tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591896984823753205.post150030983269692471..comments2012-03-03T06:43:07.579-08:00Comments on A Bachelor Project from Scratch: First Hand-In - Initial Project DescriptionAnne Sofiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08493315587737617650noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591896984823753205.post-42990720433826764282012-03-03T06:43:07.579-08:002012-03-03T06:43:07.579-08:00Hey Anne Sofie,
Andreas pointed me to your blog. ...Hey Anne Sofie,<br /><br />Andreas pointed me to your blog. <br /><br />Biased by my own field of study I often think of the relevance of sound in any project I hear about. <br /><br />Perhaps looking into psychological effects of sound would be interesting for you. Environmental sounds and music have an impact on our mood and general well-being. My own studies are focused on technical and physiological aspects of hearing and acoustics, so I don't know a ton about this psychology stuff; but a ticking clock can change the rate of our heartbeat, ocean sounds can change our breathing, supermarket and traffic noise may make us irritable, and we are all affected differently by different music. My guess is that short-term effects of sounds are relatively well-studied, but I'm not so sure about long-term effects of people being in "bad soundscapes" most of the time.<br /><br />Julian Treasure (you can look up his videos on ted if you don't already know him) encourages us to listen more carefully, pay attention to sounds we usually wouldn't pay attention to, and try to improve the soundscapes around us in general. (you should also watch the movie Noise with Tim Robbins, not that it's that relevant)<br /><br />I think studying long-term effects of certain soundscapes, perhaps improving them, and working on a way to increase people's awareness of sounds around them relate to both of your main dogmas -- without forcing them to engage in a game of some sort to benefit from your project, no pun intended : ).<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />AndersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360728178773990309noreply@blogger.com