Sonic Environments as Systems of Places: A Critical Reading of Husserl’s Thing and Space

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Nitsche, Martin
Sonic Environments as Systems of Places: A Critical Reading of Husserl’s Thing and Space.
Open Philosophy. Roč. 4, č. 1 (2021), s. 136-148. E-ISSN 2543-8875
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-27355S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: phenomenology * Husserl * Thing and Space * phenomenology of perception * sonic environments * phenomenological topology * place * kinesthesia * acoustic experience * localization
Obor OECD: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0164

This article offers a thorough and critical reading of Husserl’s Thing and Space. This reading is principally motivated by the effort to methodologically design a phenomenological–topological approach to the research of lived sonic environments. In this book, Husserl lays foundations of phenomenological topology by understanding perceptions as places and defining, consequently, the space as a system of places. The critical reading starts with pointing out the ambiguity of location in Thing and Space, which consists mainly in the insufficient implementation of the distinction between the location and the localization. Further investigations then reveal the roots of this ambiguity in both the preference of visual perception and the omission of subjective aspects of kinesthesia. The article critically examines Husserl’s notion of the appended localization that expresses the marginalization of (among others) acoustic experience. In conclusion, the article utilizes the critical findings to formulate the project of a place-based (phenomenological–topological), medium-centered, and multi-sensory approach to sonic environments.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0322234