Rhythmanalysis of the Policescape: The Promise of an Ecological Turn in the Practice of Soundscape Studies

Abstract

Employing Henri Lefebvre’s concept of rhythmanalysis I argue for an ecological turn in practicing soundscape studies, which would entail putting the subject – the listener, or “rhythmanalysist” – in the centre of research. I offer a critical (post-Marxist) “rhythmanalysis” of soundscape of landscape of “policing” (concept developed following Jacques Rancière).