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The Forum: The Hidden Power of Noise

The Hidden Power of Noise

09/04/2016

BBC Radio 4 - The Forum, The Hidden Power of Noise

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss why we should pay more attention to background noise.

Bridget Kendall explores the often unnoticed power that noise has over us with writer Garret Keizer, sound artist Jana Winderen and professor of English Steven Connor.

Bridget Kendall and guests explore the unseen and often un-noticed power which noise has over us. With writer Garret Keizer who is interested in the social and economic dimensions of noise; sound artist Jana Winderen who records sounds made by underwater creatures; and Cambridge Professor of English Steven Connor who focuses on the 'ums, ahs, ohs, and ahems', expressive language noises that are often dismissed as marginal or trivial.

(Photo: Illustration showing computer wave-forms spelling 'noise'. Credit: Shan Pillay).

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