Can you hear it?

Sound, Technology, and Digital Humanities

First Sound Recording: 1860

Edison and the Acoustical Era of Recording: 1877-1925

Edison's Phonograph: Listening Changes Society!

Victor Records and Disc Recording: More Durable, More (social) at-home listening

1980s: The Walkman Effect--Curate your own soundscape

Digital Sound Recording--streamable, portable files

Folklore and Technology

Field Recording in Action - Technology and Power in field recording

Historical Recordings: Overview

• We only can hear recordings of a fraction of the sounds humans have made and heard
   
• Question how recordings were made, when and why
   
• Remember that access to recording technology has been uneven and this affects what we can know about particularly non-Western cultures - often through the lens of a folklorist or record company