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Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle : learning by example in huma…
This open access book illustrates how interdisciplinary research develops over the lifetime of a scholar: not in a single project, but as an attitude that trickles down, or spirals up, into research. This book presents how interdisciplinary work has inspired shifts in how the contributors read, value concepts, critically combine methods, cope with knowledge hierarchies, write in style, and coll…
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- 1
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- 9783031111082
- Collation
- xvi, 337p. : ill.
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- -
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- 820.90001 INT i
Soundscapes of the urban past: staged sound as mediated cultural heritage
We cannot simply listen to our urban past. Yet we encounter a rich cultural heritage of city sounds presented in text, radio and film. How can such 'staged sounds' express the changing identities of cities? This volume presents a collection of studies on the staging of Amsterdam, Berlin and London soundscapes in historical documents, radio plays and films, and offers insights into themes such a…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783837621792
- Collation
- 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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- Sound studies ; v. 5
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- 781 SOU s
Sonic skills : listening for knowledge in science, medicine and engineering (…
It is common for us today to associate the practice of science primarily with the act of seeing—with staring at computer screens, analyzing graphs, and presenting images. We may notice that physicians use stethoscopes to listen for disease, that biologists tune into sound recordings to understand birds, or that engineers have created Geiger tellers warning us for radiation through sound. But …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781137598295
- Collation
- ix, 174p. ill.
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- -
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- 501.4 BIJ s
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