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来源

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH,Vol.42,Issue1,P.74-89

语言

英文

关键字

spatial experiment; noise pollution; honking; place identity; social class; inequality; Delhi; India; STATE; POLITICS; CITIES; METRO; CITY

作者单位

[Patsarika, Maria] Amer Coll Thessaloniki, Div Humanities & Social Sci, 17 Sevenidi St,POB 21021, Pylaia 55535, Greece. [Schneider, Tatjana] Univ Sheffield, Sch Architecture, Arts Tower,Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England. [Edwards, Michael] Univ Edinburgh, Reid Sch Mus, 12 Nicolson Sq, Edinburgh EH8 9DF, Midlothian, Scotland. Patsarika, M (reprint author), Amer Coll Thessaloniki, Div Humanities & Social Sci, 17 Sevenidi St,POB 21021, Pylaia 55535, Greece. E-Mail: mpatsarika@act.edu; t.schneider@sheffield.ac.uk; michael.edwards@ed.ac.uk

摘要

In this article we present an experimental sonic spacethe mobile noise abatement pod (mNAP)constructed and used over a two-week period in Delhi, India, during December 2014. The interdisciplinary project, involving a composer, designer, carpenter, development scholar, filmmaker, graphic designer and sociologist, sought to investigate how noise, including honking (one of the most prevalent sounds in Indian cities), is perceived. The fieldwork reveals noise to be a complex contextual, spatial and personal experience that is as much about habit as it is about identity and class, intimately related to economic inequality and inherently connected to social justice. The article suggests that attempts to reduce levels of noise need to take into account its meaning and positionby whom and how narratives of noise reduction are constructed and reproduced.