soundsitting

Are we hearing the same soundscape? Who's listening, how, and to what?'

Are we hearing the same soundscape? Who's listening, how, and to what?'

Soundscape research has often struggled to deal with the multidimensional experience of the phenomenological perception of the sound environment. Whilst there have been a number of important large multidisciplinary projects formed from a wide range of stakeholder disciplines, results have often been epistemologically split between interpreting the complex multidimensional, multi-epistemological, phenomenological experience of a soundscape for some disciplines, versus the positivist, objectivist quantitative approach of other disciplines.

Soundsitting as an additional method to Soundwalking - UKAN conference poster

Soundsitting as an additional method to Soundwalking - UKAN conference poster

Soundsitting as an alternative to soundwalking offers a number of additional benefits to the traditional soundwalk, including inclusivity for visually impaired and those unable to walk. Soundsitting is a way of obtaining deep immersive listening in a single soundscape context, rather than transitioning through differing contexts on a walk. Both methods are complimentary.