Article ID: CBB608198991

Embodied Sonic Memories of Commuting Underground (2017)

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Ximena Alarcón (Author)


IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 43
Issue: 1/2
Pages: 81-92


Publication Date: 2017
Edition Details: Theme Issue: Intangibles in IA
Language: English

Derived from commuters’ listening memories of underground public transportation in London, Mexico City, and Paris, I created the online interactive environment Sounding Underground. This interface structurally and randomly articulates the essence of an underground sonic memory. Departing from Pauline Oliveros’ perspective on listening deeply as an embodied practice, I have considered both the physical underground transportation systems and the created virtual sonic environment as “utopias” and “heterotopias” from the human dream of mobility. In this paper, I am suggesting that Sounding Underground acts as a disembodied interface that potentially transforms body feelings involving “sublimity” left as a legacy of the Industrial Revolution.

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Article Jeff Benjamin (2017) Ariadne’s Gift: The Archeological Record of Industry. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 5-12). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hohne, Stefan
Scott D. Juall
Mazoyer, Harold
Samuel Merrill
Reinsone, Sanita
Josh Epstein
Concepts
Subways
Land transportation
Local transit
Sublime (philosophy)
urban transportation
Railroads
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Modern
18th century
Places
New York City (New York, U.S.)
London (England)
United States
Latvia
Moscow (Russia)
England
Institutions
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Baker Library
Paris
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