According to Foucault, as we move away from traditional methods of history which focus on "vast unities like 'periods' or 'centuries'" we encounter "the phenomena of rupture, of discontinuity", we reveal "several pasts, several forms of connexion, several hierachies of importance, several networks of determination, several teleologies"(Foucault, The Archaeology of Knowledge: 2005, p.4-5)
The British Library sound archive has produced a number of 'sound maps', one of which documents the contributions of some 350 people across the UK who have recorded the sounds of their immediate environment in a registered location. The result is the documentation of a large number of 'everyday' sounds, leading to the production of an aural history and archive which is distinct from more traditional historical archives: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/uk-soundmap/
The British Library sound archive has produced a number of 'sound maps', one of which documents the contributions of some 350 people across the UK who have recorded the sounds of their immediate environment in a registered location. The result is the documentation of a large number of 'everyday' sounds, leading to the production of an aural history and archive which is distinct from more traditional historical archives: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/uk-soundmap/
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