ABSTRACT

From warning sirens to loud booms in the sky; from tweaked radio playlists to the silence of a military funeral, sound is central to the civilian experience of wartime in Israel. Drawing upon public discourse among Jewish-Israelis during periods of armed conflict with Hamas militants in Gaza during 2012 and 2014, this article explores practices of civilian listening and sounding during times of national emergency. More than just making the ears prick, wartime sounds are implicated in an assemblage of bodily action: stimulating the body to move, prompting vocal responses and serving as a focal point for conversation. Recent work in ethnomusicology has sought to theorise soundscapes and listening practices during wartime – yet most work to date has focused on combatants. Building on previous literature in sound studies and on civil preparedness, in this article I focus on wartime regimes of civilian listening, arguing that embodied listening and sounding practices index a reconfiguration of the relationship between the state and its citizens, characterised by mutually co-constructed vigilance, and articulating consensual models of disciplined citizenship that help to sustain collective resilience, yet which also reinforce ethnonational divisions in society and bolster neoliberal practices of securitisation.

摘要

从警报器到天空中的巨响；从调整过的广播播放列表到军队葬礼的寂静，声音是以色列平民在战时体验的核心。本文借鉴了 2012 年和 2014 年在加沙与哈马斯激进分子发生武装冲突期间以色列犹太人之间的公开讨论，探讨了在国家紧急状态期间平民倾听和发声的做法。战时声音不仅仅是刺耳，还与一系列身体动作有关：刺激身体移动，引发声音反应并作为对话的焦点。最近在民族音乐学方面的工作试图将战时的音景和聆听实践理论化——但迄今为止，大多数工作都集中在战斗人员身上。以先前关于健全研究和民事准备的文献为基础，