Summary
This research, drawing on state archives, private memoirs, and literary materials provides the first dedicated history of
auditory cultures of the People's Republic of China (PRC). By focusing on the act of listening across three pivotal and
transitional moments of PRC history and at three levels of state, locality, and individual, it explores the role of sound from
three perspectives: as a tool of nation-building deployed by the state; as a medium through which the Chinese revolution
was experienced at an individual level; and in the contestation between these two domains as the soundscape became a
site of contention and negotiation between the state and the citizen. The researcher's background in social, cultural, and
political history of the Mao era, along with the supervisor's expertise on Chinese modern history and experience researching
the history of sound and broadcasting in the Republican Era (1911-1949), will be deployed to provide the ideal background
for this innovative but delimited project. The key questions asked will be threefold: 1) How, and under what understanding of
the act of listening, did the state deploy sound as a political and social tool in the People’s Republic of China? 2) How were
such state initiatives deployed at the local level and with what results? 3) How was the act of listening among individuals
transformed in response to state initiatives? The resulting interdisciplinary research will expand the field of global soundstudies
beyond its current Eurocentrism, apply Sound-Studies to China for the first in-depth and long term empirical study,
and enhance European knowledge of modern China.
auditory cultures of the People's Republic of China (PRC). By focusing on the act of listening across three pivotal and
transitional moments of PRC history and at three levels of state, locality, and individual, it explores the role of sound from
three perspectives: as a tool of nation-building deployed by the state; as a medium through which the Chinese revolution
was experienced at an individual level; and in the contestation between these two domains as the soundscape became a
site of contention and negotiation between the state and the citizen. The researcher's background in social, cultural, and
political history of the Mao era, along with the supervisor's expertise on Chinese modern history and experience researching
the history of sound and broadcasting in the Republican Era (1911-1949), will be deployed to provide the ideal background
for this innovative but delimited project. The key questions asked will be threefold: 1) How, and under what understanding of
the act of listening, did the state deploy sound as a political and social tool in the People’s Republic of China? 2) How were
such state initiatives deployed at the local level and with what results? 3) How was the act of listening among individuals
transformed in response to state initiatives? The resulting interdisciplinary research will expand the field of global soundstudies
beyond its current Eurocentrism, apply Sound-Studies to China for the first in-depth and long term empirical study,
and enhance European knowledge of modern China.
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| Web resources: | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101062359 |
| Start date: | 01-09-2023 |
| End date: | 31-08-2025 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | - 188 590,00 Euro |
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This research, drawing on state archives, private memoirs, and literary materials provides the first dedicated history ofauditory cultures of the People's Republic of China (PRC). By focusing on the act of listening across three pivotal and
transitional moments of PRC history and at three levels of state, locality, and individual, it explores the role of sound from
three perspectives: as a tool of nation-building deployed by the state; as a medium through which the Chinese revolution
was experienced at an individual level; and in the contestation between these two domains as the soundscape became a
site of contention and negotiation between the state and the citizen. The researcher's background in social, cultural, and
political history of the Mao era, along with the supervisor's expertise on Chinese modern history and experience researching
the history of sound and broadcasting in the Republican Era (1911-1949), will be deployed to provide the ideal background
for this innovative but delimited project. The key questions asked will be threefold: 1) How, and under what understanding of
the act of listening, did the state deploy sound as a political and social tool in the People’s Republic of China? 2) How were
such state initiatives deployed at the local level and with what results? 3) How was the act of listening among individuals
transformed in response to state initiatives? The resulting interdisciplinary research will expand the field of global soundstudies
beyond its current Eurocentrism, apply Sound-Studies to China for the first in-depth and long term empirical study,
and enhance European knowledge of modern China.
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SIGNEDCall topic
HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01Update Date
09-02-2023
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