urbanism
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ISSTA 2018: Who’s Listening? Sound and public Space, Open Call
Open call for Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association annual conference 2018 is now open. Will take place at Ulster University, Magee campus, Derry, Northern Ireland, November 9th and 10th 2018. Keynotes: Dr Salomé Voegelin (Listening Across Disciplines group, author of Listening to…
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Listening to the City, Free Handbook by MIT CoLab
MIT Community Innovators Lab has published “Listening to the city Handbook” for free (PDF). Overview This book is the result of a year long collaboration that arose from a shared desire to explore how sound – including the human voice –…
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Invisible Places 2017: Sound, urbanism and sense of place, Open Call
Invisible Places 2017 has been announced, including a series of calls, for papers, artistic residencies and workshops/soundwalks. This years’ topic is focused on “the complex relationships between landscapes and soundscapes or the significance of acoustic ecology for all living organisms…
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Ground Quarterly – Sound
Issue 30 of Ground Quartely, a magazine by OALA (Ontario Association of Landscape Architects) is dedicated to sound. Here’s the outline: Up Front Information on the Ground Sound: Subway Station Soundscape Animal control through acoustics TEXT BY CLAIRE NELISCHER Round…
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Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture Barry Blesser & Linda-Ruth Salter We experience spaces not only by seeing but also by listening. We can navigate a room in the dark, and “hear” the emptiness of a house without…
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The Acoustic City Matthew Gandy & Benny Nielsen The Acoustic City consists of a series of cutting-edge essays on sound and the city, and a specially commissioned CD. The book is comprised of five thematic sections: sound mappings, sound cultures,…