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(Pod)wodne słuchanie i dryfująca antropologia hydrodźwięku

Publication date: 30.06.2021

Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2021, Issue 2 (48) Błękitna humanistyka, pp. 223 - 244

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.21.017.14074

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Agata Stanisz
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Św. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznań, Poland
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(Pod)wodne słuchanie i dryfująca antropologia hydrodźwięku

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(Under)water Listening and a Drifting Anthropology of Hydrosound

The aim of the article is to show the methodological and practical potential of combining anthropology of sound, wet ontology, and the oceanic ecology of the soundscape. I refer to this combination as the drifting anthropology of hydrosound. Taking advantage of the transdisciplinary nature of an anthropology of sound and presenting the specificity of underwater techno-mediated listening, I point to a shift towards less anthropocentric and inclusive understanding of human and environmental interactions. This inclusiveness is exceptionally clear in the practices of underwater listening. The article is divided into three parts. The first is an outline of the process of the emergence of anthropology of water and an introduction to the anthropology of sound. In the second part, I focus on the underwater listening processes. In the third, final one, I try to formulate the anthropology of hydrosound by referring to the wet ontology as well as multi- and interspecies approaches.

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Information: Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2021, Issue 2 (48) Błękitna humanistyka, pp. 223 - 244

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

(Pod)wodne słuchanie i dryfująca antropologia hydrodźwięku

English:

(Under)water Listening and a Drifting Anthropology of Hydrosound

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-1489

Agata Stanisz
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Św. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznań, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-1489 Orcid
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Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Św. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznań, Poland

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