{"product_id":"9798765135242","title":"Ritualizing Sound Thoughts Towards a Psychotherapeutical Materialism","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRitualizing Sound\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThoughts Towards a Psychotherapeutical Materialism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJordan Lacey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing on previous publications \u003ci\u003eSonic Rupture \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eUrban Roar \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2022), which cover soundscape design and urban transformation, Jordan Lacey's \u003ci\u003eRitualizing Sound \u003c\/i\u003etackles how to ethically apply sound and ritual to creative arts and design practices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTechno-capitalism is extractive of resources and of people's capacity to connect meaningfully with the earth and one another. Extractive practices are those that draw on natural resources without allowing for material or spiritual replenishment, a process that is extrapolated to social relations including the human and the non-human. In \u003ci\u003eRitualizing Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, ritual is offered as a reciprocal, non-extractive practice that builds relationships. In particular, First Nations' scholarship and philosophy on ceremony and ritual, designed for relationship-building within communities and with the land, between individuals and families, and with the earth, are centred, with the author exploring ways to ethically learn from and apply these practices to sound studies. A theoretical pathway for sound, voice and bodily practices is offered, which the author terms \u003ci\u003epsychotherapeutical materialism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book explores these ethical approaches to sound and ritual through various examples of artists – historical and contemporary – who follow these practices already including an extended investigation of the author's own creative practice projects, which builds on methods developed in his two prior books. The conversation expands beyond sound installations and sound art events to include performance-based works and environmental sculptures (incidental and designed) for understanding the role of sound-as thinking and practice-in deepening one's relationship with the environment. In so doing, \u003ci\u003eRitualizing Sound\u003c\/i\u003e asks how our bodies might entangle with more-than-human forces to heal human-culture-planetary relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJordan Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the School of Design and Art at RMIT University, Australia, and an Australian Research Council fellow. He is the author of two books for Bloomsbury, \u003ci\u003eSonic Rupture\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eUrban Roar \u003c\/i\u003e(2022). He specializes in sonic theory, soundscape design, and the creation of sound art works and installations.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765135242\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378308251788,"sku":"9798765135242","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5a5e7f5e-2861-4a50-9f59-68a86eb8e039.jpg?v=1783908464","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765135242","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}