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The Global Sound Archive

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Through the concept of the global sound archive, we propose a holistic perspective to study the sound universe accessible through the Internet. This concept refers to a reservoir of extremely heterogeneous, expansive, and unstable sound fixations that include musical expressions, soundscapes, corporeal sounds, voice messages generated through instant messaging apps, podcasts, and many other sonic phenomena. In the development of the article, we describe how agents contribute to this archive, where the sound fixations it contains are hosted, and what its central attributes are. This investigation is informed by concepts of diversity, expansiveness, instability, modularity, and intermediality. 1

Source: Traditions of Music and Dance

DOI: 10.1017/tmd.2025.10025

Authors: Miguel A. García, Daniela Anabel González

Institutions: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Language: English

Topic: Sound Studies and Aurality

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,550

Funders: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires