Aural Experiences in the Performative Spaces of the Past

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeoacoustics: Sound, Hearing, and Experience in Archaeology" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The aural experience is a fundamental process in the development of human beings, which is shaped by architecture and the environment. Sensory experience has rarely been considered in the study of public spaces in antiquity. Aural architecture is that aspect of real and virtual spaces that produces a sensorial and behavioral response in inhabitants. For example, a performative space in antiquity related to a sanctuary can produce feelings of connectedness and a sense of the numinous. This paper aims to investigate new insights and a radical reappraisal of antiquity’s sounds and sights in a performative space. Furthermore, this paper will explore the visual and acoustic experiences in the performative spaces “as sensory artifacts," developing a new theoretical basis and linking digital heritage and acoustical techniques. Through the acoustic analysis of particular case study in Italy, this paper will intend to explore a new approach to the development of the relationship between space, sound, and environment and a novel method to decipher geophony, biophony, and anthropophony, as a sort of “sonic fabric” of the performative spaces and their immediate surroundings, taking into account the relationships between the different and interactive sonic components of a landscape, thanks to digital technology.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Archaeoacoustics: Sound, Hearing, and Experience in Archaeology

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Abstract Id(s): 32107