1st Edition
Sound Knowledge and the Liminal Oceanic Wellbeing in the Anthropocene
By Benjamin Duester
Copyright 2026
140 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
140 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Sound Knowledge and the Liminal explores liminality as a key feature of life in the Anthropocene. Drawing on a 6-month research project conducted in Mājro, Marshall Islands, it not only contextualises existing continental literature on liminality with a Pacific-centred perspective but also proposes that sound functions as a principal pathway for understanding wellbeing in one of Micronesia’s... Read more
Introduction: Mājro, Aelōñ, Tawūn, Jikin Kwelọk 1. Etal Iene: Walking Between Islands 2. Ṃōṇōṇōū: Ludic Appropriation and the Sonic Cocoon 3. Ainikien: Sounds Between Blue, Green and Grey 4. Lagoon Road: Concrete Waves and Liquid Sounds Conclusion
Biography
Benjamin Duester is an ERC-fellow in the Department of Musicology at Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany. He is a co-founder of the international research network SSHRED (Skating, Sustainability, Health Research, Environmental Design) for which he co-convenes the SSHRED Seminar series and serves as editor of the Green Pressure zine. He is the author of Tomorrow on Cassette: Tape Jams in the New Media Age (2025).
