For this episode, we recorded the sounds of U.S. Interstate 77, which runs rights next to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. These are the sounds one hears in the parking lot next to the museum and facility. The ambient soundscape, brooding, repetitive, and industrial, offer an immersive soundscape for critically reflecting on football and its function within broader society. We approached the episode as a form of "sound art," in which the goal is the artistic, creative expression of an idea. Through episodes like this one, we hope to explore podcasting as sound art and the act of listening as an experience that is active, affective, and embodied.
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For this episode, we recorded the sounds of U.S. Interstate 77, which runs rights next to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. These are the sounds one hears in the parking lot next to the museum and facility. The ambient soundscape, brooding, repetitive, and industrial, offer an immersive soundscape for critically reflecting on football and its function within broader society. We approached the episode as a form of "sound art," in which the goal is the artistic, creative expression of an idea. Through episodes like this one, we hope to explore podcasting as sound art and the act of listening as an experience that is active, affective, and embodied.
For many people, running is not just a healthy exercise, but an integral activity in the rhythms of their everyday lives. More than this, running has become a ubiquitous, culturally-meaning practice within modern capitalist societies. The omnipresence of running images, symbols and representations within sporting and social media is a testament to its power and ubiquity within at least North American popular culture. Running, however, is a complex, contentious running practice. Class, race, gender, sexuality, space and nationalism, to name only a few, intimately shape people’s ordinary running experiences. In this episode of Somatic, we talked with Katie Esmonde, PhD candidate in Physical Cultural Studies at the University of Maryland, about her experiences with running, specifically within urban spaces. We asked Katie to record herself running as part of her everyday exercise routine. We then interviewed Katie days after her run, and asked her to reflect on the experience, using her research and scholarly insight on exercise as a critical lens. The result is an immersive episode in which you hear the sounds and ambient soundscape of someone running, with discussion and original music interwoven throughout.
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For this episode, we recorded the sounds of U.S. Interstate 77, which runs rights next to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. These are the sounds one hears in the parking lot next to the museum and facility. The ambient soundscape, brooding, repetitive, and industrial, offer an immersive soundscape for critically reflecting on football and its function within broader society. We approached the episode as a form of "sound art," in which the goal is the artistic, creative expression of an idea. Through episodes like this one, we hope to explore podcasting as sound art and the act of listening as an experience that is active, affective, and embodied.
