This article examines the 1935 Science Museum temporary exhibition on Noise Abatement, situating it in the sound historical context of inter-war Britain, and making an argument that the ‘way of hearing’ it advanced was part of an attempt to shape auditory perception in the interests of a class-bound culture of acoustic civilization. Further, the article uses this exhibition to mount an argument that museum scholars should consider sound not simply as a medium of engagement, but also as a politically interested and socially active field.
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James Mansell
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University of Nottingham
Citation
ISSN
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2054-5770
DOI
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10.15180/170704/005
Publication Name:
Science Museum Group Journal
Volume:
7
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