Urban sound: A cultural mapping tool for contextualising perceptions of city spaces

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10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_19How to use a DOI?

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Soundscape; Cultural mapping; Identity

Abstract

This text addresses the perception of the urban environment, as a collective process in which identities are constructed and where the anthropocentric nature of the soundscape presents a sonic biography of both the place and the listener/subject. Therefore, it is necessary to consider perceptions of the sonorous environment by those (listeners/subjects) who live in the space, as an emerging approach for the correct assessment of the acoustic space and, consequently, to inform the understanding and co-creation of designing public spaces with optimal usability. To this end, the text begins by referencing cultural mapping processes as critical tools for the interpretation of urban audio drifts, which when combined with the analysis of local residents’ daily sonorous events, constitutes a timely, contemporary method of investigating urban space. Finally, the text refers, in general, to the use of a model of perception of the city, which highlights the value of hearing and facilitates the ability to perceive the local listener/subject as an intrinsic possessor of urban sonorous identity, by combining material and impalpable elements for the co-creation of the city’s soundscape¹.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Cristiano Pacheco
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/08/26
TI  - Urban sound: A cultural mapping tool for contextualising perceptions of city spaces
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration (NATiURB 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 237
EP  - 244
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_19
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