N/nature as an impetus for the creation of a sonic experience for babies

Natalie Alexandra Tse
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This article explores the creation of a sonic experience for babies driven by conceptual notions of Nature at large, as well as the natural dispositions of babies. Using the researcher’s background as an experimental musician on the guzheng, parallels are drawn between contemporary music practices (e.g. John Cage; R. Murray Schafer; Toru Takemitsu) that explore Nature as theme, as well as Chinese perspectives (e.g. Book of Rites, Record of Music; Zhuangzi of Nature). Both speak to the diminution of the dualism of self and other such that one’s experiences could be viewed as interconnected within self and the environment, achieving attunement with Nature to be in a state of spontaneity. Babies seem to exist in such a state of attunement with Nature, where the self is in harmony with the other. Such existence allows one to be in a state of constant receiving and responding to sounds through multiple modalities of the body. According to Colwyn Trevarthen’s theory of innate intersubjectivity, this is fundamental to babies’ intersubjective communication, where babies innately seek attunement. Through the observations of four sonic experience sessions created for babies, the conceptual notions of Nature and its application onto the sessions are presented. These were evident through the artistic choices made in the structure, set and props, music explorations and babies’ engagement. Due to the nature of babies where they exist in spontaneity with the environment, it was noted that despite an experience designed especially for sonic functions, babies’ perceptions were multimodal in nature. The experience of sound was not purely auditory. Babies’ innate need to seek attunement, such as companionship through an imitative other was also significant to the experience. This has implications on the affordances of experiences in infant care environments in childcare settings.
以自然为动力,为婴儿创造声波体验
本文探讨了在大自然概念和婴儿自然倾向的驱动下,为婴儿创造一种声音体验。利用研究者作为古筝实验音乐家的背景,将当代音乐实践(如约翰-凯奇、R. Murray Schafer、竹光彻)与中国视角(如《礼记-乐记》、《庄子-自然》)相提并论。两者都提到了自我和他者二元论的消解,从而使人的经验被视为在自我和环境中的相互联系,达到与自然的契合,从而处于一种自发的状态。婴儿似乎就存在于这样一种与自然相协调的状态中,在这种状态中,自我与他者是和谐的。这种存在使人能够通过身体的多种模式不断接收和回应声音。根据科尔温-特雷瓦顿(Colwyn Trevarthen)的 "先天主体间性 "理论,这是婴儿进行主体间交流的基本要素,婴儿天生就会寻求调和。通过观察为婴儿设计的四个声波体验环节,我们提出了自然的概念及其在体验环节中的应用。通过对结构、布景、道具、音乐探索和婴儿参与等方面的艺术选择,这些都是显而易见的。婴儿的天性是自发地与环境相处,因此,尽管体验是专门为声音功能而设计的,但婴儿的感知本质上是多模态的。声音体验并非纯粹的听觉体验。婴儿与生俱来的寻求适应的需要,如通过模仿他人来寻求陪伴,对这种体验也很重要。这对儿童保育机构中婴儿保育环境的体验能力具有影响。
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