This thesis examines ways scholars and practitioners in the field of composition and rhetoric, as well as sound studies, compose and design sonic compositions. In order to ethically represent participants ethically in recorded audio, composers and sound designers have to reflect mindfully on their process and adopt an active, and engaged listening practice. I argue for an embodied mode of listening that can be used to engage in elements of sound that are often silenced. Embodied listening is a mode that aims to visibilize identity, relationships, and bodies. An embodied mode of listening can then be applied to composing and designing sound work. -- Abstract.
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