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

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
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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.

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.

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.

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

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