Soundscape

A binaural telephone is a voice-over-ip application which enables auditory telepresence. The basic concepts and implementation issues of such a telephone are discussed. In particular, we will address a specific problem of the voice of a far-end user. In a simple implementation of a binaural telephone far-end user's voice would be located inside the head of the near-end user. We present a solution how this inside-head localization can be reduced automatically in binaural telephony. Finally, we discuss the performance of the ...

The monochrome ink medium, long celebrated for its visual economy, emerges in the Yuan period as an unexpected conduit of sound. The cicada, an insect of little pictorial appeal yet endowed with a piercing cry, became a recurring motif in Yuan painting, inviting a synesthetic engagement—one that commands the viewer to "listen through the eye." This paper explores how Yuan artists, particularly those working within the plant-and-insect genre, deployed the cicada as a vehicle of lament, its shrill wail resonating with the era’s political disquiet. By tracing the transformation of cicada imagery from polychrome renderings to stark monochrome forms, the study reveals a shift in pictorial sensibility: from naturalistic observation to an ink-driven aesthetic of expressive minimalism. Against the backdrop of dynastic upheaval and Song loyalist mourning, the cicada’s cry becomes an elegy, its form a visual echo of poetic lament. Through close readings of key scrolls—including A World of Vitality (1321) and Eight Objects: Plants and Insects (1330)—the paper argues that Yuan artists achieved a new mode of pictorial articulation, one where ink itself acquired a voice, not merely recording but enacting historical pathos.

Notwithstanding the green areas are important for preserving and promoting the health of population, they are often exposed to noise pollution, especially in urban areas. However, the perceived quality of a green area does not depend only by its sonic environment, as all the human senses contribute to form the individual appraisal together with other features of the area. Thus, an holistic approach is required as that offered by the soundscape approach. The present paper proposes the scheme of a new index, QUIETE, to quantify the quality of a public park, taking into account its perceived overall quality and the relative sound level determined by the difference between the noise descriptor LA (i.e. LAeq, LA50, . . .) and a reference level Lref . By the QUIETE index it is easy to identify the areas requiring noise mitigation actions, and provide understandable information to the users of the park on the areas for their enjoyable fruition. The formulation of the QUIETE index is rather...

An experimental study was carried out in 20 squares in the center of Rome, covering a wide range of different uses, sonic environments, geometry, and architectural styles. Soundwalks along the perimeter of each square were performed during daylight and weekdays taking binaural and video recordings, as well as spot measurements of illuminance. The cluster analysis performed on the physical parameters, not only acoustic, provided two clusters that are in satisfactory agreement with the “a priori” classification. Applying the principal component analysis (PCA) to five physical parameters, two main components were obtained which might be associated to two environmental features, namely, “chaotic/calm” and “open/enclosed.” On the basis of these two features, six squares were selected for the laboratory audio-video tests where 32 subjects took part filling in a questionnaire. The PCA performed on the subjective ratings on the sonic environment showed two main components which might be ass...

Urban parks play an important role in preserving and promoting the health of citizens who are often exposed to noise pollution and the stress of daily life. The present study describes the main results obtained from a survey performed in five urban parks in Milan. Measurements of the acoustic environment were carried out in 29 sites together with interviews with 231 users on certain aspects of the parks not limited to merely sound. Acoustic data show that the surveyed parks mostly do not comply with the noise limit issued by the Italian legislation on protected areas. The unweighted 1/3-octave spectrum centre of gravity G and L A50 perform satisfactorily in discriminating among the acoustic environments. Such clear distinction was not observed in the subjective ratings on the perceived quality of the soundscape, likely due to the influence by non-acoustic factors that act as mediators in the assessment. This hypothesis is supported by the collected data on the perceived quality of quietness, which was rated worse than that of the soundscape. Comparing acoustic data with ratings, the perceived quality of the total environment was found to be less dependent on L Aeq than soundscape and quietness.

This article examines the way of expressing the world of sounds in Odyssey, which developes through the lexicon it employs. In this way, we analyze the contexts in which some natural elements are named, as well as their sounds and characteristics, and those of certain physical spaces as they are treated in the poem, with the intention of generating, as much as possible, the universe of sounds that allows to contextualize the poem from an aural point of view. The methodology is based on the linguistic concept of acoustic image that Saussure developed in the late 19 th century and follows Schafer's most recent tradition in his 1993 work on soundscape. Winds, sea, storms, palaces and voice will be analyzed in this paper.

Walking tours on the streets of cities like New York offer music fans the opportunity to tread in the footsteps of their punk rock idols. Music lovers seek a tourist experience that constructs intra-and inter-personal authenticity as a 'true fan' as they seek to see for themselves where their idols lived, worked, recorded, and performed in New York City. Music walking tours are situated as a form of embodied music tourism or psychogeographic practice as they connect fans with the soundscape and the cityscape. When fans document their walking experience, they contribute to a history of music culture and to the practice of music tourism as an embodied social practice. This article engages with popular media through tourism and tells the story of one of many cultural communities with a special tie to the Lower East Side.

Walking tours on the streets of cities like New York offer music fans the opportunity to tread in the footsteps of their punk rock idols. Music lovers seek a tourist experience that constructs intra- and inter-personal authenticity as a ‘true fan’ as they seek to see for themselves where their idols lived, worked, recorded, and performed in New York City. Music walking tours are situated as a form of embodied music tourism or psychogeographic practice as they connect fans with the soundscape and the cityscape. When fans document their walking experience, they contribute to a history of music culture and to the practice of music tourism as an embodied social practice. This article engages with popular media through tourism and tells the story of one of many cultural communities with a special tie to the Lower East Side.

The article deals with the relationship between environmental education, focusing on ecological subject and the objectification of the pedagogical processes. This challenge was met in theoretical and conceptual articulation of music education while teaching strategy. The purpose of this paper is to present the trial of music education in the training of teachers to work in environmental education. Qualitative experimentation allowed to achieve three outcomes of training to the teachers (34). They are: 1) to forge the sensitive sound listening concepts and environmental sound impression as a contribution to implementing the teaching of the new millennium, based on development and production of knowledge and skills components of Musical Intelligence (Gardner, 2001); 2) understand that from experiences associated with sound elements, hearing (Gordon, 2000) and the soundscape (Shaffer, 1991), contribute to the learning and teaching including, referring to the Naturalistic intelligence (...

This work is part of the research project "Sons al Balcó" conducted by La Salle -Universitat Ramon Llull, which examines the impacts of noise pollution on human perception and mental health, specifically focusing on the perception of noise in Catalonia during the lockdown in 2020 and the return to normalcy in 2021. The purpose of this research is to identify patterns between the soundscape and the visual landscape of participants' environments. To achieve this, we have developed a pipeline to automatically analyse the visual landscape of participants' environments by semantically segmenting the keyframes of their videos using deep neural networks. Specifically, we use the SegFormer model, a Transformer-based framework for semantic segmentation that integrates Transformers with lightweight MLP decoders. This pipeline facilitates the efficient and accurate identification of different objects, to understand the complex relationships among the acoustic environment, visual landscape, and human perception. We expect that our findings will offer insights into the design of urban and suburban areas that promote wellbeing and quality of life.

En mars 2025, dans le cadre d’une chaire ArTeC, l’artiste de l’écoute Budhaditya Chattopadhyay présentera plusieurs dimensions de son travail de recherche-création autour de la psychogéographie : marche sonore, enregistrement de terrain, perception adaptive, composition à partir d’archives sonores...  Le programme de cette chaire internationale s'inscrit dans le programme du Master « cinéma documentaire et anthropologie visuelle » de l'université Paris Nanterre.

A presente pesquisa procurou, a partir de uma revisão de literatura, abordar as nuances da Transferência de Tecnologia (TT) entre Academia e empresa, perpassando pela importância da implementação de portfólios tecnológicos. Trazendo uma análise a respeito do papel da universidade atual em sua atuação como universidade empreendedora gerando a capitalização do conhecimento, sendo mister transferir o conhecimento produzido para a sociedade e cumprir, sobretudo, sua função social. Para tanto foram analisados resultados resgatados a partir das bases Web of Science e Scopus no período de 2010 a 2018, tendo sido resgatados 666 e 198 textos, respectivamente, considerando três strings formadas. Os resultados da pesquisa explicitam a necessidade de ampliação dos estudos acerca da Transferência de Tecnologia Universidade-Empresa (TTUE) e, sobretudo, de modelos que sinalizem as melhores práticas para implementação de portfólios tecnológicos tidos como importante ferramenta fomentadora da TT.

population (most of whom are non-native speakers of Arabic); it is also the fastest growing religion outside its own members. The entries have been drafted with the primary purpose of producing an overall-descriptive comprehension dictionary that covers, among many others, topics of faith, monotheism, jurisprudence, and financial transactions. Particular importance has been attached to the provision of numerous transparent examples, which are used in contextual strings. Although there can be no doubt that this dictionary may suffer from shortcomings, they are of a kind inevitable in a pioneering work. All the people involved in the production of this work hope that you find it useful and informative, and we welcome any comments from users.

Anthropophony is a prominent component of the soundscapes worldwide and is known to affect biota. Although responses to antropophony in terrestrial and marine animals have been relatively well studied, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding freshwater biota. In fact, freshwater taxa are possibly among the most threatened groups and so unveiling the reasons of threat is key. We investigated the lowfrequency sounds -usually associated with anthropophony -on the stridulation of Krizousacorixa femorata, a common water bug in Mexico City. Using aerial recordings, we estimated the Normalized Difference Soundscape Index (NDSI) to characterize soundscapes in six city sites throughout a year. Also, we obtained the peak frequency (Pf) through underwater recordings. By last, we evaluated the relationships between the soundscapes and the Pf through a mixed linear model. There was a negative relation between NDSI and Pf, so there are higher-pitched stridulations at sites with dominant anthropophony. We cannot discard other factors that contribute to stridulation variation. Nonetheless, we ignore how low-frequency sounds impact freshwater ecosystems, and the intricate relationship between soundscapes and aquatic life in urban settings. There is a correlation between anthropophony and variations in the stridulation of aquatic bugs. This highlights the possibility of sound pollution on freshwater systems, emphasizing the need for assessment to better understand and prevent potential harm to aquatic insects.

intéressés par la perception musicale, les discours émotionnel, et par les paysages auditifs. Nous étudions l'utilisation de la musique pour réhabiliter divers troubles de communication et afin de développer de nouvelles technologies afin d'améliorer la perception musicale.

Various enquiries and a census reveal that more than half of patrimonial sound collections with ethnographical interest being made in France are about ethnomusicology and dancing. Overwhelmingly association-made collections have been recorded in the wake of identity movements and ...

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Architects are shapers of the inhabited environment. Form and space are their medium. They have scant leverage on the economic forces driving what is built but, through design, they do influence how they are deployed. Acknowledging this, architectural education always values the visual aesthetics of students' work. But the environment has many other dimensions to which architects must be sensitive. Particularly challenging are intangible influences on well-being, such as sensual, social, ecological and ethical ones.

The plurality and transversality of experiences related to sounds unfold in a wide range of studies. For this special issue, a comparative approach has been favoured, broadening the cultural scope, therefore going beyond the Italian borders yet keeping a focus on this geographical area, given the aforementioned lack of research. Hence, this issue should be considered an incursion into different fields whose heterogeneity is presented here in two sections: five papers are grouped under “Literary sounds” and address the subject by exploiting a wide literary corpus, which greatly varies over time and space, while four contributions make up “Sounds in multimedia contexts” and focus on sounds in several media, another clear indicator
of aural and acoustic pervasiveness.

séptima entrega del proyecto “Decálogo sonoro, experiencias de escucha que dejaron huella”, del colectivo artístico Negra40. Este proyecto se propone reunir el rastro genealógico y biográfico de las impresiones de escucha de 10 artistas que hayan trabajado en colaboración en alguno de sus proyectos, a dejar su testimonio de obras musicales o experiencias sonoras que por edificantes o definitivas, fueran constitutivas para sus vidas. Con ese objetivo, Negra40 invitó a los artistas a que cuenten cuáles fueron las músicas o experiencias sonoras que les cambiaron la vida.

En este capítulo es el turno de la investigadora y docente Camila Juarez. “Este decálogo se recorta (provisoriamente) de la trama de vivencias sonoras que me constituyen. Repaso sonidos de la quebrada de Humahuaca, canciones que se me unieron en un momento dado, recuerdos y sensaciones. Huelga decir que podría ser de otro modo y otro y otro, aquí se manifiestan juntos estos fragmentos dispersos”, señaló Juarez

Plantorumori, our research and art work, is about complicity with plants. Our aim is to use music as a conciliator to create subjective communication channels with nature, particularly with plants. The communication channels that we want to “open” with plants are, however, a utopia. We are dealing with entities that do not manifest themselves in ways we humans can easily perceive. We are atempting to understand how relationships could be outside the realm of logic, numerical truths or intersubjectivity. To accomplish this desire, we want to explore the opening of “communication channels” with plants using a wide range of technologies and interfaces to nurture a subjective relationship with nature and to integrate that “contribution” in musical performances.

The study aims to find effective compositional strategies to create experiences of imaginary spaces through headphone listening that can be used as a descriptive tool during composing. The thesis will begin by identifying different sorts of imaginary spaces evoked by sound compositions, elaborating on the immersive listening experience of the listeners, investigating compatible software instruments for enhancing spatial imagery, and transmitting the full impact of the piece in three-dimensional acoustic space through headphones. In the second part of the thesis, which is the development of the case study, the compositional strategies are, to provide strong detail and continuity of experience, discussed under the framework, structured as four interrelated elements: composing the narrative, environment, motion, and space. In the third part of the thesis, which is the case study chapter, I made a composition according to this descriptive tool. I then conduct controlled listening experiments with different listening groups that are combinations of people trained in space and/or sound design. The subjects reported their spatial impressions of the experience by answering yes or no, scaling, and commentary questions. The aim of first stage of the listening experiment was to evaluate their general spatial impressions by having them listen to the composition for the first time with their eyes closed, while the aim of the second stage was to obtain more details about the impressions of spatial properties of the imaginary space, their experience of imaginary space, and compositional elements. From these experiences, both quantitative and qualitative reports were obtained through three staged interviews. In the conclusion chapter, based on these results, I summarize the accuracy of my research method, measuring the perceptibility of abstract work. I explain how close my research got to the aim of creating experiences of imaginary spaces through headphone listening so that a more accessible and affordable immersive listening experience can be achieved.

IntroductionThis study aims to investigate the interplay between roadside trees and pedestrians’ assessment of traffic noise and comfort. The study examines the potential effects of visual and design elements of roadside trees on the overall soundscape comfort.MethodsThe study design involves a systematic exploration of different conditions, encompassing traffic volume, distance from sound source, and tree density. For each combination, two experimental scenarios are created: (1) participants experience a binaural sound recording exclusively, and (2) participants experience the same binaural recording while concurrently immersed in a virtual reality (VR) video.ResultsAnalysis of participants’ noise perception, measured using a quiet-noisy scale, reveals no significant disparity between conditions. This suggests that the mere presence of roadside trees does not necessarily lead to a perceived reduction in noise loudness. However, evaluation of sound intensity exposes a notable discre...

In order to design auditory displays that function well within the cultural, informational and acoustic ecology of everyday situations designers as well as researchers in psychoacoustics need to continue to gain a better understanding of how listeners hear and make sense of information in more ecological settings and outside the lab! In this paper the authors present a preliminary study that builds on past work and theoretical ideas from acoustic ecology, exploring the practice of everyday listening in settings containing auditory displays. This pilot study involves 10 participants who are asked to listen to two separate soundscapes and describe in three tasks, both verbally and in writing, what they hear and how they make sense of these aural environments. The results suggest directions for understanding everyday listening form a holistic perspective in order to inform both the design of auditory displays, and the development of other research tools and instruments for measuring au...

Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Auditory Display, Boston, MA, USA, 6-9 July 2003 ... Evaluating Soundscapes as a Means of Creating a Sense of Place ... Phil Turner, Iain McGregor, Susan Turner and Fiona Carroll ... School of Computing, Napier ...

This paper reports progress towards mapping workplace soundscapes. In order to design auditory interfaces that integrate effectively with workplace environments, we need a detailed understanding of the way in which end users inhabit these environments, and in particular, how they interact with the existing auditory environment. Our work concentrates first on mapping the physical soundfield, then overlaying this with a representation of the soundscape as experienced by its active participants. The ultimate aim of this work is to ...

Sound Event Detection is a task with a rising relevance over the recent years in the field of audio signal processing, due to the creation of specific datasets such as Google AudioSet or DESED (Domestic Environment Sound Event Detection) and the introduction of competitive evaluations like the DCASE Challenge (Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events). The different categories of acoustic events can present diverse temporal and spectral characteristics. However, most approaches use a fixed time-frequency resolution to represent the audio segments. This work proposes a multi-resolution analysis for feature extraction in Sound Event Detection, hypothesizing that different resolutions can be more adequate for the detection of different sound event categories, and that combining the information provided by multiple resolutions could improve the performance of Sound Event Detection systems. Experiments are carried out over the DESED dataset in the context of the DCASE 2020 Challenge, concluding that the combination of up to 5 resolutions allows a neural network-based system to obtain better results than single-resolution models in terms of event-based F1-score in every event category and in terms of PSDS (Polyphonic Sound Detection Score). Furthermore, we analyze the impact of score thresholding in the computation of F1-score results, finding that the standard value of 0.5 is suboptimal and proposing an alternative strategy based in the use of a specific threshold for each event category, which obtains further improvements in performance. INDEX TERMS Sound event detection, multi-resolution, DCASE 2020 Task 4.

In this paper we present an outline of the soundscape of street cries in Granada over a time span from the mid  -19th century to the mid-20th century. Starting with the writings of the aristocrat, writer and traveler Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley (1806-1855), various testimonies of street cries are presented, collected by Afán de Ribera, Surroca Grau, Bonifacio Gil and Alan Lomax in transcriptions and recordings from the 19th and 20th centuries, trying to show the lost sound dimension of past eras, the relevance of their study for the knowledge of society, economy and customs and to provide a sound history of spaces that not only tell us about the past from their appearance, but also from their sound.

This thesis consists of a unified portfolio of eight compositions focused on and exploring alternative versions of the 3rd channel, which is a personal approach to composition and a way to describe my compositional technique. The instrumentation employs a variety of forces, and it is mainly for solo instruments and small/chamber ensembles – always with the accompaniment of a tape part – plus a summative, large-scale installation for eight speakers. The presented works were composed between December 2009 and August 2013. The commentary presents an individual, in-depth analysis of the eight pieces in order to reveal the methodology of their compositional process(es).

We conceived Ada: Intelligent Space exhibit as an artificial organism, integrating a large number of sensory modalities, and let it interact with visitors using a multitude of effector systems. Ada used a language of sound and light to communicate its moods, emotions, and behaviors. Here we describe the mechanisms behind Ada's sound communication, its real-time performance, and its interpretation by human subjects.

Con el presente artículo se pretende descubrir, a través de mediciones de ruido ambiental y datos de flujo vehicular, el cambio del paisaje sonoro en la ciudad de Medellín durante la implementación del día sin carro del día jueves 22 de abril de 2010; para lo que se tuvo como referencia cuatro puntos significativos de la ciudad: Monterrey, Alpujarra, Avenida Ferrocarril y la calle 33. Para el proceso de adquisición de datos se realizaron mediciones, tanto en el día sin carro, como en un día con carro, teniendo como fundamento la Resolución 0627 de 2006 “Mediante la cual, se establece la norma nacional de emisión de ruido y ruido ambiental” y la ISO 1996 “Norma internacional que contiene la descripción, medición y la evaluación de ruido ambiental”. Fue importante en esta investigación constatar la incidencia de los automóviles particulares en los niveles de ruido urbano que posee la ciudad, analizando las mediciones obtenidas este día, y encontrando congruencias funcionales entre el ...

Multiple speech source localization has been an important re- search topic over the recent years. Histogram mapping method proposed by Huang et al.(1) has two major advantages over the other conventional studies, that it does not require the prelim- inary DOA estimates, and the estimation is achieved with low computational complexity. In this study, we attempt to improve the performance ofHuang'smethod by introducing two new pro- cedures. The first improvement is a novel method in which the DOA is obtained from coordinate transformation. The second procedure is the deletion of useless narrow-band components. Simulation results show that the estimation error is reduced to about half of the original histogram mapping method when two speech sources are active simultaneously.

Beluk Vocal Art is one of the traditional arts of West Java which is still being preserved from generation to generation. However, this art is scarce to find. Beluk Vocal Art has a unique characteristic, namely a high singing or screaming voice, which is not only used as a means of communication but adapted to the development and needs of society, such as being used in religious, social and entertainment activities. From this, it can be seen that humans and their environment cannot be separated, where there is a connection with music, one of which is the soundscape in human life. The purpose of a soundscape includes two aspects: to raise awareness of sound, improve the condition of the surrounding environment, and generate listener associations, memories, and images associated with the soundscape. Thus, technology helps us to be able to develop traditional arts by the times so that these arts are preserved. Therefore, this research aims to preserve Beluk Vocal Art in the form of digital audio archives and design implementation in the format of a soundscape in Beluk Vocal Art. The method used is design-based research (DBR). The resulting product is digital audio archives and soundscape design, which reveal a deeper level of meaning inherent in the Beluk Vocal Art without eliminating the original sound of the Beluk Vocal Art.

Sleman Regency has the most temple cultural heritage in Yogyakarta, supported by Green Open Space (GOS). The area is a habitat for urban birds and can be used as an indicator of environmental quality. This study aims to analyze the environmental quality based on the soundscape and character of the bird community in the GOS of Prambanan Temple and Ratu Boko Temple. Sound recordings were taken with a smartphone, and the recording time was set using the Arbimon touch in the morning, afternoon, and evening. The sound recordings are used to calculate acoustic indexes. The sound recordings and spectrograms are processed to identify bird species and calculate the Bird Community Index. The number of bird species was higher in the Ratu Boko area. According to the NDSI value, the sound of biophony at Ratu Boko Temple is more dominant than anthrophony and geophony. The environmental quality in the Prambanan Temple area is in the low category than in the Ratu Boko Temple area, which is classifi...

A binaural telephone is a voice-over-ip application which enables auditory telepresence. The basic concepts and implementation issues of such a telephone are discussed. In particular, we will address a specific problem of the voice of a far-end user. In a simple implementation of a binaural telephone far-end user's voice would be located inside the head of the near-end user. We present a solution how this inside-head localization can be reduced automatically in binaural telephony. Finally, we discuss the performance of the presented algorithm and sound quality of the implemented binaural telephone.

En el año 1781, Johann Baptist Burger descubrió una fuente de aguas termales cerca de su jardín en la pequeña localidad de Heiligenstadt, a pocos kilómetros al norte de Viena. Construyó una casa de baños que con el tiempo se convirtió en parada y fonda de vieneses aquejados de reuma, enfermedades del hígado y otras dolencias, hasta que las obras de desviación del Danubio privaron al balneario de sus aguas medicinales. Ludwig van Beethoven fue uno de sus usuarios, sin duda el más famoso. En el verano de 1802 alquiló una pequeña casa cerca de la parroquia de San Miguel que aún hemos podido visitar, comprobando la huella que dejó el gran compositor en sus paseos entre los viñedos, que ahora recuerdan nombres como Beethovengang y la Eroicagasse. En la casa donde habitó

RESUMO
A escrita pode propor uma escuta, assim como uma escuta pode gerar escritas. Apresento uma escrita que partiu de uma auto-escuta e, agora, proponho outra escuta para o/a leitor/a. Esta proposição envolve uma auto-escuta que pode ser fisiológica, em busca dos sons do próprio corpo, como também uma escuta psicológica que vagueia pelos pensamentos à deriva. Essa auto-escuta também pode ser focal e global. Por mais que busquemos focar um som específico, nosso ouvido se abre para “planos” mais abertos seja estes internos ou externos a nós. Esta prática de escuta pode ser feita individualmente ou em grupo. Em grupo, pode-se discutir e compartilhar, após a auto-escuta, a experiência de cada pessoa. O que eu escutei que o outro também escutou? O que eu escutei que o outro não escutou? Como compartilhar minha auto-escuta? Por meio de uma nova escrita, um desenho, um rascunho?

ABSTRACT
Abstract: Writing can propose listening, just as listening can generate writing. I present a piece of writing that started from a self-listening and now I propose another listening for the reader. This proposal involves a self-listening that can be physiological, in search of the sounds of one’s own body, as well as a psychological listening that wanders through drifting thoughts. This self-lis- tening can also be focal and global. As much as we try to focus on a specific sound, our ear opens up to more open “frames”, whether these are internal or external to us. This listening practice can be done individually or in a group. In a group, each person’s experience can be discussed and shared after the prac- tice. What did I listen to that the other person also listened to? What did I lis- ten that the other person didn’t? How can I share my self-listening? Through new writing, a drawing, a draft?

RESUMEN
La escritura puede proponer la escucha,
de la misma manera que la escucha puede generar la escritura. Presento un escrito que partió de la autoescucha y ahora propongo otranescucha para el/ la lector/a. Esta propuesta implica una autoescucha que puede ser fisiológi- ca, en busca de los sonidos del propio cuerpo, así como una escucha psicoló- gica que deambula por pensamientos a la deriva. Esta autoescucha también puede ser focal y global. Por mucho que intentemos centrarnos en un so- nido concreto, nuestro oído se abre a “planos” más abiertos, ya sean internos o externos a nosotros. Esta práctica de escucha puede hacerse individualmen- te o en grupo. En un grupo, se puede compartir la experiencia de cada per- sona después de la práctica. ¿Qué he oído que la otra persona también ha oído? ¿Qué escuché que la otra perso- na no escuchó? ¿Cómo puedo compartir mi autoescucha? ¿A través de un nuevo escrito, un dibujo, un borrador?

Shipping is the principal source of anthropogenic noise in the aquatic soundscape of coastal areas. Noise can have temporary or permanent effects on the physiology, behavior, and ecology of the marine mammals and, as noise pollution is considered to be an important threat to Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis), we focused on this question in the present study. We modeled the impacts of anthropogenic noise on the acoustic behavior and distribution of these dolphins. We considered the acoustic parameters and occurrence of Guiana dolphins as the response variables and Sound Exposure Levels (SEL) and environmental factors as the explanatory variables. The dolphins used noisier areas but communicated mainly in less noisy areas, given that anthropogenic noise levels induced a reduction in whistle rates. Although the dolphins did not appear to avoid the noisiest areas, their communication was impaired, and there may be areas in which communication is impracticable in this species.

Ese ruido continuo, aunque no sin agudos y graves, va (por la intensidad) desde el murmullo lastimero del viento entre los juncos hasta el ronquido formidable de las olas en golpe de ariete, que entran de repente en una gruta submarina y se chocan desordenadamente, masa sonora, ínfima o enorme, pero siempre celeste y cristalina, y con ese ruido radiante y único, donde se creería escuchar miles de ruidos, la casa se duerme. Lo que esta música representa para los arridemenses es indecible. Es su padre y su madre; su cuna.

A talk about the unexplored potential of a genre of sound studies and sound art described as Sonic Fiction*. Science fiction tells stories of future or parallel worlds, often re-defined by new technologies; but what if we use sound as a medium to explore these concepts? Amina is researching emerging speech and sound technologies to understand their future implications on society and ways of life. By understanding the mechanics and components of voice it enables us to both reproduce it synthetically, via digital code, but also comprehend it as a material to be shaped and sculpted to create new expressive possibilities in vocal formation and communication. The stories we tell are limited to the capacity we have to describe them - through the language and linguistics we use. Amina is working to expand the space between speech and sound for the potential to tell new and unversed stories. Through trying to broaden our vocal capabilities and aural perception does it give us an opportunity...