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Arboreal Sonorities: Based on soundwalks and field notes taken in and around Vancouver in summer 2020
Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Language, Culture and Interaction. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0902-1521
2022 (English)In: Row of Trees, Vol. 1, no 1Article in journal (Other academic) [Artistic work] Published
Abstract [en]

I propose this essay as conceptual hearing aids for a better attunement with arboreal sonorities. This term should not be read literally as pointing towards acoustic qualities that trees and forests generate throughout their lifespan. At least, it is not to be reduced to that aspect only. The acoustic life of trees is not limited to producing sounds. It also includes their ability to communicate and listen. To vibrate and respond to vibrations. Consider recent studies on roots of trees and other plants proving their capacity to locate water sources by sensing vibrations generated by water currents in underground infrastructures, such as pipes, even in the absence of moisture (Gagliano et.al). This intricate technique of listening to the surrounding world and responding accordingly radically expands not only our understanding of the trees’ agency as living and acoustic entities but also the very notion of listening. But the term arboreal sonorities is not put forth here as to help us discover anything ground-breaking about trees. Instead, it gestures towards re-gathering and reconnecting with already existing knowledges about trees and the trees’ very own knowledges. It prompt to realize our sustained reduction of aural capacities to the domain of an ear. Or differently put , it is to make us aware of boundaries we set around the ear, preventing it from cross-fertilization with other senses; an impedence of possibilites for engaging in more syncretic ways of sensing the world, but also acknowledging such among other species.

 

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Oxford, 2022. Vol. 1, no 1
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sound, sound art, soundwalking, field recording, environmental humanities, trees, nature, acoustic ecology
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Arts Cultural Studies Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use Natural Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-197757OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-197757DiVA, id: diva2:1796713
Available from: 2023-09-13 Created: 2023-09-13 Last updated: 2023-12-22Bibliographically approved

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