Acoustics as Tangible Heritage: Re-embodying the Sensory Heritage in the Boundless Reign of Sight [PDF]
Abstract This conceptual study discusses cultural and historic sounds as tangible heritage by focusing on preservation practices for both soundscape and individual sound sources besides the acoustical fingerprints of the spaces. Although the intangible cultural heritage concept has opened a new room into the sensory objects, the formal ...
Hasan Baran Firat
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Preserving Human Perspectives in Cultural Heritage Acoustics: Distance Cues and Proxemics in Aural Heritage Fieldwork [PDF]
We examine the praxis implications of our working definition of aural heritage: spatial acoustics as physically experienced by humans in cultural contexts; aligned with the aims of anthropological archaeology (the study of human life from materials).
Sungyoung Kim +2 more
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Acoustics, Soundscapes and Sounds as Intangible Heritage
Since UNESCO unveiled its declaration for an integrated approach to safeguarding tangible and intangible cultural heritage in 2003 [...]
Margarita Díaz-Andreu +1 more
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Research on the Acoustic Environment of Heritage Buildings: A Systematic Review
As a significant part of heritage building protection, an increasing number of researchers pay attention to the study of the acoustic environment. The purpose of this study was to provide a clear understanding of the status quo of acoustic environment research on heritage buildings and discuss future development directions through a systematic ...
Jingyi Mu
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The Sound of Silence: Valuing Acoustics in Heritage Conservation [PDF]
AbstractThis paper explores the reasons behind the omission of historic acoustic values from heritage assessments in Australia. Best practice dictates that all cultural heritage values associated with significant places should be assessed in order to make informed conservation and management decisions.
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The past has ears: acoustics for Cultural Heritage
When we think about great architectural achievements in European history, such as ancient amphitheatres or Gothic cathedrals, their importance is strongly tied to their acoustic environment, an intangible consequence of the building’s tangible construction and furnishings.
Brian Fg Katz, Damian Thomas Murphy
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Acoustics as a cultural heritage: The case of Orthodox churches and of the “Russian church” in Bari
Abstract Architecture of Orthodox churches changed very little in its history as a consequence of the strict adherence of liturgy and its related aspects, to the original canons. This has important implications on the acoustics that characterizes such places which is therefore very specific.
Francesco Martellotta
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Acoustic research for telecoms: bridging the heritage to the future
In its early age, telecommunication was focused on voice communications, and acoustics was at the heart of the work related to speech coding and transmission, automatic speech recognition or speech synthesis, aiming at offering better quality (Quality of Experience or QoE) and enhanced services to users.
Rozenn Nicol, Jean-Yves Monfort
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Acoustic Riddles of Cultural Heritage
It is shown, that in the process of evolution, a relationship between some hidden parameters of acoustic signals and expected emotional response to them has been formed. This relationship is a necessary condition for a living creature to survive. The efficiency of the concept represented is illustrated using examples from the field of classical music ...
Sapozhnikova, Kseniia, Taymanov, Roald
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Exploring cultural heritage through acoustic digital reconstructions [PDF]
Simulating the acoustics of destroyed or altered amphitheaters, cathedrals, and other architectural sites re-creates their sonic grandeur.
Katz, Brian +2 more
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