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Street Cries and Public Space Noise Abatement in 19th‐20th Century Barcelona
Tijdschrift 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
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Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper presents a close‐hearing analysis of Forest 404, a transmedial audio drama that was released to BBC Sounds in 2019. Despite the drama's eco‐dystopian critique of teleological ‘progress’ narratives (that enable and perpetuate the destruction of the natural world), I argue that the series ultimately propagates a sense of inevitability
Matilda Jones
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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
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The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 1003-1035, April 2026.ABSTRACT Urbanisation is a key driver of global environmental change and presents animals with novel stressors and challenges. It can fundamentally influence social behaviour and has the potential to reshape within‐ and between‐species social interactions. Given the role of social behaviour in reproductive fitness and survival, understanding how social
Avery L. Maune +2 more
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Characterizing offshore polar ocean soundscapes using ecoacoustic intensity and diversity metrics
Royal Society Open SciencePolar offshore environments are considered the last pristine soundscapes, but accelerating climate change and increasing human activity threaten their integrity.
Ramona M. Mattmüller +3 more
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Social transformation through community music projects: A scoping review
Review of Education, Volume 14, Issue 1, April 2026.Abstract This article investigates the hypothesis that music can be a powerful catalyst for social transformation within specific territorial and social contexts. To explore this, a scoping review was conducted, aiming to identify the participants, networks and contexts described in the scientific literature on community music and to critically examine
Noemy Berbel‐Gómez +3 more
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Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 580-601, April 2026.ABSTRACT For the vast majority of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a range of natural environments defined the parameters within which selection shaped human biology. Although human‐induced alterations to the terrestrial biosphere have been evident for over 10,000 years, the pace and scale of change has accelerated dramatically since the onset
Daniel P. Longman, Colin N. Shaw
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German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 184-202, April 2026.Abstract This article examines the narrative structure of Romeos (Sabine Bernardi, 2011) through the lens of body narrative. While traditional body narrative emphasises the felt discomfort of being trapped in the ‘wrong body’, Romeos challenges this essentialist framework by foregrounding Lukas's trans identification and trans masculinities through an ...
Mingyuan Wan
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Mapping Soundscape Research: Authors, Institutions, and Collaboration Networks
AcousticsSoundscape 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
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