Battesti V. auteur aut IRD Puig Nicolas auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access This study on sound perception in Cairo uses a methodological procedure described in a previous issue of this journal [11(3)]. The procedure involves equipping inhabitants of Cairo, the Egyptian capital, with binaural microphones that record the surrounding urban sounds during one of their daily journeys (without the researcher). Participants later describe and comment on the sounds while listening to the recording. Analysis of this material allowed us first to establish an organized lexicon in categories. We identified a structured "natural language of sounds". The 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. This socialization of sound led us to the notion of "sound constructs" as products of an immediate socialization of the perception of sound. Experiment clarifies how perception operates in Cairo, notably through territory differentiation using sonic saliences and soundmarks. Finally, 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. specialized Cairo urban ambiance acoustic sonic sensory ethnography binaural EGYPTE LE CAIRE 102 106 15 2 170-191 2020 1745-8927 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079339 10.1080/17458927.2020.1763606 1745-8927 [F B010079339] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079339 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2020/08/010079339.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-09-17 2025-02-24 fdi:010079339 fre