Sound Works: A Cultural Theory of Sound Design

What is sound design? What is its function in the early 21st century and into the future? Sound Works examines these questions in four parts: Part 1, “Why This Sound?”, presents an overview of the modern history of sound design. Part 2 is highly visual and provides a glance onto a sound designer’s workbench and the current state of “Sonic Labor.” Part 3 uses cultural analysis to explore our contemporary “Living with Sounds.” The final and fourth part then proposes a series of anthropological and political interpretations of how “Sound Works” today. This book is not a manual on sound design; it instead argues for a cultural theory of sound design for sound designers and sound artists, for clients who commission a sound design and for researchers in the fields of sound studies, design research, and cultural studiesAdditional ISBNs9781501330223Sound Works: A Cultural Theory of Sound Design 1st Edition is written by Holger Schulze and published by Bloomsbury Academic. ISBNs for Sound Works are 9781501330247, 1501330241 and the print ISBNs are 9781501373732, 1501373730. Additional ISBNs include 9781501330223.