Connor, S. (2004). Edison's teeth: Touching hearing. In V. Erlmann (Ed), Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound Listening and Modernity. (pp. 153–172). Oxford: Berg.
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"...it is sound that seems to be immediate" even though it moves slower than light. "...hearing proposes: sight disposes." (e.g. sight confirms what has been heard.)
Connor, S. (2004). Sound and the self. In M. M. Smith (Ed), Hearing History. (pp. 54–66). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press.
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard 22/01/2020, 05:13
In the context of the invention and reception of the telephone which led to "perhaps the most important distinguishing feature of auditory experience, namely its capacity to disintegrate and reconfigure space."
"Since traversal and transference are in the nature of sound, it also becomes the privileged figure of sensory interchange."