Hearing functions as touch at a distance and fosters sociability

Evidence

Hearing is a way of touching at a distance and the intimacy of the first sense is fused with sociability whenever people gather together to hear something special. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 42

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in senses and art; parallels the intimacy of aural experience with tactile aesthetics. — connects to: Conversation sound creates overlapping intimate and public spatial dimensions — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 208; Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294; Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346 (+5 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 42

Broader Connections

• Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound #expands (0.55) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294
• Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception #expands (0.50) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 422
• Listening inclusively can fold one’s own thoughts into the sounded environment #expands (0.45) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 184
• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it #expands (0.40) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346