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, 2015 Browsing soundscapes is generally based on the waveform of the audio signal or textual metadata, which may be not informative. The TM-charts provide an efficient tool to represent and compare soundscapes. However, they remain little used probably due to the human annotation they need.
Guyot, Patrice, Pinquier, Julien
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Natural soundscapes as a disciplinary bridge in pursuit of sustainability: research themes and priorities [PDF]
Ecosystems and PeopleNatural soundscapes, a blend of natural and human-made sounds, enhance human health by reducing stress, improving cognitive function, and increasing happiness. They foster a connection to nature and raise awareness of biodiversity loss.
Ian Thornhill +18 more
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Religions, 2020 For centuries, religious buildings have been using bells to call the faithful to prayer. Bell-ringing activity on church premises does not serve a purely religious function, however, as people in the community may perceive this activity secularly ...
Murray Parker, Dirk H.R. Spennemann
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The Effects of Soundscapes in Relieving Stress in an Urban Park
Land, 2021 Urban parks are important urban public spaces that guarantee people recreation, create positive emotions and relieve stress. Emerging research has shown that natural soundscapes are associated with restorative landscapes in urban parks. However, there is
Xin Cao, Yen Hsu
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User Experience & Urban Creativity, 2021 Technology presents multiple ways for students to see and interact with their worlds and the worlds of others. Creating, manipulating, organizing, mixing, and remixing sounds supports opportunities for students in all grades to speak through and with sound in order to promote social awareness.
Lívia Câmara Teixeira +2 more
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Spatio-temporal suspension and imagery in popular music recordings [PDF]
IASPM Journal, 2017 Constructed spatiality and perceived imagery in popular music recordings has been in evidence since the 1930s as “a fundamentally pictorial tradition (…) reverb and echo effects deployed in combination with certain lyrics to render aural vistas” (Doyle ...
Peter Gavin Long
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The Sacred Soundscapes of Mountain Wilderness
Religions, 2023 Sound and silence in nature intensify our perception of the non-anthropogenic world, of that which seems unaffected by humans and has been considered transcendent, eternal, and sacred. This is especially true in mountain settings.
Marcus Zagorski
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Noise and Health, 2017 Environmental noise and health studies seldom address the positive effect of environments with high acoustic quality. Sound quality, in turn, is influenced by a large number of factors, including the spatial–physical characteristics of a neighborhood. In
Jeroen Devilee +4 more
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Contemporary Sound Practices: Church Bells and Bell Ringing in New South Wales, Australia
Heritage, 2021 As a social species, humans have developed soundscapes that surround, and to some extent circumscribe, their daily existence. The concept of aural heritage, its conceptualization and its management represent a rapidly expanding area of research, covering
Murray Parker, Dirk H. R. Spennemann
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Film music and construction of tourist imaginaries in Hollywood blockbusters
Via@, 2023 The various films of the two successful spy franchises, James Bond and Mission: Impossible, are distinguished not only by their lead actors (heroes and antagonists), but also by their geographical settings.
Marie-Hélène Chevrier, Chloé Huvet
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