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Street Cries and Public Space Noise Abatement in 19th‐20th Century Barcelona

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on Barcelona, this paper explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of street cries that allow traders to attract customers and make themselves heard in public spaces. While still common in marketplaces in southern Europe, there is a growing trend towards silencing these street cries in the name of reducing urban noise levels ...
Maria Lindmäe
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the soundscape ecology of Tremblay Sound, Nunavut

open access: yes
The soundscape is a critical part of marine mammals’ habitat and provides insights into the health of the ecosystem. Arctic soundscapes are experiencing large changes due to reducing sea ice extent, shifting marine mammal distributions, and increased ...
Pengelly, Leah
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Gascon folk rock and the soundscape of Bearnais identity

open access: yes, 2010
This paper draws on theories of place to explore ways in which local ethnic identity might be expressed through music and soundscape, using the music and performances of B顲n folk rock group Nadau as a case study.
Weston, Donna
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Soundscapes

open access: yes
The present investigation consists of the design of sound energy ab-sorption panels with the aim of promoting well-being in both the aesthetic and acoustic aspects of the spaces where they are applied. The design project, titled " Soundscapes", aims to contribute to the comfort of users by addressing the usage and enjoyment needs of spaces, resulting ...
José Simão, Daniela Pedro
openaire   +3 more sources

Mapping Soundscape Research: Authors, Institutions, and Collaboration Networks

open access: yesAcoustics
Soundscape is the sonic environment that a living being, like a human or animal, experiences in a certain setting. It affects how a space functions and how the being perceives its quality.
Andy W. L. Chung, Wai Ming To
doaj   +1 more source

Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun: Nuxalk Governance, Language, and the Museum Public

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT This review suggests that Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun reframes the ethnographic gallery as a site of protocol rather than as a trophy case. Co‐curated by Snxakila—Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk Nation) and Jennifer Kramer (UBC MOA), the exhibition centers law, lineage, and language to present belongings and supernatural beings ...
Cheyanne Brown Armstrong, Mark Turin
wiley   +1 more source

Soundscape Quality

open access: yes, 2013
With the formation of the working group ISO/TC 43/SC 1/WG 54 “Perceptual Assessment of Soundscape Quality” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2008, a debate has arisen on what soundscape quality should mean.
Axelsson, Östen,
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Emerging urban aural patterns: Finding connections between emergence in architecture and soundscape eEcology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Cities are dynamic, spatial and material systems that exhibit power scaling and selfsimilarity across a range of scales. Spatial designers are informed by mathematical and biological systems and use concepts and processes abstracted from them to analyse ...
Weinstock, Michael, Barakat, Merate
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What No Research Means: The Problematic of Time and Possibilities for Expansiveness in Interpretive Literacy Research

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 3, July/August/September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines what becomes possible for interpretive literacy research when time is treated not as a neutral backdrop but as a central problematic. We argue that research does not merely trace temporal sequences; it actively creates temporalities that shape what becomes sensible, thinkable, and sayable within literacy studies.
Gail Boldt, Kevin Leander
wiley   +1 more source

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