Points of departure: listening to rhythm in the sonoric spaces of the railway station

Revill, George (2013). Points of departure: listening to rhythm in the sonoric spaces of the railway station. Sociological Review Monograph, 61 pp. 51–68.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12053

Abstract

This paper argues that rather than simply enabling studies of regulation and embodiment, rhythm can facilitate reintegration of the apparently separate dimensions of mobile experience enabling them as Cresswell says to ‘make sense together’. Taking a critical lead from Lefebvre’s engagement with Lacan, it argues that in order for this to happen a more active and reflexive sense of listening to rhythm is needed than that provided by Lefebvre. Drawing on a conception of listening developed by Ihde, Nancy and Labelle the paper concludes by exploring some ways in which the rhythms of the railway station produce experiences which are simultaneously affectively embodied and deeply socially and culturally meaningful.

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