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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.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sound maps matter
T2 - expanding cartophony
AU - Thulin, Samuel
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social and Cultural Geography on 14/12/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14649365.2016.1266028
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Sound
KW - cartography
KW - sound map
KW - phonography
KW - place
U2 - 10.1080/14649365.2016.1266028
DO - 10.1080/14649365.2016.1266028
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 192
EP - 210
JO - Social and Cultural Geography
JF - Social and Cultural Geography
SN - 1464-9365
IS - 2
ER -