Picture this: you cross the Atlantic for a trip to Las Vegas, and you have a whole week ahead of you. What do you do?
Echoes of the Narrows: An archaeoacoustics journey from neon to nature in the desert of Nevada
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Welcome to our multisensory map – a portal to the captivating world of Artsoundscapes!
The dissemination strategy of the Artsoundscapes project has moved a step forward with the development of a multisensory interactive map
In search of the sounds and music of the Punic sanctuary of Es Culleram (Ibiza)
In the last few years, the topic of music in the Punic world in general, and in particular in Ibiza, has attracted some scholarly attention…
Resonating in the Paranymph of the UB: Sharing Science at the European Research Night 2023
The Nit de la Recerca (European Research Night) is an awe-inspiring scientific outreach initiative brought to life by the European Commission …
Starting my Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc on medieval monastic soundscapes at the UB
This first blog entry is dedicated to explaining my motivation behind making such a dramatic change in my personal and professional life.
Cold weather, warm experience: a PhD work-oriented stay at Aalto University (Finland)
Samantha López explains about her PhD work-oriented stay at Aalto University (Finland) from September to December 2022
Crossing boundaries: A tale of an acoustician’s first fieldwork among archaeologists in the Drakensberg mountains, South Africa
An acoustic engineer tells us about his experience of doing archaeoacoustics fieldwork in the Drakensberg Mountains in spring 2022
Artsoundscapes conference 2022: Exploring multidisciplinary approaches in the field of archaeoacoustics
On 20 and 21 October 2022 the ERC Artsoundscapes project organised the “Past sounds: new perspectives in the field of archaeoacoustics” conference …
The acoustics of Palaeolithic caves: a research polyphony
Last January, the youngest members of the Artsoundscapes project travelled to southern Spain to examine first-hand the possibilities of archaeoacoustics in caves containing Palaeolithic rock art…
The Artsoundscapes research lines in psychoacoustics, neuropsychology and ethnomusicology working together
Last July, members of the Artsoundscapes psychoacoustics, neuropsychology and ethnomusicology research groups worked together on making a series of high-quality musical recordings…
Acoustics and rock art sites, an enigma to be resolved
There are always a many uncertainties when analysing human interaction with sacred places, since a wide variety of physical, social and cultural factors needs to be considered at the same time. Such uncertainties are even more difficult to elucidate when…
From neural action to the human experience. How can we measure mental states with electroencephalography?
By Raquel Aparicio, PhD Candidate; Samantha López, PhD Candidate; Dr Carles Escera, Senior Staff. There has always been a close relationship between art and humans. In Europe there are some claims...
Visitando los paisajes del arte rupestre levantino: magníficas vistas, escenas de baile y peinados excéntricos
Por Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Principal Investigator Artsounscapes y Neemias Santos da Rosa, Junior Postdoctoral Researcher. Del 5 al 13 de octubre el Proyecto Artsoundscapes volvió a salir de trabajo...
Visiting the artscapes of Levantine rock art: magnificent views, dancing scenes and eccentric hairdos
By Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Principal Investigator Artsounscapes and Neemias Santos da Rosa, Junior Postdoctoral Researcher. The Artsoundscapes Project was out in the field again from 5 to 13...
immpaLAB: Immersive PsychoAcoustic Laboratory
By Samantha López, PhD Candidate; Raquel Aparicio, PhD Candidate; Dr José Valenzuela, Artsoundscapes Collaborator; Dr Carles Escera, Senior Staff. Under the auspices of the Artsoundscapes project,...
«Soundscape»: Two points of reflection
By Dr Marina Peterson and Dr David Novak Questions and introduction by Ana-María Alarcón-Jiménez, Junior Postdoctoral Researcher This blog post presents a critical conversation on “soundscape”...
Artsoundscapes in Catalonia: Exploring its rock art
By Laura Fernández Macías, Junior Researcher
If this 2020 will be remembered for anything, it will be for this terrible pandemic of Covid-19, which has the whole world on tenterhooks…
The place of acoustics in the process of rock art production
By Neemias Santos da Rosa, Postdoctoral Researcher. How does acoustics fit into the process of rock art production? Before answering this question, we need to clarify a fundamental matter: what is...
How we take acoustical measurements in the Artsoundscapes project, and how we got there
By Adriano Farina, Angelo Farina and Enrico Armelloni.Brief history of acoustical measurements. The field of acoustics was first formalized at the end of the nineteenth century by American physicist...
Fieldwork in Catalonia… at a Time of Coronavirus
By Tommaso Mattioli, Senior Researcher I always take notes on everything during rock art surveys and today, as I was reading my own observations, questions and thoughts recorded during the last...
Measuring emotions to understand ancient communities
By José Valenzuela, Doctoral Researcher. How can we understand the psychological response to sound in a prehistoric rock art landscape? The Artsoundscapes project seeks to analyse soundscapes to...
From London with Sound
By Mathieu Picas, Research Assistant On the 22 and 23 of November 2019, a special two-day seminar on Music Archaeology in Latin America was held at the Senate House of the University of London. This...
Thinking from Bogota, Colombia
By Ana María Alarcón Jiménez, Postdoctoral Researcher During these past months, there have been a number of discussions in professional groups like the Society for Ethnomusicology and the American...
Searching for the Rock Art Sounds of the Daureb/Brandberg in Namibia
By Doerte Weig, Senior Researcher. What might a San person or group have heard moving around the Daureb inselberg in Namibia around 4000 BP? Which kinds of sounds might they have made, gathering and...
Artsoundscapes in Siberia. An expedition about rock art, acoustics and human limits (Part II)
By Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Postdoctoral Researcher. As our days in Siberia were full and we generally worked every day from morning to evening, we did not have much time for leisure. Our free time...
Artsoundscapes in Siberia. An expedition about rock art, acoustics and human limits (Part I)
By Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Postdoctoral ResearcherOverwhelming, breathtaking landscapes. A very long way from home. Those are the words that come to mind whenever I think about the Artsoundscapes...
10 months of Artsoundscapes – the who, the what and the when
By Margarita Díaz-Andreu, Principal Investigator The ERC Artsoundscapes project started ten months ago, what it seems now like a long time. These past few months have been full of activities...