Principle Investigator:
G. Papakonstantinou
Funding Body:
Research Committee, University of Thessaly
General approach
The research project aims at describing cities through their soundscapes and presenting this recording in a useable way, so that the “visitor” can form an “audio image” of the city and its inhabitants. The area of “Palea” in Volos was chosen for this pilot application.
Aims and Possible users
The creationof a file with sounds from urban landscapes in Greece is an innovation and fills actual needs of the professional audiovisual field.
Two categories of users exist who can promptly use such a file:
The existence of a database will offer the opportunity to constantly expand the project in various ways (either by recording during the 4 seasons at the same places, or by recording more places and describing the cities in greater detail, or even by recording more cities).
Description of the pilot application
The initial recording of the soundscape of the area of “Palea” in the city of Volos will include two sound units:
Sound recording:
J.Vogiatzis, Keenan Accaoui, Persa Miliou
Sound processing:
Nikos Vamvakas
IT Engineer:
G.Kalaouzis
Coordination:
Ifigeneia Charatsi
Technical Assistance:
Eleni Pispiri
External Collaborator:
Elektra Venaki