Search for dissertations about: "Soundscapes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word Soundscapes.

  2. 1. Silent Modernism : Soundscapes and the Unsayable in Richardson, Joyce, and Woolf

    Author : Annika Lindskog; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; silence; modernist fiction; realism; the unsayable; soundscapes; Dorothy Richardson; Virginia Woolf; James Joyce;

    Abstract : This thesis examines silence in modernist fiction, explaining how it forms a central aspect of realism in the modernist novel. It is based on close readings of the form and function of silence in the works of Dorothy Richardson, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf. READ MORE

  4. 2. Aesthetic Appreciation Explicated

    Author : Östen Axelsson; Mats E. Nilsson; Birgitta Berglund; Terry Hartig; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aesthetic Appreciation; Information-Load Model; Photographs; Soundscapes; Theory Development; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : The present doctoral thesis outlines a new model in psychological aesthetics, named the Information-Load Model. This model asserts that aesthetic appreciation is grounded in the relationship between the amount of information of stimuli and people’s capacity to process this information. READ MORE

  5. 3. Soundscapes in nineteenth-century Gothic short stories

    Author : Elena Glotova; Virginia Langum; Marlene Johansson Falck; Sylvia Mieszkowski; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; soundscape; the Gothic; short story; auscultator; acousmatic sound; liminality; the uncanny; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : In the eerie world of Gothic literature, sound represents a source of fear, anxiety, and discomfort, and it mostly affects its listeners through the invisible character of the experience. Sound is integral to nineteenth-century Gothic short stories with their panoply of liminal and polyphonic oppositions, as well as a claustrophobic feel of spaces, fearful listeners, and the return of the repressed. READ MORE

  6. 4. Unwanted wanted sounds : Perception of sounds from water structures in urban soundscapes

    Author : Maria Rådsten Ekman; Mats E Nilsson; Catherine Lavandier; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Perception; psychoacoustics; soundscape; water-sound; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Water structures, for example, fountains, are common design elements in urban open public spaces. Their popularity is probably explained by their visual attractiveness. Less is known about how the sounds of water struc-tures influence the urban soundscape. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sound perception and design in multimodal environments

    Author : PerMagnus Lindborg; Anders K. Friberg; Daniel Västfjäll; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sound; perception; design; multimodal; environment; soundscape; music; listening; crossmodal; psychoacoustics; psychophysiology; personality trait; emotion; appraisal; aesthetics; colour; correlation; regression; classification; sonification; Tal- och musikkommunikation; Speech and Music Communication;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about sound in context. Since sensory processing is inherently multimodal, research in sound is necessarily multidisciplinary. The present work has been guided by principles of systematicity, ecological validity, complementarity of  methods, and integration of science and art. READ MORE