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Sound ambiances of Cairo: To propose an anthropology of sound environments

Art. Cahiers du Gerhico (2009).

Vincent Battesti

Sound ambiances of Cairo: To propose an anthropology of sound environments.

Original title:
Ambiances sonores du Caire: proposer une anthropologie des environnements sonores. Les Cahiers du GERHICO, n°13, Accords et à cris, Études pluridisciplinaires sur la sonorité (Journée d’études, Poitiers, déc. 2007), 2009, p. 35-49.
ISSN 1772-5836
Université de Poitiers, UFR sciences humaines et arts, Maison des sciences de l’homme et de la société
PDF File: https://hal.science/halshs-00341934/en/

This article follows a lecture Sound ambiances of Cairo: The public space of the Wast al-Balad (Downtown) given at the conference “Accords et à cris”, Études pluridisciplinaires sur la sonorité: usages, symboles, perceptions et normes in Decembre 2007 in Poitiers (France), at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et et de la Société.
It offers an access to public spaces of Cairo in Egypt through its soundscapes and will verify that the sound dimension can be analyzed by anthropology.

Here are offered some ambiance sound montages, short excerpts of Cairo soundscapes, associated with photomontages of places of the city.

Scene #1


Extract Egypte 2003 #11, 01 #2 Ramsis square, from the pedestrian bridge, Microbus touts, morning, Cairo, 2-11-03 11h24. © Vincent Battesti. 40s. mp3 172kb stereo.

Scène 1
Circulation place Ramses, vers midi, le 2 novembre 2003.
© Vincent Battesti
Scene #2


Extract 2007-02-25 21h 30 Le Caire STE-004 (Coffee and dominoes in the street, Café Soleiman Gohar, Cairo). © Vincent Battesti. 44s. mp3 172kb stereo.

Scène 2
Café de Soleiman Gohar, vers 21h30, février 2006.
© Vincent Battesti
Scene #3


Extract Egypte 2003 #07, 07 Demonstration against the war in Iraq, Saida Zainab, Cairo, 15-02-03 13h21. © Vincent Battesti. 36s. mp3 172kb stereo.

Scène 3
Manifestation Sayda Zainab, vers 13h20, le 15 février 2003.
© Vincent Battesti
Scene #4


Extract Egypte 2002 #04, 10 #2 Muled Saida Zainab, Cairo, 1-10-02 23h26. © Vincent Battesti. 50s. mp3 172kb stereo.

Scène 4
Mouled Saida Zainab, près de minuit, le 1er octobre 2002.
© Vincent Battesti

Ambiances sonores du Caire: proposer une anthropologie des environnements sonores
Vincent Battesti - Les Cahiers du GERHICO, n°13, 2009, p. 35-49.
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