

Acoustic Technics

By: Don Ihde

eText | 16 December 2015 | Edition Number 1

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Acoustic Technics opens with the 19th century discovery of radiation which exceeds our human bodily perceptual experience, light beyond light, sound beyond sound and on into what today we call the electromagnetic spectrum. Claiming a second scientific revolution through imaging technologies and drawing from both instrumental sensory mediation and animal studies, Acoustic Technics follows listening in its new forms into music, echo-location, infra and ultra-sounds, medical diagnosis, surveillance, and subsurface and interplanetary domains. Synthesized sounds, sonification, in both esoteric and popular technologies such as earbuds, cellphones, television are analyzed from a postphenomenological perspective.
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In this 'late work' Don Ihde brings his impressive postphenomenological perspective and insights into technics to bear upon how the body experiences sound beyond hearing. He presents his arguments through a dazzling array of examples taken from science, music and media, presented in lucid and always learned prose. Acoustic Technics is a wonderful read and should be read by all those interested in the relationship between sound, body, culture and science.
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