Papers by Manon Raimbault
Acta Acustica united with Acustica
The present research on cognitive categories mediates between individual experiences of soundscap... more The present research on cognitive categories mediates between individual experiences of soundscapes and collective representations shared in language and elaborated as knowledge. This approach focuses on meanings attributed to soundscapes in an attempt to bridge the gap between individual perceptual categories and sociological representations. First, results of several free categorisation experiments are presented, namely the categorical structures elicited using soundscape recordings and the underlying principles of organisation derived from the analysis of verbal comments. People categorised sound samples on the basis of semantic features that integrate perceptual ones. Specifically, soundscapes reflecting human activity were perceived as more pleasant than soundscapes where mechanical sounds were predominant. Second, the linguistic exploration of free-format verbal description of soundscapes indicated that the meanings attributed to sounds act as a determinant for sound quality e...
A cognitive approach to soundscape research
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004
The present research on cognitive categories for soundscapes focuses on their interpretations and... more The present research on cognitive categories for soundscapes focuses on their interpretations and can be seen as mediating between individual sensory experiences and collective representations shared in language and elaborated as knowledge. Results of field inquiries in Paris, Lyon, and Nantes are presented together with results from categorization of recorded soundscapes in laboratory conditions. Categories were identified by means of
Cities, 2005
The aim of the present work is to understand how the use of the notion of soundscapes can help in... more The aim of the present work is to understand how the use of the notion of soundscapes can help in conceiving ambient sound environments in cities. From an overview of recent studies concerned with assessments of sound phenomena in everyday-life situations, the relevance of the soundscape concept is discussed as structuring the categorical space of sounds in cities. Urban planners have been interviewed concerning the soundscape concept in relation to urban projects. This allows comparisons between acousticians', city-users' and planners' categorizations of urban soundscapes, and suggests that a simple decrease of noise level or the elimination of noises is insufficient to account for urban environment improvement.
Quality of Sound Environments Which Depend on the Uses of SCHOOLS1
... Catherine Lavandier * Manon Raimbault * Christophe Martel * Gerard Ignazi * Daniele Dubois **... more ... Catherine Lavandier * Manon Raimbault * Christophe Martel * Gerard Ignazi * Daniele Dubois ** Pascale Chimney ** Frederique Guyot *** Yann Knight **** ... in linguistics through VERBS (such as to hear, to listen), ADJECTIVES (such as noisy, calm, quiet) or NOUNS (such as ...
Les éducateurs dans les établissements scolaires ont une priorité : transmettre des connaissances... more Les éducateurs dans les établissements scolaires ont une priorité : transmettre des connaissances, c'est à dire des savoirs faire ou être, sous les formes les plus variées. Ils utilisent donc pour cela différents supports, et l'un des supports privilégiés reste encore le discours verbal. Une perturbation dans la qualité de l'environnement sonore peut alors réduire l'efficacité de la tâche d'apprentissage. Les établissements d'enseignement sont donc des exemples de bâtiments publics où le confort sonore a des conséquences sur leur qualité d'usage. Ainsi, ce projet de recherche a pour but de proposer un outil d'évaluation de la qualité des ambiances sonores liées à la vie dans ces établissements. Cet outil ("fiche d'évaluation") devrait fournir aux concepteurs et aux maîtres d'ouvrage les éléments descriptifs nécessaires pour améliorer la prise en compte des dimensions sonores dans les futures constructions.
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Papers by Manon Raimbault