Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • Welcome
  • On a Trip
• 2. Framing
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #1: Rethinking Space Through Sound
  • Why Bother About Sounds?
  • Objectives
  • Disclaimers
  • Methodology
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #2: Beyond Philosophy
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #3: The World as Movement
  • Field Recordings
  • Photos
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #4: Auditory Ontoepistemology
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #5: Deconstructing Identity
• 3. The Familiarity of Everyday Sounds
  • The Domestic Sonic Ambiance
  • John Cage
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #6: Deconstructing Anthropocentrism
  • The Trap
  • Disciplining Everyday Sounds
  • Windows and Doors
  • Documenting Ordinary Sonic Ambiances
  • Aural Lingering
• 4. The Unfamiliarity of Everyday Sounds
  • Meeting the Unfamiliar Accidentally
  • Meeting the Unfamiliar in the Familiar
  • Meeting the Unfamiliar in Audio Files
  • Meeting the Unfamiliar Abroad
  • Meeting the Unfamiliar Through Apparatuses
  • Meeting the Unfamiliar Through Aesthetics
  • Towards a Sonic Materialism #7: Possibilities
• 5. The Ethics and Politics of Everyday Sounds
  • Sonic Solastalgia
  • Everyday Sounds and the Social
  • Everyday Sounds and Politics
  • Everyday Sounds and Ethics
  • Everyday Sounds and Listening
• 6. Coda
  • The Role of (Non-)Art
  • (Non-)Art at Home
  • (Non-)Art Outside
• Acknowledgments
  • Acknowledgments
  • Goodbye
• References
  • References