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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"Soundscape"”.
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Soundscape composition and relationship between sound objects and soundscape dimensions of an urban area
Previous studies of soundscape have tried to understand the relationship between sound objects and soundscape rating, resulting in the categorisation of general sound objects according to positive or negative perceptions. This study tries to determine the relationship and interaction between …
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Urban Soundscape: Music centre in Langa
This dissertation is borne out of an interest I have in music as an expression of culture and being, its influence on social spaces and its effectiveness as a tool that transcends across cultures. The dissertation explores the nexus of sound and space, body and space and their present experiential …
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Soundscape and the Experience of Positive Silence
… the web of interactions between individual and soundscape. In all, these investigations revealed auditory distraction as a feature of the soundscape that consistently undermined the experience of silence as positive. Acknowledging the growing influence of the ‘attention economy,’ the work …
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Soundscape Ecology of Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin Resting Bays
… lives, making it is essential to understand soundscape in areas that are critical to their survival. Hawaiian spinner dolphins rest during the day in shallow coastal areas and forage offshore at night. In my dissertation I focus on the soundscape of the bays where Hawaiian spinner dolphins …
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INDICES AND ECOINFORMATICS TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF SOUNDSCAPE DYNAMICS
The study of the new field of soundscape ecology presents several research avenues to explore. In the chapters in this dissertation, I have followed several of the technical and methodological areas of the study of soundscapes. In Chapter 1, I presented the current status of the study of …
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The Domestic Soundscape and beyond… presenting everyday sounds to audiences
This PhD submission contains a select portfolio of practical works that have been created in answer to my research questions. This Thesis contextualises those works in a theoretical framework, linking them explicitly to the academic discourses with which they are inexorably bound. The introduction …
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Evaluation of Military Hearing Protection Devices in a Simulated Aircraft Carrier Soundscape
Auditory situation awareness, including the ability to localize sound sources rapidly and accurately, is essential for military personnel operating in complex, high-risk environments. Effective auditory localization enables service members to detect threats, maintain spatial orientation, and …
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How does the zoo soundscape affect the zoo experience for animals and visitors?
This project aims to evaluate the zoo soundscape from the animals and visitors perspective. A complete acoustic environment study in zoological parks should involve these two different, but equally important, characters. This thesis presents the results of the influence of the sound components of …
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Park Visitors and the Natural Soundscape: Winter Experience Dimensions in Yellowstone National Park
<P>The natural soundscape is becoming increasingly recognized as a threatened park resource. A variety of policies, laws, and regulations have rapidly been established that affect the National Park Service mandate and require the agency and individual parks to protect, preserve, and restore natural …
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Park Visitors and the Natural Soundscape: Winter Experience Dimensions in Yellowstone National Park
<P>The natural soundscape is becoming increasingly recognized as a threatened park resource. A variety of policies, laws, and regulations have rapidly been established that affect the National Park Service mandate and require the agency and individual parks to protect, preserve, and restore natural …
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The Importance of Bioacoustics for Dolphin Welfare: Soundscape Characterization with Implications for Management
… have not been evaluated to characterize facility soundscapes, and further, how they compare to wild soundscapes. The soundscape of a wild dolphin habitat off the coast of Quintana, Roo, Mexico was characterized based on Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) recordings over one year. Snapping shrimp …
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Breaking the sound barrier: Explorations in experimental sound, art, soundscape research and interactive systems
… of sound art, interactive systems and soundscape research as the basis for the creation of a series of unique interactive sound installations and related projects. These works, created and presented by Interactive Agents, the author’s production company, explore aspects of the sonic …
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Design of dynamic soundscape : mapping time to space for audio browsing with simultaneous listening
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1996.
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A Search for Meaning in Politically Motivated Music: Rhetoric versus Pragmatics in the Zambian Political Soundscape
… functional value of music in Zambia's political soundscape in the context of political rhetoric. It evaluates the meaning and influence of music in the political processes on the choices citizens make for supporting their preferred political parties. The study identifies rhetorical and pragmatic …
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An interactive sonic environment derived from commuters' memories of the soundscape: a case study of the London Underground
… the Acoustic Communication concepts of soundscape with contemporary collective memory studies, this research project explores the relationship between commuters and the London Underground (LU) soundscape in order to create an interactive sonic environment on the Internet. The methodology …
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Assessing anthropogenic noise impacts and relevant soundscape cues for marine invertebrates: leveraging squid and coral reefs as model systems
… noise, and the ambient environmental sounds (“soundscapes”) they detect and respond to. Most acoustic studies report sound pressure (detected by mammals and some fish), but few report particle motion, the back-and-forth vibratory component of sound detected by marine invertebrates. I …
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Tranquillity by design - Architectural and landscape interventions to improve the soundscape quality in urban areas exposed to aircraft noise
… improves the individuals’ assessment of the soundscape quality and reduces the level of noise annoyance. Like landscapes, the perception of the acoustic environment, or soundscape, is the result of design choices. Nevertheless, the question remains as to whether the design of the built …
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Assessing anthropogenic noise impacts and relevant soundscape cues for marine invertebrates: leveraging squid and coral reefs as model systems
… noise, and the ambient environmental sounds (“soundscapes”) they detect and respond to. Most acoustic studies report sound pressure (detected by mammals and some fish), but few report particle motion, the back-and-forth vibratory component of sound detected by marine invertebrates. I …
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Phonographies: Practical and Theoretical Explorations into Composing with Disembodied Sound
… acousmatic composition, inusique concrite and soundscape composition), and places them into a broader cultural and historical context. Chapter 2 is concerned with the impact of the advent of, and subsequent rapid development of electroacoustically mediatized sound on society and the individual. …
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