Data · dataset · 2026
Listening practices for urban sound space in Belfast
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare and UCL Research Data Repository — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.17034/32632971.v1
This research presents a nuanced account of inhabitants’ experiences of listening in everyday urban places.
Description
Using a methodology based on situated listening, the research turns a hearing perspective on Belfast City sites. As cities undergo various climate, health and social crises, sonic qualities of places too often remain a by-product of other planning and policy decisions.
In Belfast, these issues are compounded by unique socio-political dynamics shaping its public realm. This project seeks greater consideration of sonic experience in urban planning. The thesis asks: To what extent are inhabitants of cities, such as Belfast, aware of the sonic domain and its impact on their everyday lives?
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In what manner is it possible to intervene in sonic awareness in urban spaces? These questions are addressed through qualitative research methods, drawing on sound art and ethnographic practices. Fieldwork, centering on in-situ ‘conversational soundwalks’ with Belfast inhabitants, triangulates listening, walking, interviews, recording as well as site-specific performances.
Urban sound space is theorized as an interrelation of personal, situated and sonic nodes. Employing concepts from sonic, spatial and social disciplines, observations from fieldwork are framed though themes including: sonic awareness, filters and activators; thresholds and interfaces; misfits and mishearing; commons and agency, and empathy. Audio and visual recording form an accompanying document of the work.<br><br><b><i>Zip folder contains the media files (audio tracks and video recordings referenced in the thesis).</i></b><br><i><br><br></i>
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17034/32632971.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
Provenance · 4 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32632971 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32632971 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32632971 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UCL Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/32632971 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3603 | enrichment · zivahub uct ac za | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (74%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · rdr ucl ac uk | connector:rdr_ucl_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · rdr ucl ac uk | connector:rdr_ucl_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · rdr ucl ac uk | connector:rdr_ucl_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:audio | enrichment · zivahub uct ac za | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:video | enrichment · zivahub uct ac za | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |