Sounding Out Ethnography and Design: Developing Metadata Frameworks for Designing Personal Heritage Soundscapes

Chamberlain, Alan; Bødker, Mads; Papangelis, Konstantinos

Abstract

© 2018 Audio Engineering Society. All rights reserved. The paper presents reflections on understanding the issues of designing locative sonic memory-scapes. As physical space and digital media become ever more intertwined, together forming and augmenting meaning and experience, we need methods to further explore possible ways in which physical places and intangible personal content can be used to develop meaningful experiences. The paper explores the use of autoethnography as a method for soundscape design in the fields of personal heritage and locative media. Specifically, we explore possible connections between digital media, space, and "meaning making," suggesting how autoethnographies might help discover design opportunities for merging digital media and places. These are methods that are more personally relevant than those typically associated with a more system-based design approaches that we often find are less sensitive to the way that emotion, relationships, memory, and meaning come together. As a way to expand upon these relationships we also reflect on relations between personal and community-based responses.

Citation

Chamberlain, A., Bødker, M., & Papangelis, K. (2018). Sounding Out Ethnography and Design: Developing Metadata Frameworks for Designing Personal Heritage Soundscapes. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 66(6), 468-477. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2018.0025

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jun 18, 2018
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 9, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 2, 2019
• Journal: AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
• Print ISSN: 1549-4950
• Electronic ISSN: 1549-4950
• Publisher: Audio Engineering Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 468-477
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2018.0025
• Keywords: Music; Sound; Technology; Design; HCI; CSCW; Heritage; Soundscapes; Art; Geography; Autoethnography; Ethnography; Data; Metadata
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/930604
• Publisher URL: http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=19586