Technologically-mediated auditory experience. Split horizons

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Gutierrez, Ivan
Technologically-mediated auditory experience. Split horizons.
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Roč. 22, č. 2 (2023), s. 525-540. ISSN 1568-7759
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-27355S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: horizonality * Husserl * technology * sound * telephone
Obor OECD: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Impakt faktor: 2.3, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-021-09794-3

This paper considers the technologically-mediated constitution of auditory experience based on the analogy of a healthy natural soundscape as a well-balanced orchestra in which living creatures use the full range of acoustic frequencies to communicate and survive. Using the idea of (inner) horizonality proposed by Edmund Husserl, I argue that key technological inventions enabling the transmission and recording of sound made possible a new form of experience characterized by split horizonality. This new form of technologically-mediated auditory experience brought with it potential for both creative expression and manipulation. A broader historical trend driven by technology towards individualization that culminated with our present-day experience of constantly connected mobile phones deeply embedded in our everyday lives calls into question the soundness of thinking of our technologically-mediated auditory worlds in terms of the analogy of a healthy natural soundscape as a well-balanced orchestra.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0343431