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Technologically-mediated auditory experience: Split horizons.
- Source :
- Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences; Apr2023, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p525-540, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper considers the technologically-mediated constitution of auditory experience based on the analogy of a healthy natural soundscape as a well-balanced orchestra in which living creatures use the full range of acoustic frequencies to communicate and survive. Using the idea of (inner) horizonality proposed by Edmund Husserl, I argue that key technological inventions enabling the transmission and recording of sound made possible a new form of experience characterized by split horizonality. This new form of technologically-mediated auditory experience brought with it potential for both creative expression and manipulation. A broader historical trend driven by technology towards individualization that culminated with our present-day experience of constantly connected mobile phones deeply embedded in our everyday lives calls into question the soundness of thinking of our technologically-mediated auditory worlds in terms of the analogy of a healthy natural soundscape as a well-balanced orchestra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15687759
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162507597
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-021-09794-3