Violence and post-hegemony - Theorising affective resonances between voice and habit memory

Authors

  • Artur Szarecki

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/se.v7i2.102929

Abstract

The prevailing accounts of voice within cultural studies often centre on issues of political representation and authority, bypassing the material aspects of voice and ensuing political effects thereof. By analysing a violent incident during a hip hop concert in Poland, this paper attempts to provide a post-hegemonic account of the politics of voice. It traces the circulation of sonic intensities comprising the event – including the sonority of voice, its electric amplification and the rhythmic organisation of verbal interactions – arguing that they directly modulated the behaviour patterns of the audience via affective transmission. Furthermore, the concept of habit memory is employed to indicate the limits of contagion. The paper thus rereads the outbreak of violence in terms of resonances that occur beneath the level of discourse, immanently restructuring the encounters between bodies.

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Published

2017-12-21

How to Cite

Szarecki, A. (2017). Violence and post-hegemony - Theorising affective resonances between voice and habit memory. SoundEffects - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Sound and Sound Experience, 7(2), 79–94. https://doi.org/10.7146/se.v7i2.102929