The place of silence : architecture/media/philosophy / edited by Mark Dorrian and Christos Kakalis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dorrian, Mark, editor.

Kakalis, Christos, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Silence--Social aspects.

Silence.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvii, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Summary:

"The Place of Silence explores the poetics and politics of silence in architecture. Bringing together contributions by internationally recognized scholars in architecture and the humanities, it explores the diverse practices, affects, politics and cultural meanings of silence, silent places and silent buildings in historical and contemporary contexts. What counts as silence in specific situations is highly relative, and the term itself carries complex and varied significations which make it a revealing field of study. Chapters explore a range of themes, from the apparent 'loss of silence' in the contemporary urban world; through designed silent spaces; to the forced silences of oppression, catastrophe, or technological breakdown. The book unfolds a rich and complementary array of perspectives which address - through the lens of architecture and place - questions of sound, atmosphere, and attunement, together building a volume which will form the key scholarly resource on architecture and silence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Listening to Visaginas : on the rescaling of silences and sounds in a former Soviet nuclear town / Benjamin Cope (European Humanities University, Lithuania)

The silence of Michelangelo's hammer / Jonathan Foote (Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark)

Silence, paradox and religious topography / Christos Kakalis (Newcastle University, UK)

Quiet places

silent space : towards a phenomenology of silence / Gernot Böhme (Institut für Praxis der Philosophie, Germany)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350076594

1350076597

OCLC:

1124771667

Publisher Number:

99984130473