Sound as a producer of social spaces in museum exhibitions

Abstract

This study focuses on how sound plays a leading role in creating space when it is exhibited in a museum. It argues that sound is rich in possible ways to build a highly social space that facilitates dialogic interaction and participation. This social space diverges clearly from a notion of static space underpinning more conventional museum practices. Social space is the result of an interplay between objects, structures, and social actions.By way of an introduction, I use the term sound to designate all possible phenomena audible to human beings and resulting from the waves generated by the vibration of a material. These