Social Reproduction of Space and Soundscapes

The aim of this study is to present a basic discussion of whether sound can be a factor in the process of the reproduction of social space. In order to examine this ubiquitous phenomenon, sound needs to be traced back to its source, the physical environment to which it is attached. In this context, the role of sound in urban areas requires urban morphological and demographical knowledge and this knowledge establishes the physical features of a sonic environment which was radically transformed after the industrial and the electricity revolutions. It is therefore necessary to examine the phenomenon through its historical roots which correspond to the 'modern' era, which has been practised by several thinkers from a variety of geographies. The common ground of these first studies was rapid urbanization. On the other hand, 'the experience of urban' was also becoming the question asked by modern intellectuals. Some of them, for instance, preferred to walk through the modern city and to narrate the modern way of life critically, for the first time, from the perspective of the individual, unlike the previous modelbased analyses of urban sociologists and planners. In particular, Simmel, Benjamin, Lefebvre, de Certeau and Debord all structured theories and pioneering discussions of everyday life and the experience of space within this perspective.