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66 Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal 3 2o17 Agata Stanisz | Tractor unit acoustemology Finally, some acoustic changes in tunnels, on bridges, under flyovers, on ferries, platforms, pastures, large parking lots, inside foundries or steelmaking plants. To make it simpler, what constitutes this ambience are noises and buzzes, popularly and ecologically deemed as undesired, polluting the acoustic environment, the symptom of a lo-fi soundscape (Schefer 1977). But this is exactly the factor decisive about the immersion in the field. Each space has an acoustic dimension which co-creates its specific nature. However, the at- mosphere of a given space or place is not created by sound itself. In order to feel the atmosphere and then understand it, one needs a multisensual experience and know the social, cultural and historical meanings inherent to it. The feeling, immersion and experiencing are not sufficient for a researcher. One cannot exist without the other: cultural mechanisms cannot be adequately described and explained without being experienced with many senses. On the other hand, such multisensual experience cannot be interpreted without the knowledge of its context. Applying the method of immersive ethnography in the case of my studies, whose direction was mainly established with this noise characteristic for this context, would not be complete without tak- ing into consideration light, colors, smells, bodily experiences, movement, vibration, ways of moving, talking and communicating. All of this constituted the data which, firstly, co-create fieldwork knowledge, and secondly and consequently, co-create scientific/anthropological knowledge. Ambiences always produce a blend of synesthesia proprioception, a complex mix- ture of perception, impressions and emotions. They are always closely linked to the connection between sensations and socially and culturally conditioned expression. Ambiance can be defined as a time-space form of a sensory point of view. It is related to feeling a place. Every ambiance produces a specific way of manifesting and expressing meanings and values in a material/physical presence of certain things, embodied in types of behavior, coexistence in a defined space and undertaking there certain activities. Thus, ambiance is at the same time subjective and objective: it includes the experiences of people, but also creates a context for their lives, daily activities, temporary or permanent situations (Thibaud 2011). The acoustics of drivers’ mobile workplaces is co-created by physical non-human elements such as electronic devices of any kind. Their sonorousness is comprised of sound alarms  of  cell- phones, voices and beeping of GPSs, sounds of tachographs, seat belt alarms, screeches, hums from laptops, tablets, communication systems and pagers, beeping of all types of identifiers, debit or loyalty cards, various indicator lights or cruise controls. Audio file 14: GPS crash. Hamburg, Germany, 2011-08-19. https://app.box.com/embed/preview/376js7smcakyopkznpni?theme=dark