Robophony: A new voice in the soundscape

Abstract

Soundscape studies typically distinguish between three sources of sound: biophony, sounds produced by animals, plants, and other biological entities; geophony, sounds produced by non-living features such as water or wind; and anthrophony, sounds produced by humans and human technology. Recent developments in the study of hybrid ecosystems and ecological robotics challenge these categorizations. A series of four soundscape interventions are considered, which lead to the proposal of a new category: robophony. These interventions — robots and autonomous digital agents — operate in feedback loops with the existing bio-, geo-, and anthrophony in the ecosystem. The properties that emerge from these cases: site specificity, hybrid sourcing, and layered temporality form the basis of this new category of sound in the soundscape.

Contributors

David Kadish

Conference

Publication date: August 2019

Publication date (Print): August 2019

Pages: 243-252

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IT University of Copenhagen

itu.dk

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.37

Copyright statement: © Kadish. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of RE:SOUND 2019

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Conference name: RE:SOUND 2019 – 8th International Conference on Media Art, Science, and Technology

Conference acronym: RE:SOUND 2019

Conference number: 8

Conference location: Aalborg, Denmark

Conference date: August 20-23, 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Media Art, Science, and Technology

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Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing