1. Resisting Neoliberal Aurality in the Academic Library
Kyle Shockey
Indiana University
@kshockey04
CAPAL ‘15 – 1 June 2015

2. In Brief What this is Convergence of discourses, literature
Reconceptualization of space
Introduction of ethical framework
What this is not
A how-to
A prescription
A checklist

3. neoliberalism
What do I mean?

4. “technology of governing”
(Enright 2013; Ong 2007, p. 3)

5. “background epistemic or ideological context”
(James 2014, p. 139)
IT “SETS THE PARAMATERS WITHIN WHICH SPECIFIC PRACTICES ARE MEANINGFUL AND FUNCTIONAL” (JAMES 2014, P. 139; WINNUBST 2012)

6. How does governance map to epistemology?
Economic governance
Social epistemology
Enright 2013; Harvey 2005
Privitization
Financialization
Management & Manipulation of Crises
State Redistribution
James 2014; Winnubst 2012
Deregulation
Intensification
Resilience (James 2015)
Human capital

7. This has precedent.
Attali (1997)

8. Sound studies & aurality

9. Why sound studies?
Deep listening as a critical lens makes us rethink (Bull and Back 2003):
the meaning, nature, and significance of our social experience
our relation to community
how we relate to others, ourselves, and the spaces and places we inhabit
our relationship to power

10. The Simon Frazer Influence
R. Murray Schafer
Barry Truax

11. (Schafer 1975; Blesser & Salter 2007)
The Soundscape
(Schafer 1975; Blesser & Salter 2007)

12. NOISE! Noise is a value judgment. Which contributes to:
(Bijsterveld 2003, 2007; Hendy 2013)
Which contributes to:
Power/political posturing in social space
Branding of sonic capital
Suppression of dissent
Privitization of social sound space
Classism through aesthetics of listening
Noise abatement as political and economic efficiency

13. It’s all about noise abatement.
(Yelenik and Bressler 2013)

14. This is unquestioned.

15. The framework
Interpersonal ethics – Warren following Levinas.

16. Photo Credits
Barry Truax photo courtesy of Barry Truax & Simon Frazer University
R. Murray Schafer photo courtesy of Wikimedia

17. References
Attali, J. (1977). Noise: The political economy of music. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Blesser, B and Salter, L. R. (2007). Spaces speak, are you listening?: Experiencing aural architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Bijsterveld, K. (2003). “The diabolical symphony of the mechanical age: Technology and symbolism of sound in European and North American noise abatement campaigns, ” In Bull, M. and Back, L., eds. The auditory culture reader, Oxford: Berg.
Bijsterveld, K. (2008). Mechanical sound: Technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Bull, M. and Back, L., (2003). “Introduction: into sound.” In Bull, M. and Back, L., eds. The auditory culture reader, Oxford: Berg.

18. References, continued
Enright, N. (2013). “The violence of information literacy: Neoliberalism and the human as capital.” In Gregory, L. and Higgins, S., eds., Information literacy and social justice: Radical professional praxis, Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press.
Harvey, D. (2005). A brief history of neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Harvey, D. (2007). “Neoliberalism as Creative Destruction.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 610(1),
Hendy, D. (2013). Noise: A human history of sound and listening. London: Profile Books.
James, R. (2014). “Neoliberal Noise: Attali, Foucault, and the biopolitics of uncool.” Culture, Theory and Critique 55(2),
James, R. (2015). Resilience and melancholy: Pop music, feminism, neoliberalism. Winchester, UK: Zero Books.
Ong, A. (2007). “Boundary crossings: Neoliberalism as a mobile technology.” Trans Inst Br Geogr 32(3–8), 3-8.

19. References, continued
Schafer, R. M. (1994). The soundscape: Our sonic environment and the tuning of our world. Rochester, VT. : Destiny Books.
Schwartz, H. (2003). “The indefensible ear: A history.” In ” In Bull, M. and Back, L., eds. The auditory culture reader, Oxford: Berg.
Truax, B. (2001). Acoustic Communication. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Ablex.
Warren, J. R. (2014) Music and ethical responsibility. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Winnubst, S. (2012). “The queer thing about neoliberal pleasure.” Foucault Studies 14,
Yelenik, K. and Bressler, D. (2013). The perfect storm: A review of the literature on increased noise levels in academic libraries. College & Undergraduate Libraries 20(1):