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  Addressing the Mapping Problem in Sonic Information Design through Embodied Image Schemata, Conceptual Metaphors, and Conceptual Blending (2019) author(s): Stephen Roddy published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
  This article explores the mapping problem in parameter mapping sonification: the problem of how to map data to sound in a way that conveys meaning to the listener. We contend that this problem can be addressed by considering the implied conceptual framing of data–to–sound mapping strategies with a particular focus on how such frameworks may be informed by embodied cognition research and theories of conceptual metaphor. To this end, we discuss two examples of data-driven musical pieces which are informed by models from embodied cognition, followed by a more detailed case study of a sonic information design mapping strategy for a large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) network.
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  Home page JSS (2019) author(s): Journal of Sonic Studies published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
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  JSS Book reviews (2019) author(s): Journal of Sonic Studies published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
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  JSS TOCs (2019) author(s): Journal of Sonic Studies published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
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  The Dominant Eye (2018) author(s): Vincent Meelberg published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
  The Dominant Eye is a sixteen week project that aims to uncover why there is a heirachy of the visual sense whilst establishing strategies to re-engage with our forgotten senses. Through a series of weekly radio discussions, members from The Noematic Collective will build on a dialogue with speakers to form a manifesto towards an equality of the senses. Speakers will include sound theorists, artists, architects and specialist researchers whom deal with the beaurocracy of the senses that has been established by modernist thinkers like Art Critic Clement Greenberg.
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  Sonifying for Public Engagement: A Context-Based Model for Socially Relevant Data (2018) author(s): Milena Droumeva published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
  In this paper we discuss the possibility for designing sonification as a tool for public engagement for socially relevant data. We do so through a case study of a specific sonification model and the results of a participatory focus group discussing ours and similar sonifications of “social” data. First we report on a unique and contextually-sensitive approach to sonification of a subset of climate data: urban air pollution for four Canadian cities. Similarly to other data-driven models for sonification and auditory display, this model details an approach to data parameter mappings, however we specifically consider the context of a public engagement initiative and reception by an “everyday” listener as a core principle informing our design. Further, we present an innovative model for FM index-driven sonification that rests on the notion of “harmonic identities” for each air pollution data parameter sonified, allowing us to sonify more datasets in a perceptually “economic” way. Finally, we discuss usability and design implications for sonifying socially relevant information based on user evaluation of our design and an open-ended discussion from two small-scale participatory focus groups.
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