tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83707270820173105442024-03-19T14:36:27.928+02:00Soundscapes and Cultural SustainabilityMerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-1532976949145622002013-03-18T15:32:00.001+02:002013-03-18T15:43:45.026+02:00<h2 align="CENTER" style="line-height: 116%; margin-bottom: 0.35cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU"><b>New soundscape project following the tracks and traditions of <i>Soundscapes and Cultural Sustainability</i> has started</b></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU"></span><span lang="en-AU"><b>Silence
and Listening as Resources of Tourism Expertise in North Karelia </b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">Soundscape
researchers’ project aims to develop the silence of North Karelia into a
tourism asset.</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-AU">The
scenic beauty and sparse population of the region offer good
opportunities to experience silence.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">Silence does not mean a total lack of
sounds but a possibility to relax – alone or in a group.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">The
project deals with the earlier presented entry about “the modern
wilderness” and creates more precise contents to it.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">The idea of emphasising attraction,
well-being and aesthetic quality of the environment that is close to
nature now expands to practices in tourism business.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">By examining the tourism business, the
project will explore the challenges and possibilities of preserving
the silence of different areas in North Karelia as well. </span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">Especially consideration of silence and
soundscape, as well as active listening, can be used as concrete
tools in tourism by utilizing methods and experience of Soundscape
Studies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">The
project has a network of silence-based tourism, which now includes
approximately twenty companies from Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Lieksa,
Nurmes, and Valtimo area. </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-AU">The
project develops services, in which silence is a natural part of the
service, for tourism companies, entrepreneurs and local societies,
considering their individual starting points. During the year-long
preparations, many of the entrepreneurs in the project have already
been looking for new ways to develop contents of silence services.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">Concrete ways of service are emphasised in
workshops that are run by experts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">The
aim of the project is still to start off the promotion of nature and
culture tourism in North Karelia on a good start, and thus to
increase the attraction of the area. </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-AU">The
aim is to improve and redevelop the contents of service businesses by
supporting immaterial services and livelihoods of the area.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">Silence and experiences in an acoustic
environment cannot be given or sold as ready-made commodities.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">It is, however, possible to offer services
and time in a special, nuanced, and silent environment instead.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">This way, the project and North Karelia for
their part answer to the rising trends of “slow tourism” and
ecotourism.</span><span lang="en-US"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">The
project utilizes the knowledge of soundscape experts at the
University of Eastern Finland and their long experience in Cultural
and Soundscape Studies and in listening of acoustic elements of the
environment.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">The
director of the project is Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä, an expert of
Soundscape Studies. The project manager is the designer of the
project, Noora Vikman, who has long been interested especially in the
phenomena of silent environment and its possibilities.</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-AU">The
project also involves a group of postgraduates in Cultural Studies at
the University of Eastern Finland, who are interested in the acoustic
environment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="en-AU"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
two-year project, in 2013-2014, is financed by the ELY Centre of
North Karelia (</span></span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Centre
for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span lang="en-US">Please contact and inform about related efforts around the world:</span></b></span>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dr.
Noora Vikman, <a href="mailto:noora.vikman@uef.fi">noora.vikman@uef.fi</a>
or Professor Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä, <a href="mailto:helmi.jarviluoma@uef.fi">helmi.jarviluoma@uef.fi</a></span>
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Noorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372918656745845585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-69285211507584763152012-05-08T10:50:00.001+03:002012-05-08T10:50:07.401+03:00SoCS in Nanjing<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Director of the Soundscapes and Cultural Sustainability project,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>professor Helmi Järviluoma Mäkelä<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>will give a lecture “European Acoustic Environments in Change’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>at Nanjing University, </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Chinese-Nordic Cultural Centre, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>on 14.05.2012. Welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-19176683080583573062012-03-15T13:02:00.002+02:002012-03-19T21:23:08.139+02:00Talk at the Sound Practice Research Forum<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">We've been kindly invited to <a href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=5256" target="_blank">give a talk</a> on our project at the Sound Practice Research Forum at Goldsmiths College, London. </span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">****<br /> Thursday 15th March, 12.30pm – 2pm. <br /> Goldsmiths, University of London<br /> Venue </span>BPB 3/4 Ben Pimlott Building<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">.<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> <br />
Dr Heikki Uimonen from the University of Tampere and Meri Kyto from the
University of Eastern Finland and currently a Visiting Researcher in
Goldsmiths Music Department will discuss their experiences of Acoustic
Environments in Change (AEC) and the Five Village Soundscapes project.<br /> <br />
</span></span></span></h6>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-6959553895235034992012-01-26T11:48:00.002+02:002012-01-26T12:47:47.780+02:00International Workshop MILSON (16-17 février 2012) : Pour une anthropologie des milieux sonores II<span style="color: #666666;"><big><big><big>POUR UNE ANTHROPOLOGIE<br />
DES MILIEUX SONORES II</big></big></big></span><br />
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Journées d'études internationales 16 et 17 <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT307_com_zimbra_date">février 2012</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><small><span style="font-size: medium;"><small><small><big> organisées par le collectif MILSON, avec le soutien de la Fondation Fyssen</big></small></small></span></small></span></small><br />
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<div style="color: #990000; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #994c16; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>For an Anthropology of Sound Milieux</b></span><br />
International Workshop, February 16th-17th 2012</span><span style="color: #994c16; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">, organised by the research team MILSON with the support of the Fyssen Foundation</span><br />
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</span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i><b>Le 16 Février</b> :</i> CNRS/FMSH. Bâtiment Le France (6ème étage, Salle 638-40, 190 avenue de France, 75628 Paris Cedex 13). M° Quai de la Gare (ligne 6)</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3rCYO-DBREEdyfOfR1beG7nINvufMx3WCMR6jKo3FLndvH12KsYbjErTuVfX-xKXYa0v4xcqfOPxbbbLr0VSEv9HG2j8GORweOXTw9ohki7Lj-TxL6yUjHl0_Tm9GL6fEcDj7AW9WALy/s1600/%253D%253Fiso-8859-1%253FQ%253FS%253DE4hk%253DF6postiliite%253D2Ejpeg%253F%253D-733960"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701875035095577218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3rCYO-DBREEdyfOfR1beG7nINvufMx3WCMR6jKo3FLndvH12KsYbjErTuVfX-xKXYa0v4xcqfOPxbbbLr0VSEv9HG2j8GORweOXTw9ohki7Lj-TxL6yUjHl0_Tm9GL6fEcDj7AW9WALy/s320/%253D%253Fiso-8859-1%253FQ%253FS%253DE4hk%253DF6postiliite%253D2Ejpeg%253F%253D-733960" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i><b>Le 17 Février</b> :</i> Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Amphi I des Loges). 14, rue Bonaparte. 75006 Paris. M° St-Germain-des-Prés (ligne 4)</span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Le collectif MILSON propose de dresser un état des lieux des problématiques et méthodes utilisées dans différents champs disciplinaires (architecture, sciences humaines et sociales, arts, acoustique, entre autres) pour étudier ou expérimenter les environnements sonores dans leur contexte de production et de perception. Après une première rencontre organisée en <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT309_com_zimbra_date">mai 2011</span>, nous poursuivrons dans cette seconde édition l'exploration du sonore ambiant en cherchant à identifier ses enjeux anthropologiques. Sur la base d'enquêtes ethnographiques, et en s'appuyant sur les acquis des disciplines voisines, ces journées d'étude mettront en lumière différents milieux sonores (quartiers, marchés, campagnes, temples, gares, places, etc.) issus de divers espaces culturels : Inde, Portugal, Italie, Ethiopie, Roumanie, Ecosse, Egypte, France, Japon. Les présentations apporteront une étude approfondie des formes et dynamiques des environnements sonores, ainsi que du contexte religieux et socio-culturel qui en font des espaces perçus et vécus. Chercheurs et artistes discuteront des aspects cognitifs et sociaux des milieux sonores en termes de sens, de catégorisation, d'efficacité et de normalisation.</span><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #994c16; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">MILSON is a research team dedicated to the discussion of the problematics and methods used in different disciplines (architecture, social sciences, arts, acoustic etc.) to study or experiment sound environments. Our first meeting took place in may 2011. In this second edition, we will continue to explore the questions at stake in the anthropological study of ambient sounds. Based on ethnographic cases, and taking into account the perspectives of different disciplines, the workshop will give a deeper insight of sensory environments in different cultural contexts (India, Portugal, Italy, Ethiopia, Romania, Scotland, Egypt, France and Japan). Presentations will focus on the shapes and dynamics of these environments (neighborhoods, markets, countrysides, temples, stations, places etc.). Researchers and artists will discuss the cognitive aspects of sound milieux in relation to their social settings in terms of meaning, categorisation, efficiency and normalisation.</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><small>Avec /</small><span style="color: #990000;"><small> <span style="color: #994c16;">With</span></small><br />
</span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Tripta Chandola, Anne Damon, Christine Guillebaud, Pierre Manea, Vincent Battesti, Victor A. Stoichita, Jean-Charles Depaule, Vincent Rioux, Heikki Uimonen, Olivier Féraud, Iñigo Sánchez, Claire Guiu.</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span><br />
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</span><small><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><small><b>Programme détaillé : <span style="color: #000099;"></span></b>voir le site <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT310_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://milson.fr/" target="_blank">milson.fr</a></span> /<span style="color: #000099;"> </span><span style="color: #994c16;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #994c16;"> <b>Detailed program</b> : see website</span> </span><span style="color: #990000;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT311_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://milson.fr/" target="_blank">milson.fr</a></span></span></small></span></small></div><small style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><small><b><small><b><big></big></b></small></b></small></span></small></div></div></div>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-84234643713488049992012-01-23T16:54:00.017+02:002012-01-23T17:19:17.984+02:00Radio: Suomalainen äänimaisema - Finnish soundscape<h1 style="text-align: center;" class="cliptitle"><span style="font-size:100%;">Suomalainen äänimaisema</span></h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;" class="cliptitle"><span style="font-size:100%;">Radio Suomi, teemaillan keskustelu</span><br /></h1> <p>Millainen on suomalainen äänimaisema? Onko se kesäpäivä Kangasalla, talvisen metsän hiljaisuus vai jäähallin yleisön pauhu? Millaiset äänimaisemat herättävät meissä muistoja? Millainen on tulevaisuuden äänimaisema? Suorassa lähetyksessä äänimaisemista keskustelevat ja niitä kuuntelevat phttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifrofessori http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifHelmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä ja tutkijatohtori Heikki Uimonen. Toimittajana Jukka Mikkola.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Soundscape evening </span><br /></p><p>A discussion and an interactive radio program about Finnish soundscapes in Radio Suomi with professor Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä ja adjunct professor, researcher Heikki Uimonen. Radio journalist: Jukka Mikkola, 17th of January 2012.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kuuntele - listen:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://areena.yle.fi/audio/1326824391373">http://areena.yle.fi/audio/1326824391373</a></p>Noorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372918656745845585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-90388720919867569712012-01-08T00:13:00.005+02:002012-01-08T01:45:33.169+02:00"Kuultavaa maisemaa" radio interviewNoora Vikmanin haastattelu Aspekti-ohjelmassa, toimittaja Anne Heikkinen<br />Lähetetty Yle puhe -kanavalla 01.01.2012<br /><br />Noora Vikman interviewed in Aspekti-programme by Anne Heikkinen<br />Broadcast in Yle puhe 01.01.2012<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kantti.net/artikkeli/2011/12/kuultavaa-maisemaa">http://www.kantti.net/artikkeli/2011/12/kuultavaa-maisemaa</a>Noorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372918656745845585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-10128925281566693622012-01-08T00:10:00.003+02:002015-10-28T14:44:31.791+02:00Soundscape commentary by Noora Vikman <div style="text-align: center;">
LISTENING TO THE SOUNDSCAPE OF CEMBRA VILLAGE</div>
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Cembra TV<br />
May 2010<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/7JtrQ4RJ8ks" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/7JtrQ4RJ8ks</a><br />
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An interview in Italian </div>
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Una intervista in italiano</div>
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Noorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372918656745845585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-46235061499404695832011-12-14T16:51:00.001+02:002011-12-14T16:51:03.505+02:00Tunteita herättävät äänet -haastattelu<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelän haastattelu AEC- ja SoCS-projekteista<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>uudessa Saima-lehdessä 4:2011:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.uef.fi/saima/saimajuttu4-4-2011">http://www.uef.fi/saima/saimajuttu4-4-2011</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-30204056660878884332011-11-28T14:55:00.001+02:002011-11-28T14:55:04.166+02:00Akustinen kommunikaatio ja äänimaiseman tutkimusAkustinen kommunikaatio & äänimaiseman tutkimus<p>Radio Moreenin Tiedettä Tampereelta -ohjemassa käsiteltiin otsikossa mainittuja<br>aiheita 8.11.2011. Ohjelmaa voi kuunnella alla olevasta linkistä. <p><p><br>Acoustic Communication & Soundscape Studies<p>Here's a radio programme of Radio Moreeni dealing with different aspects<br>of the sonic environment and the research of it (only in Finnish, sorry).<p><a href="http://moreeni.uta.fi/Podcast/Tiedetta_Tampereelta">http://moreeni.uta.fi/Podcast/Tiedetta_Tampereelta</a><p><br>Heikki UimonenMerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-12200372658309720202011-05-24T17:28:00.001+03:002011-05-24T17:28:56.640+03:00The Italian release of the book Acoustic Environments in Change <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>The Italian release of the book Acoustic Environments in Change</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">On a warm late spring evening, the 18<sup>th</sup> of May at Villa Lante, a group of Italian and Finnish scholars, artists, and among others the Finnish ambassador Petri Tuomi-Nikula, walked and listened to the acoustic horizon on the hill of Gianicolo in Rome. They were led by Doctor Noora Vikman. It was interesting, how different the atmosphere was a few steps below when compared to the top of the hill.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>After the discussion there were four small presentations. First professor Helmi Järviluoma introduced the Finnish Society for Acoustic Ecology, professor Albert Mayr, then said a few words about Forum fur Klanglandschaft – the mid-European soundscape society. Noora Vikman presented the basic facts about the project and publication Acoustic Environments in Change; the cultural journalist, Dr Antonello Colimberti finished the event discussing the AEC publication – the book was from his perspective most welcome, and actual.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>Wine and snacks were kindly offered by Villa Lante, and the Finnish guests Vikman and Järviluoma got to know many Italian soundscape enthusiasts from Rome and Bologna, among other places. After the event the Finnish composer Eero Hämeenniemi, who happened to be staying at Villa Lante, kindly introduced a fantastic place to eat "home-cooked" Italian food, Da Bugatina at Testaccio.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>SoCS project workers then had to start to prepare to the next<span style=""> </span>demands – for the conference in Firenze. Our warm thanks go to Albert Mayr and Simo Örmä, among others, for helping to organise the event.<br></span></p> <br clear="all"><br>Helmi Järviluoma<br> Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-63806738974159820042011-04-13T18:35:00.019+03:002011-05-17T13:31:33.468+03:00A soundscape evening in Villa Lante, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae<span style="font-size: 100%;"> <span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #c2b1a1;"><b>Welcome to Rome on 18th of May 2011!</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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Intervengono Hans Ulrich Werner e Antonello Colimberti</b></span></span>Noorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372918656745845585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-19436639291253192822011-04-07T13:08:00.001+03:002011-04-07T13:31:02.635+03:00SoCS and Community Planning<div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">What a pleasant surprise: when arriving at the office today, there was a fresh Soundscape theme number of the journal ”<a href="http://www.yss.fi/ysslehti.html"><i>Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu</i></a>” <span style="font-size: small;">(</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">The Finnish Journal of Urban Studies</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">, 2011:1, vol. 49)</span> in the post box. The SoCS project is well represented: Heikki Uimonen’s article on listening walks and recording as means of qualitative evaluation of soundscapes; Jani Päivänen is interviewing Helmi Järviluoma on soundscape and social memory, and last but not least: a very positive review of the book “Acoustic Environments in Change”. This review “European life in the light of soundscape research” is written by Timo Cantell. The journal includes one article in English by an wellknown colleague Per Hedfors, and Peter G. Howell on “Urban sonotopes – towards a participatory design”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<a href="http://www.paesaggiosonoro.it/keepanearon/programma.php">http://www.paesaggiosonoro.it/keepanearon/programma.php</a>Noorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372918656745845585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-27494484020157732182011-02-04T11:14:00.001+02:002011-02-04T11:14:56.410+02:00Reading and writing...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NxM_2jTraV6Mc0bMsOJLeIu6CYiZi43urKf4Sc3JZbldjwN8PZnTnrechPVza0-hxV7np5c-zwfctOQqDqI9SiKru25MBffj9e_yjxV6nFaFn_Zxb1buOKbwgagTH1-CWeaGHWJ5FZ7e/s1600/kirjat-796411.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NxM_2jTraV6Mc0bMsOJLeIu6CYiZi43urKf4Sc3JZbldjwN8PZnTnrechPVza0-hxV7np5c-zwfctOQqDqI9SiKru25MBffj9e_yjxV6nFaFn_Zxb1buOKbwgagTH1-CWeaGHWJ5FZ7e/s320/kirjat-796411.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569760388957453778" /></a></p><div style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: #000000; DIRECTION: ltr; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <div>... and reading again!</div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2">I'm in a middle of a writing period and here's my literary companions for the next fortnight: some urban studies, a little bit of methodology, a reader, a newsjournal, two dictionaries and a bundle of soundscape studies. The rest of my desk space is flooded by field diaries and note books, mind maps, copies of Turkish housing laws and interview transcriptions.</font></div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2">If my mind will stay clear and moods high I'll soon have a manuscript ready of an article about housing cooperative <a href="http://www.ata2.biz/">Ata-2</a> and auditory culture in Cengelköy, Istanbul. Wish me luck.</font></div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Enjoy your weekend,</font></div> <div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Meri</font></div> </div> Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-91749107160255092562010-12-11T20:36:00.000+02:002011-02-03T20:37:49.115+02:00A review of "Acoustic Environments in Change & Five Villages"<span style="font-size: small;">A review by James Andean of the AEC & FVS publication can be read at the Agricola webpage:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Professor, composer Barry Truax (Simon Fraser Univ.): <i>The specific model of the Acoustic Community and the 1975 Five Village Soundscapes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- Composer Hildegard Westerkamp: <i>Listening to recordings - Five Village Soundcapes imagined</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- Professor Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä (Univ. of Eastern Finland): <i>Studying change and non-change in European villages</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- University lecturer Noora Vikman (Univ. of Eastern Finland): <i>Cembra all around the world</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- Researcher Heikki Uimonen (Univ. of Tampere): <i>Last of the Blacksmiths - The diverse pasts of Scottish village of Dollar</i></span>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370727082017310544.post-50151455201900295582010-02-01T20:17:00.000+02:002011-02-03T20:27:39.554+02:00WFAE conference 2010: Ideologies and Ethics in the Uses and Abuses of Sound<div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Koli, Finland June 16-19, 2010</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The conference will be held at Koli in Eastern Finland and organized by the Department of Finnish Language and Cultural Research (<a href="http://www.uef.fi/uef/english">University of Eastern Finland</a>), the <a href="http://www.akueko.com/">Finnish Society for Acoustic Ecology</a> and the <a href="http://wfae.proscenia.net/">World Forum for Acoustic Ecology</a>. Koli is a plausible site for reflecting upon ideologies, ethics and soundscapes, since it was amongst the key places of the national romantic artist pilgrims in the late 19th century Finland. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Invited speakers:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Steven Feld</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Charles Hirschkind</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bruce Johnson</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Anahid Kassabian</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Andra McCartney</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">R. Murray Schafer</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Barry Truax</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hildegard Westerkamp</span></b></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS IN CHANGE</span></b></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Futura Lt BT; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">How are the soundscapes of European villages doing? Can you still hear the factory hooters in the Swedish Skruv? What about the echo and children’s voices in the old part and the new residential areas in the Italian Cembra? The writers are interested in both the disruption of sonic order, and the listening experiences of the members of the communities who wish to preserve equilibrium. How willing are the villagers to open up to the outside world and tourists? What about the process of becoming more aware of the noise and silence in their lived environment? The writers also delve into the dynamics of social memory and nostalgia, and the relationship between human and non-human materialities in these villages. The twelve articles take you to six European places, five of which were visited by the World Soundscape Project in the mid-1970s. The starting point in both studies has been to research acoustically and culturally diverse sonic environments. The study strives towards making us aware of local interpretations about soundscape.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br />
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<div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;">Writers: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;">Dr Helmi Järviluoma, professor of cultural studies at the University of Joensuu; Dr Heikki Uimonen, ethnomusicologist and researcher of the Academy of Finland, Dr Noora Vikman, lecturer of musicology at University of Joensuu, MPhil Tero Hyvärinen and FM Meri Kytö, junior researcher at the University of Joensuu. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">FIVE VILLAGE SOUNDSCAPES</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">This re-publication of the World Soundscape Project’s seminal <i>Five Village Soundscapes</i> study not only brings this landmark case study back into print, but, perhaps for the first time, allows a longitudinal comparison over 25 years of community soundscapes in transition. The result of the original study, apart from its detailed documentation of the soundscapes of five contrasting villages, was a model of the “acoustic community” characterized by their variety, complexity and balanced state, yet vulnerable to social and economic change in the form of noise. This model serves as a reference point for contemporary communities by showing the highly varied ways in which sound can play a positive and cohesive force at a social level, while subject to inevitable change. The studies are complemented by extensive audio examples on the accompanying CDs.</span> </div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;">Editor:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;"> R. Murray Schafer, composer and founder of the World Soundscape Project. With a new introduction by Prof Barry Truax, School of Communication & School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The book and CDs are published in co-operation with the World Soundscape Project, Simon Fraser University, Canada.</span><br />
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Orders via <a href="http://granum.uta.fi/english/kirjanTiedot.php?tuote_id=18459" target="_blank">Granum</a>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421324310351080046noreply@blogger.com1