Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-viii

Introduction: Writing the Field Recording

pp 1-30

Preface: ‘Field’

pp 31-36

Part One - Opening the Field

pp 37-38

1 - Fields, Theory, Field Theory: John Berger and Manfred Werder Define a Field

pp 39-60

2 - The Nondescript

pp 61-85

3 - Text-Score-Text

pp 86-106

Part Two - The Poetics of the Field

pp 107-108

4 - Rubies Reddened by Rubies Reddening

pp 109-121

5 - Pitch of Inhabiting: Thoughts on the Practice of Sound, Poetry and Virno’s ‘Accustomed Place

pp 122-146

6 - Druids Fielding Questions: Eva-Maria Houben, Emily Dickinson and Charles Ives

pp 147-168

7 - Field Recording as Writing: John Berger, Peter Gizzi and Juliana Spahr

pp 169-188

Part Three - The Field in Practice

pp 189-190

8 - Bittern Space, a Siskin

pp 191-215

9 - Disquiet

pp 216-227

10 - Hedges

pp 228-245

11 - Stirrup Notes: Fragments on Listening

pp 246-270

Notes on Contributors

pp 271-273

Index

pp 274-279