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Language ecology and photographic sound in the McWorld

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2006

JOHN WYNNE
JOHN WYNNE
Affiliation:
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London E-mail: jw@sensitivebrigade.com URL: http://www.sensitivebrigade.com
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Abstract

The unique sounds of the world's small-scale languages are being extinguished at an alarming rate. This article explores links between acoustic ecology and language ecology and outlines an approach to the creation of archive material as both source for and useful by-product of sound art practice and research. Through my work with endangered click-languages in the Kalahari Desert, it considers the boundaries between language and music and discusses the use of flat speaker technology to explore new relations between sound and image, portrait and soundscape in a cross-cultural context.

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Organised Sound , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 2006 , pp. 45 - 54
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Cambridge University Press 2006

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