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dc.contributor.advisorMazumdar, Madhumita
dc.contributor.authorKadam, Neha
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-10T14:37:40Z
dc.date.available2017-06-10T14:37:40Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationKadam, Neha (2008). Urban soundscapes : an exploration of why and how, we hear, what we do.... Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 49 p. (Acc.No: T00188)
dc.identifier.urihttp://drsr.daiict.ac.in/handle/123456789/225
dc.description.abstractUrban soundscapes is a multimedia exploration of the forms, practices and habits of engaging with sound in a contemporary urban Indian context. It focuses on the listening habits of a section of the urban Indian youth and invites critical reflection on the choices they make in the selection and enjoyment of the sounds that come to them through the mediation modern technology. Put simply, Urban Soundscapes is both an exploration and reflection on why we hear what we do as we live our lives in the complex sonic environment of the modern city. It begins on the premise that the urban soundscape is not a random collection of sounds. Sounds in the city come in forms, patterns, designs and shapes that are tied to dominant economic structures and local cultural contexts. It invites the user to explore this observation through four different points of entry through technology, through the consumer, the music market and of course through the makers of music themselves. The role of technology in creating a complex and evolving urban soundscape is underscored by a focus on the particular forms, tastes, and habits of listening to music by a dominant section of the urban Indian youth. Based on both fieldwork and academic writings on the subject, this product tries to present a complex cultural and social phenomenon in a format that tries to appeal to both the initiated and informed. It can in a sense position itself as educational software that tries to complement serious writing on the subject by putting together the constitutive elements of multi‐media on a digital medium that is both attractive and affordable. It does not in any way pretend to be either a comprehensive or definitive work on the subject. It offers instead the possibility of generating a critical awareness of one’s social and cultural context in a way that is both intelligible and entertaining.
dc.publisherDhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
dc.subjectCities and towns
dc.subjectUrbanization
dc.subjectCity and town life
dc.subjectSoundscapes Folk music
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectHistory and criticism
dc.subjectMusic and globalization
dc.subjectFinland
dc.subjectSounds in literature
dc.subjectSound
dc.subjectRecording and reproducing
dc.subjectGreat Britain
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subject19th century
dc.subjectSpeech in literature
dc.subjectSound in literature
dc.subjectVoice in literature
dc.subjectCity and town life in motion pictures
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subject21st century
dc.subjectHistory and criticism
dc.subjectMusic and technology
dc.subjectPopular culture
dc.subject21st century
dc.classification.ddc306.4842 KAD
dc.titleUrban soundscapes: an exploration of why and how, we hear, what we do...
dc.typeProject Report
dc.degreeM. Des
dc.student.id200614004
dc.accession.numberT00188


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