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PerspectivesAcousticsExploringsoundscapesCutting-edge data collection by citizenscientists maps a world <strong>of</strong> sonic diversityConsider the following seemingly unconnected scenes: a slug eating a lettuce leaf,disposing <strong>of</strong> an unexploded bomb in Vietnam, and an <strong>of</strong>fice on an <strong>of</strong>fshoreplatform in the North Sea. The chances are good that you imagined themvisually, you ‘pictured’ them. We live in a strongly visual culture, where visualinformation is the norm and the environment is <strong>of</strong>ten described in visual terms.Yet, we know that there is much more to our sensory capability than just vision.Exploring people’s auditory appreciation <strong>of</strong> our environment is the subject <strong>of</strong> apioneering project from the Acoustics Research Centre in the School <strong>of</strong> Computing,Science & Engineering. >16 | May 2013
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