Soundscape

‘The Soundscape’ is a interdisciplinary concept with spanning across multiple fields of inquiry from acoustic ecology,1 to urban and landscape design,2 ethnography, as well as the realm of music and sound arts. The term ‘soundscape’ was coined in 1977 by R. Murray Schafer, who co-created and led the Vancouver Soundscape Project and later, World Soundscape Project, based out of Simon Fraser University. His work in the 1970’s culminated in what is considered the foundational text, The Soundscape: The

Building construction in the Lower Mainland is at an all-time high. More than 37,000 units are now being built to meet the demand of a rapidly growing population, most in high-rise towers that will increase population density throughout the region. That construction brings noise, but those disturbances are temporary. As people, and their cars, move into the new condos and townhomes, the city will likely face an increase in ambient noise levels, which can disturb sleep, increase stress response

There is no soundscape for this scene. This is deliberate to draw attention to the emotion in Sandy’s family’s voices and to communicate the stress and rush of being on the run from the Welfare. Scene 2 – It Rained the Day As it is mentioned in Ruby’s dialogue that it rained the day she was stolen from her mother, the soundscape of this scene used an intense thunder storm to emphasize and dramatically darken this concept. Scene 3 – Your Mum’s Dead There is no soundscape for this scene. This is

Jungsoo Kang LIFE103-L16 The Effect of Rainforest Soundscapes on the Human Cardiopulmonary System Introduction Depending on the environmental stresses placed on a human being, the heart rate and blood pressure can increase or decrease as a response to the stress. After the stressor is removed, the human body naturally returns a normal or resting state. The average blood pressure tends to be 120mmHg/80mmHg (Weedman 2016). Blood pressure is expressed by the systolic pressure (120mmHg), which

The incorporation of new musical styles had great impact on the Delphic soundscape: Sakadas won through the performance of the Pythikos nomos, an auletic composition that depicted Apollo`s victory over the Python, and that agonal piece eventually became a standard fare in Pythian competitions. The prestige of the winning musicians served in negotiating and formalizing human hierarchies – hierarchies of winning musicians - but also in constituting a new performative hierarchy – a hierarchy based

In the book Soundscapes by Shelemay, it talks about the different ways in which people use the music to mark segments of the life cycle. It says that different types of music can be used to represent different segments of the life of a person. For example, it says that “music can be associated with a coming–of–age ceremony” or other things like funerals or weddings. A life cycle event that I am familiar with is the quinceañera. This type of event marks the point in which a Latina girl becomes a women

The 21st-century campaign rally musical soundscape, coupled with the advent of social media in political elections, played an instrumental role in the political communication tactics of then-Senator Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Election campaign (Gorzelany-Mostak 115). The intersections of music and politics during the 2008 Obama Presidential campaign present an important lens through which historians can understand Barack Obama’s personal biography and analyze his rise to the Presidency. Nevertheless

For the soundscape of Proof by David Auburn having two different city soundscapes for past interactions with her father and the present would help clarify each time from one another. For Catherine’s present having the city sound lose luster and become worn with time would help convey her emotion of being tired and give the sister, Clair a better argument. Her interactions with her father would be more vibrant and full of life. To achieve the slight differences in the present soundscape, less cars

otherwise. The degree to which these recordings are altered varies among artists, with those that fully delve in phonography exhibiting little tangible transformation of the acquired material. Some example of this will be illustrated later in discussing soundscape

Nadia Agniaty Associate Professor Jane Stadler MSTU 1001 30 August 2015 Soundscape: Reading Summary • The use of sound in the film and television industry has been regarded as influential on manipulating audiences’ emotion (Stadler & McWilliam 65). • There are two types of sound, such as: ➢ Diegetic sound: sounds whose originated inside the story world that is noticeable to characters, such as wind, footsteps, and rain sound (Stadler and McWilliam 70). For example, it was obvious that Selina Kyle’s