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Sonic heritage: listening to the past

Sonic heritage: listening to the past

Knight-Hill, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0003-1521-0396, Martin, Brona and Pasoulas, Aki (2023) Sonic heritage: listening to the past. In: (In)tangible Heritage(s): Design, culture and technology – past, present, and future. AMPS, University of Kent. 15th - 17th June, 2022. AMPS Proceedings Series, 29.1 . Architecture Media Politics Society (AMPS), Canterbury, pp. 133-138. ISSN 2398-9467

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Abstract

History is so often told through objects, images and photographs, but the potential of sounds to reveal place and space is often neglected. Our research project ‘Sonic Palimpsest’1 explores the potential of sound to evoke impressions and new understandings of the past, to embrace the sonic as a tool to understand what was, in a way that can complement and add to our predominant visual understandings. Our work includes the expansion of the Oral History archives held at Chatham Dockyard to include women’s voices and experiences, and the creation of sonic works to engage the public with their heritage. Our research highlights the social and cultural value of oral history and field recordings in the transmission of knowledge to both researchers and the public. Together these recordings document how buildings and spaces within the dockyard were used and experienced by those who worked there. We can begin to understand the social and cultural roles of these buildings within the community, both past and present.

Item Type: Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings: (In)tangible Heritage(s): Design, culture and technology – past, present, and future. AMPS, University of Kent. 15th - 17th June, 2022
Uncontrolled Keywords: sound; heritage; listening; museums; oral history; soundscape
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GR Folklore
M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES)
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Sound-Image Research Group
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Last Modified: 21 Mar 2023 11:54
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38825

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