Sounds wild and broken sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction
"A rich exploration of how the evolution of both natural and manmade sounds have shaped us and the world, and how the world's acoustic diversity is currently in grave danger of being destroyed. We live on a planet that is wrapped in the diverse acoustic marvels of song and speech. Yet never has this...
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New York, NY :
Viking,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Origins. Primal sound and the ancient roots of hearing ; Unity and diversity ; Sensory bargains and biases
- The flourishing of animal sounds. Predators, silence, wings ; Flowers oceans, milk
- Evolution's creative powers. Air, water, wood ; In the clamor ; Sexuality and beauty ; Vocal learning and culture ; The imprints of deep time
- Human music and belonging. Bone, ivory, breath ; Resonant spaces ; Music, forest, body
- Diminishment, crisis, and injustice. Forests ; Oceans ; Cities
- Listening. In community ; In the deep past and future.
