The Discreet Noise Suppression of the Bourgeoisie - Defining Noise Pollution Through The Lens of Class
Episode notes
What is noise, actually? How do we define noise pollution? And who is allowed to produce it and why? By the turn of the 20th century, those living in cities began to notice the high levels of noise pollution in their environments, and its impact on their well-being. It was especially the middle classes that would shape the ways in which people experienced public space and the noises that were permissible therein.
Exploring the first anti-noise movements and their activism's legacy today. Heaps of classism and hating on lower-class women who play on second-hand pianos.
Sources:
Peter Payer - The Age of Noise. Early Reactions in Vienna 1870-1914
The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion, by Interboro
The Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, by Peter Andrey Smith, New Yorker, January 2013
New York's War on Noise, NY Times archives
Music:
Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 03 by WinnieTheMoog