ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Spectres & Camouflage: The Sound of Silence (1938-1970)
Silence is a rare - often beautiful, sometimes discomfiting - phenomenon. Harnessed in different manners, silence has multiple cultural, societal, scientific, psychological, artistic and military implications. In the 20th C., the impact and exploitation of silence manifested in the technological search for the soundless environment: a search which centred upon environmental control and design. It was shaped by disciplinary and international transfers of knowledge. Ultimately, the technology became known as anechoic (free from echo). However, despite touching on numerous disciplines, and its relevance to a complex interplay of global knowledge-transfer, conflict and culture, very little is…
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