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ACOUSTIC ETHNOGRAPHY

IBNU AVENA MATONDANG

Antecedent

Term concerning acoustic in general is always viewed as by an the word have related to voice, chasm come up with the music. Understanding to word "acoustic" get the place at anthropological application segment peculiarly.
Ethnography acoustic for partly circle anthropologists is "new material" needing the circumstantial understanding, real of of this term is "cross-languange" what got and used many by actor circle but application at anthropological scope.
As initial idea, ethnography acoustic is an respective process with usage of voice in field research of ethnography, possibility of matter seen small and less meaning but in fact this matter have the role significant in anthropology scope.

In a flash Early

In antecedent have been given by a few pictures concerning elementary concept of ethnography acoustic, is mentioned by as an respective process with usage of voice in field research of ethnography. Acoustic ethnography study have equality in linguistics study. In linguistics study, Ianguage factor, uttering studied by as an basic matter and also become the fundamental matter in linguistics study.
Tendency of linguistics study is is then developed and try to be applied in the world of anthropology, then merger of this two science become an sub-discipline in the anthropology recognized with the title ethnolinguistic.
Pursuant to understanding which have been woke up in the world of the linguistics, ethnography acoustic is application side from study ethnolinguistic owning important role and significant in anthropology. But elementary knowledge concerning base concept concerning ethnography acoustic such as have been explained in antecedent not yet can embosom the ethnography acoustic study. Acoustic ethnography study is the applied sciences have related to other science (cycle-sciences), growth of ethnography acoustic started by since entry of visual role in applying of anthropology. For partly ethnography acoustic circle viewed as by the applied sciences newly, unconsciously anthropologist (especially) have done the ethnography acoustic in research of their ethnography.
Ethnography acoustic consist of two the word have indirect related, at one side, acoustic can mean as an atmosphere, the voice background have the influence to the voice source to focus attention, is while ethnography is the image of hitting the nation terms, and can be made moderate as study regarding nation tribe.1 From the two understanding laymenly might not have the relevant relation, however practically don't only at nation terms scope, at level between individual understanding of ethnography acoustic can give the wide meaning.

Acoustic Ethnography

Ethnography acoustic at usage in anthropology discipline have the important enough influence and also determine, for example application from usage of ethnography acoustic is in all day long around environment, we can feel the immeasurable ethnography acoustic, with illustration :
" two people are in pursuance of discussion in an solid roadside, in right and left of road, there are the others is is also converse is while public road pass by quickly immeasurablely of vehicle".
acoustic ethnography of illustration to the is the condition of atmosphere around subject attention, in this case subject attention is the two people are in pursuance of discussion in roadside, is while ethnography acoustic is atmosphere around its which have important role which determine both the subject.
In course of application ethnography acoustic, voice hold full of role to communications process and also socialization at social system of society. Hereinafter ethnography acoustic viewed as by an the unity holistic with inseparable and also environmental and social system but can become an separate analysis unit, this matter is experienced of the writer at post-production some ethnic-musical project at the time of process mixing ethnography field video, many sources voice besides music voice following record in the ethnography field video be like vehicle voice, voice mistake of musicians. For partly the mentioned people bothered and even destroy the voice structure to focus attention, however in the mentioned ethnography acoustic is fixed defended in an intact unity in the form of record voice the field, for the purpose of giving impression of reality in his presentation. Eliminate the parts of voice in ethnography acoustic exactly will destroy structure voice which have been prerecorded, function of recording of intact voice expectedly can give the atmosphere be in fact. Source of other voice following record become the important materials which have related to environment.2
Through other voice source following records in course of recording of real field anthropologist have got the picture concerning environmental condition around. Voice source studied and listened circumspect for the purpose ofly obtaining the elements any kind of is the record in course of recording of voice, this matter make anthropologist the can re-develop;build atmosphere concerning research field.
Important value of ethnography acoustic is earning to give the picture concerning research field manifestly through voice media, and more important which of ethnography acoustic is directly can vote direct of field and accurate society related to reeling term in local Ianguage.

Conclusion

Ethnography acoustic is important shares in research of anthropology specially, but this matter is not realized by partly anthropologists, important role of ethnography acoustic is to holding the enough result significant in making of end result report research.
Many researchs of the anthropology use the record media voice but is not utilized maximal matterly this is caused the lack of attention anthropologist to usage of the voice record media, voice record media used just for recording the voice subject research, be like interview, music, ritual. But the result then got is to rewriting the source voice the primary in the form of text, and also eliminate the other voice source following play a part in forming of atmosphere.
Emphasis of ethnography acoustic is enableness media-recording the voice very assist in an research process, this matter of vital importance remember the construction ethnography acoustic can cultural in the form of voice.
1 Concerning difference matter among ethnographies and ethnology in the relation with this article is not studied by more circumstantial, but in the case of is both the things viewed as by an equality but have the difference don't strike this matter is caused by this same attention focus from both the science area.
2 See Shin Nakagawa (Music and Cosmos, 2000) depicting the atmosphere voice in town Yogyakarta and give comparation to marginal by the atmosphere of Japan town. Further Nakagawa mention the mentioned as an atmosphere voice.