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What is real and what is imagined? In her text inspired by a Laurie Anderson lecture, our writer thinks of listening as a possibility to become a stranger to oneself.
«Sonic Vignettes» is a Norient Special discussing sound: One fragment, one experience, recording, one viral video, stream, one monograph or encounter at a time – all their depth, their historical and affective ramifications, with the finest experts in Sound Studies. Initiated by Holger Schulze, Rolf Großmann, Carla J. Maier, and Malte Pelleter, published as a column.