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RESEARCH PROJECTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The Soundscape of Wroc\u0142aw: Research on the Acoustic Environment of a Central European City<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Soundscapes of Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv: Comparative Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Alternative Sound Guide to Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Axiosemiotics of Sheet Music<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The Soundscape of Wroc\u0142aw: Research on the Acoustic Environment of a Central European City<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe Soundscape of Wroc\u0142aw\u201d was first such a comprehensive study of soundscape conducted so far in Poland.  The results of the research are \u2013 the monographic book edited by Robert Losiak and Renata Ta\u0144czuk, the archive and the sound map. The project was realized from 2011 to 2014 by a multi-disciplinary research group that included culture scholars and musicologists from the Studio as well as invited scholars \u2013 for example an ethnomusicologist and a historian. However, the history of the studies goes back to 2004 when Robert Losiak started his research on soundscapes of Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The methodological approach of \u201cThe Sounds of Wroc\u0142aw\u201d project has at least three key sources: the critical reinterpretation of the ideas introduced by Raymond Murray Schafer, the achievements of contemporary sound studies and the theory of culture proposed by the scholars from the Institute of Cultural Studies in Wroc\u0142aw. We believe that the studies of soundscape should be multidimensional that\u2019s why our research on Wroc\u0142aw\u2019s soundscapes consisted of three equivalent parts: a descriptive study and an audio documentation of the sonic environment of the city, a characterization of the sonic artefacts of Wroc\u0142aw, and a reception study of the soundscapes of Wroc\u0142aw based on qualitative research methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Soundscapes of Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv: Comparative Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The comparative study of the soundscapes of Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv took place and 2010 and was conducted in cooperation between the University of Wroc\u0142aw and the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Its aim was for Polish and Ukrainian to perform a comparative study of the soundscapes of Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv within the context of the partnership between the cities. The overarching goal was to define the sonic characteristics of Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv with particular emphasis on the similarities and differences between them stemming from cultural, civilizational, geographical, and natural differences. The method selected was auditive field research on each city\u2019s soundscape conducted in parallel by visiting researchers from the partner city. The research objective was defined as searching for sonically intriguing spaces, sound signals, soundmarks, and paying attention to sonic similarities and differences from the point of view of an out-of-towner unfamiliar with the local soundscape. This included making photographic, written, and video documentation. Creating maps for sound walks around both cities was also planned. The project was complemented with pilot surveys among students of the universities in Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv on their reception of their cities\u2019 soundscapes. The project succeeded partially \u2013 only the research in Lviv, performed between 2011 and 2014 by Robert Losiak, took place. In addition to the numerous recordings and descriptions, the project resulted in an article by R. Losiak, titled Audiosfera miast. Projekt bada\u0144 por\u00f3wnawczych Wroc\u0142awia i Lwowa<\/em> (City soundscapes. A proposal for a comparative study of Wroc\u0142aw and Lviv<\/em>). It was published in the Ukraine (\u0412\u0456\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043a \u041b\u044c\u0432\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0443\u043d\u0456\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0442\u0443. \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0456\u044f \u043c\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0446\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e. \u0412\u0438\u043f. 14, \u041b\u044c\u0432\u0456\u0432, 2014) and Poland (I. Topp, P.J. Fere\u0144ski (eds.), Dialogi uniwersyteckie: O nauce, tradycji i przysz\u0142o\u015bci w wielokulturowym \u015bwiecie, Wroc\u0142aw 2014). The results were also presented during university lectures and academic conferences in Wroc\u0142aw (2012) and Lviv (2011, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     An Alternative Sound Guide to Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The research aimed at creating an alternative sound guide to Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w took place in 2014 as a part of the \u201cArt in the space of culture\u201d course taught as a part of the cultural studies major at the University of Wroc\u0142aw by Robert Losiak. Working on the guide was a cognitive experiment within the context of urban soundscape research, which is why the guide is referred to as \u201calternative\u201d. The idea behind the guide was to stay open to the city\u2019s soundscape and avoid limiting the search to the sonic environment understood as a real space, but rather to refer to all sonic (and musical) artifacts which are in some way associated with Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w and are present in the broadly understood media and culture. The task of the student research group was to penetrate all (including the small and ephemeral) sonic phenomena in selected areas of the city, which included both public spaces and the media (radio, television, newspapers, the internet). Project artifacts include archived sound recordings, photos, and written analyses on selected topics, such as the bells of Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w, the sounds of the train station, the soundscape of a local park, the soundscape of churches, the soundscape of selected caf\u00e9s and restaurants, sound descriptions of selected streets in the city center, cemeteries, the local Radio Sudety, as well as of websites about Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w (such as the city\u2019s official website and the websites of the local community center and music school). The project also resulted in an article published in Prace Kulturoznawcze XVII (Wroc\u0142aw 2015) by R. Losiak: Przewodniki d\u017awi\u0119kowe w kontek\u015bcie <\/em>soundscape studies. W stron\u0119 koncepcji alternatywnego przewodnika d\u017awi\u0119kowego Dzier\u017coniowa <\/em>(Sound guides in the context of soundscape studies. Towards an alternative audio guide to Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w<\/em>). Although the research project has not yielded the expected result of publishing an accessible sound guide to Dzier\u017coni\u00f3w, one may be published in the future, perhaps as a part of the planned research on the soundscape of Lower Silesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Axiosemiotics of Sheet Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The goal of the project is to document Polish sheet music from the 19th and 20th centuries and analyze their iconic layer as a representation of music and lyrics and a form of advertising. We look at sheet music as a medium of meaning and values which, when analyzed, uncovers the changes in aesthetic and musical preferences, as well as the reception of ideas of gender, national identity, and foreign cultures. The planned result is a database of Polish sheet music from the aforementioned period and an academic publication summarizing the research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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