ABSTRACT
This chapter experiments with Félix Guattari’s concept of transversality to map out sonic violence through a range of warfare and surveillance techniques. Linking the auditory effects of air strikes to the tracking of resources in warzones, sonar exploration and ultrasonic deterrence to the monitoring of workers via biometric voice recognition, this chapter illustrates the utility of Guattari’s philosophies for the apprehension of sound in regimes of control. By tracing out an ‘assemblage of vulnerabilities’ (bodies and forms of life vulnerable to sonic governance), this chapter argues for increased attention to sound in geo-political research.
