Recently published in The Journal of Sonic Studies: my review of Usue Ruiz Arana’s very inspiring book Urban Soundscapes. A Guide to Listening for Landscape Architecture and Urban Design.
Archives for category: sound studies
Recently published in The Journal of Sonic Studies: my review of Karen Bakker’s wonderful book The Sounds of Life.
Just published yesterday (12-02-2025) – me with a whole lot of other authors. All this thanks to Francesco Aletta: “Exploring the relationships between soundscape quality and public health using a systems thinking approach.“
Just published and open access: a rich overview of the current discourse on sound, health, and well-being. My own contribution deals with the role sound art can play in creating a more liveable environment. An important opportunity for improvement can be found in sound’s supportive role in establishing more attentive interactions between human (and non-human) beings and their (sonic) environment. Here’s a link to the book.
Mid November 2023 I had the pleasure of being invited for a keynote presentation at the kick-off of the Applied and Experimental Sound Research Lab (AESR) in Vienna (Austria). In this presentation I combine insights from my book Engaging With Everyday Sounds with my advisory work for (non)governmental organizations on the sound design of public spaces, and some ideas about the extended role artistic research might play in contemporary society.
Reworked text of a presentation I gave in Torino during Forum Acusticum 2023: “The Role of Sound Art in Soundscape Design.”
After reports on the Hofplein square, the new ecological city park Hofbogen, and the Rijnhaven area, find here the fourth report I have composed for the City of Rotterdam. It consists of several recommendations to protect and/or improve the sonic quality of this part of the city. Besides the already beautiful sonic atmosphere of the Brienenoord Parc, the report concentrates on sonic ecologies in and around the future residential area of Feijenoord City.
The report (in Dutch) – which also contains audio files – can be found here
Today, I found this book on my doormat: New Paradigms for Music Research: Art, Society and Technology, edited by Adolf Murillo, Ines Monreal, Jesus Tejada and David Carabias and issued by the University of Valencia (Spain). Contributors are participants to the first International Conference on the Intersection of Art, Society and Technology in Musical Innovation in 2021, organized by the same university.
My contribution consists of a text on soundwalking, mostly concentrating on my development of a soundwalk in Leiden, the Netherlands in 2021. My claim is that this art form takes in fact place between art and non-art and as such has both artistic and societal significance.
Last week I’ve recorded a podcast together with Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman and Andrew Mitchell in London based on my latest book Engaging With Everyday Sounds. Will be broadcast soon.
See the ad for this position (0.2 fte) at Leiden U here. You should apply before March 1!!!!
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