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Written by one of the most prominent thinkers in sound studies, Amplifications presents a perspective on sound narrated through the experiences of a sound artist and writer. A work of reflective philosophy, Amplifications sits at the intersection of history, creative practice, and sound studies, recounting this narrative through a series of themes (rattles, echoes, recordings, etc.). Carter offers a unique perspective on migratory poetics, bringing together his own compositions and life's works while using his personal narrative to frame larger theoretical questions about sound and migration.
List of contents
Prolude
1. Charms
2. Returns
3. Rattles
4. Sirens
5. Echoes
6. Recordings
7. Voices
8. Callings
Collect
About the author
Paul Carter is Professor of Design at RMIT University, Australia. His work explores the dynamics of cross-cultural communication, creative practice, and migrant poetics and include: The Road to Botany Bay (1987), Living in a New Country (1992), Repressed Spaces (2002), Dark Writing (2008), Meeting Place (2013), and Places Made After Their Stories (2015).
Summary
Written by one of the most prominent thinkers in sound studies, Amplifications presents a perspective on sound narrated through the experiences of a sound artist and writer. A work of reflective philosophy, Amplifications sits at the intersection of history, creative practice, and sound studies, recounting this narrative through a series of themes (rattles, echoes, recordings, etc.). Carter offers a unique perspective on migratory poetics, bringing together his own compositions and life’s works while using his personal narrative to frame larger theoretical questions about sound and migration.
Foreword
A personal narrative to sound written by one of the top figures in sound studies and that outlines a new way of thinking about migratory poetics.
Additional text
What makes Carter’s work on migration powerful is that he begins with sound – the sounds of landscape or country, and the sound of language. Carter is especially interested in the resonances between the sounds of ‘nature’, like birdsong and the sounds of ‘culture’, speech and music…Amplifications lets the reader know what it’s like to listen consciously.
