@article{fdi:010079339,
  title = {{T}owards a sonic ecology of urban life : ethnography of sound perception in {C}airo},
  author = {{B}attesti, {V}. and {P}uig, {N}icolas},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study on sound perception in {C}airo uses a methodological procedure described in a previous issue of this journal [11(3)]. {T}he procedure involves equipping inhabitants of {C}airo, the {E}gyptian capital, with binaural microphones that record the surrounding urban sounds during one of their daily journeys (without the researcher). {P}articipants later describe and comment on the sounds while listening to the recording. {A}nalysis of this material allowed us first to establish an organized lexicon in categories. {W}e identified a structured "natural language of sounds". {T}he data obtained reveal covert categories that describe three key domains of urban life: the active city, the city in movement, and the relational city. {A} principal finding is that sound perception systematically relates sounds to their origin, i.e. both the source and its social situation. {T}his socialization of sound led us to the notion of "sound constructs" as products of an immediate socialization of the perception of sound. {E}xperiment clarifies how perception operates in {C}airo, notably through territory differentiation using sonic saliences and soundmarks. {F}inally, we propose a "sonic ecology" of the city: how residents collectively experience the sound dimensions of their urban territory, navigate between very different territories, recognize them and respond to them.},
  keywords = {{C}airo ; urban ; ambiance ; acoustic ; sonic ; sensory ethnography ; binaural ; {EGYPTE} ; {LE} {CAIRE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}enses & {S}ociety},
  volume = {15},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {170--191},
  ISSN = {1745-8927},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1080/17458927.2020.1763606},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079339},
}