Written by one of the most prominent thinkers in sound studies,\u00a0Amplifications\u00a0<\/i>presents a perspective on sound narrated through the experiences of a sound artist and writer. A work of reflective philosophy,\u00a0Amplifications<\/i>\u00a0sits at the intersection of history, creative practice, and sound studies, recounting this narrative through a series of themes (rattles, echoes, recordings, etc.). Carter offers a unique perspective on migratory poetics, bringing together his own compositions and life’s works while using his personal narrative to frame larger theoretical questions about sound and migration.<\/p>\n
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‘This is a wonderful, exhilarating read, thoroughly original. It is personal, poetic \u2013 full of literary allusions connected to significant radio productions re-visited, re-imagined and literally remade. The text is rather like a sonic Proust meeting a John Berger for the ears, in which the themes are interwoven in order to explore the opaque layers of meaning, memory, culture and creativity within each radio artwork discussed. A tour de force!<\/em>‘ \u2013\u00a0 Michael Bull, Professor of Sound Studies, University of Sussex, UK<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Being simultaneously an auditory autobiography and a cultural history of sound, <\/em>Amplifications is an excellent example of how to productively write about sonic experiences differently. As a piece of both literary and scholarly work, this book is a fascinating read<\/em>.’ \u2013\u00a0 Vincent Meelberg, Senior Lecturer, Department of Cultural Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and founding editor of the Journal of Sonic Studies<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Paul Carter’s periautography is a uniquely rewarding meditation on voice and word as motion. <\/em>Amplifications unquestionably amplifies the stakes in listening to the poetics and politics of sound historie<\/em>s.’ \u2013\u00a0 Steven Feld, Anthropologist and Sound Artist, School for Advanced Research, USA<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n