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Sound maps matter: expanding cartophony

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Sound maps matter: expanding cartophony . / Thulin, Samuel.
In: Social and Cultural Geography, Vol. 19, No. 2, 01.2018, p. 192-210.

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Thulin, S 2018, 'Sound maps matter: expanding cartophony ', Social and Cultural Geography, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 192-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1266028

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Thulin, S. (2018). Sound maps matter: expanding cartophony . Social and Cultural Geography, 19(2), 192-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1266028

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Thulin S. Sound maps matter: expanding cartophony . Social and Cultural Geography. 2018 Jan;19(2):192-210. Epub 2016 Dec 14. doi: 10.1080/14649365.2016.1266028

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Thulin, Samuel. / Sound maps matter : expanding cartophony . In: Social and Cultural Geography. 2018 ; Vol. 19, No. 2. pp. 192-210.

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abstract = "In this article I investigate online sound mapping practices, taking cartophony – the coming together of cartographic and sonic activities – as an important contribution to emerging ways of thinking and practicing mapping. I first develop a typology of approaches to cartophony, before moving on to reveal the normative tendencies of online combinations of sound and mapping through an analysis of three platforms: Freesound; audioBoom; and Radio Aporee. Showing how in different ways each of these platforms supports an approach to sound mapping that favours pinning high fidelity, indexical audio-recordings to a seemingly neutral base layer, I question what is glossed over through this approach, while also considering how visual and sound-based strategies for communicating about places illuminate and resonate with one another. Discussing some more experimental online sound maps, I highlight the value of such projects in their current form, and argue for the continued expansion of cartophonic practice.",
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