Worship sound spaces : architecture, acoustics and anthropology /

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Worship Sound Spaces unites specialists from architecture, acoustic engineering and the social sciences to encourage closer analysis of the sound environments within places of worship. Gathering a wide range of case studies set in Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East, and Africa, the book pr...

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Other Authors: Guillebaud, Christine (Editor), Lavandier, Catherine (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor Francis Group, 2020
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
London ; New York : Routledge, 2020
New York : 2020
Series:Routledge research in architecture
Routledge research in architecture
Subjects:
Architectural acoustics > ^A993305
Architectural acoustics
Church buildings > Acoustics > ^A2367435
Church buildings > Acoustics
Religious facilities > ^A1639959
Religious facilities
Acoustique architecturale
Constructions religieuses
religious buildings
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Religious listenings: a multidisciplinary approach / Christine Guillebaud and Catherine Lavandier
  • Characterizing the acoustics of places of worship: should we believe in acoustic indicators? / Marc Asselineau
  • Towards a history of architectural acoustics using archaeological evidence: recent research contributions to understanding the use of acoustic pots in the quest for sound quality in 11th- to 17th-century churches In France / Jean-Christophe Valière and Bénédicte Palazzo-Bertholon
  • Temple soundspaces and ancient Hindu ritual texts / Gérard Colas
  • The worldmaking ways of church bells: three stories about the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris / Gaspard Salatko
  • What should the reverberation inside a masjid be?: a study exploring the demands of Imams / Ahmed Elkhateeb
  • “Soundwalks in Shiva temple”: a situated approach to perceived ambiance / Christine Guillebaud
  • Bells, auspiciousness and the god of music: reflections on sound in ritual space in nepalese Hindu traditions / Astrid Zotter
  • Resonant voices and spatial politics: an acoustemology of citizenship in a Muslim neighbourhood of the Kenyan coast / Andrew J. Eisenberg
  • The church beyond worship: experiencing monumental soundspaces in the Roman Catholic churches of Montréal (Québec, Canada) / Josée Laplace
  • Sound heterotopia in Cistercian monastery / Pascal Joanne
  • The original acoustics of the 17th-century Mughal heritage of Burhanpur, India / Amit J. Wahurwagh, Akshay P. Patil and Alpana R. Dongre
  • Afterword: a world of attunements / Jean-Paul Thibaud
  • Characterizing the acoustics of places of worship : Should we believe in acoustic indicators? / Marc Asselineau
  • Temple soundspaces and ancient Hindu ritual texts / Gérard Colas
  • What should the reverberation inside a masjid be? A study exploring the demands of Imams / Ahmed Elkhateeb
  • Sound heterotopia in a Cistercian monastery / Pascal Joanne
  • Characterizing the acoustics of places of worship : Should we believe in acoustic indicators? / Marc Asselineau
  • Temple soundspaces and ancient Hindu ritual texts / Gérard Colas
  • What should the reverberation inside a masjid be? A study exploring the demands of Imams / Ahmed Elkhateeb
  • Sound heterotopia in a Cistercian monastery / Pascal Joanne

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