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A Spectral Geology (2022)

D.A. Calf

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Monuments exist as loci of official history, designed to be resilient and permanent. However, the world around them is in constant flux, questioning their continued significance. Drawing on fieldwork undertaken at monument (spomenik) sites in the former Yugoslav republics of the Western Balkans, together with archival sources, A Spectral Geology is a creative outcome of a continuing speculative investigation into sound and its potential contribution to alternative historical narratives. In imagining sound as a geological, sedimentary medium with the potential to transmit and sequester memory, it considers the possibility of hearing the murmured traces of the past through its excavation.
typeresearch exposition
keywordssonic traces, sonic geology, memory, history, spomeniks, yugoslavia, the balkans, monument sites, field recording, archival practice, sonic materialism
date09/02/2021
published03/06/2022
last modified03/06/2022
statuspublished
share statusshared with registered RC users
affiliationRMIT University
copyrightD.A.Calf
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1154233/1154234
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/JSS.1154233
published inJournal of Sonic Studies
portal issue23. Issue 23
external linkwww.dacalf.com


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