Witching Sound in the Anthropocene (and Occultcene)

Ferrett, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8421-6308 (2024) Witching Sound in the Anthropocene (and Occultcene). In: The Witch Studies Reader. Duke University Press, Durham, NC, USA, pp. 262-274. ISBN 978-1-4780-3135-2 (In Press)

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Abstract / Summary

This chapter proposes that, in an era described as the Anthropocene, which names the dominance of human impact on the planet, witching sound makes audible an Occultcene and manifests other forms of life, touch, agency and potential impact. Drawing from feminist musicology and sound studies, the chapter offers deep listening and witching sound as the means by which one might engage with the tensions and agencies that oscillate between the Anthropocene narrative and the potentialities of the Occultcene. Divide and Dissolve’s album Gas Lit is presented as a witching sound that produces affective musical intensity in response to violence against people and the Earth: misogyny, racism, murder and/or the theft of indigenous lands. The chapter argues that Divide and Dissolve’s Gas Lit demonstrates the interconnectedness of violence and power whilst cultivating a countering witching sound that attempts to transform power relations and re-imagine futures.

Item Type:	Book Section
ISBN:	978-1-4780-3135-2
Subjects:	Philosophy & Psychology Performing Arts > Music & Sound
Courses by Department:	Academy of Music & Theatre Arts
Related URLs:	https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-witch-stu...
Depositing User:	D Ferrett
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2024 09:58
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2024 15:58
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/5570

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