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Automobility and the power of sound

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:44 authored by Michael BullMichael Bull
This article analyses the connections between forms of solitary automobile habitation and the use of mobile sound technologies in automobiles: the radio, cassette, sound system and mobile phone. It does this through an empirically informed analysis of automobile use. In doing so it re-evaluates our understanding of the occupation of space and place, arguing that traditional concepts of urban space have underestimated the active role that the users of these communication technologies might have in transforming the meaning of these spaces as they pass through them. The article points to the powerful, and potentially problematic, role that sound technologies play in the daily experience of moving through the city.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Theory, Culture and Society

ISSN

0263-2764

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

4-5

Volume

21

Page range

243-259

Pages

17.0

Department affiliated with

  • Media and Film Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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