Abstract

     Through an epistemological association with ecology, biological philosophy and post-modern theory in general there exists the scope to re-examine the city soundscape and its inherent character of noise from alternate perspectives that incorporate noise as an element of ecological significance. This includes the theorization of alternate modes of listening relevant to differences in biological media. The following paper attempts to present the city soundscape and urban ecology as a field for speculative reasoning and constructive inquiry whilst simultaneously considering acoustic ecology as an ontological pursuit in its own right.