Title:

The dying of Czerniakowskie lake, the dying of quiet: from a hi-fi to a lo-fi soundscape

Subtitle:

Etnografia Polska 63 z. 1-2 (2019)

Creator:

Kabzińska, Iwona

Contributor:

Granas, Michelle : Tł.

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2019

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Subject and Keywords:

etnografia -- czasopisma

Abstract:

Raymond Murray Schafer, a pioneer in research on the soundscape, distinguished between hi-fi and lo-fi soundscapes. The hi-fi soundscape is characterized by natural sounds, recognizable as acoustic signals. Such a soundscape has room for quiet. The lo-fi soundscape is dominated by artificial, mechanical, aggressive, irritating sounds, or noise. The emergence of this type of soundscape has been facilitated by the development of industry, by urbanization, by the realization of succeeding investments in transportation, trade, and entertainment, and by the universality of various kinds of “loud” equipment in households and the public sphere ; As an example of passage from a hi-fi to a lo-fi soundscape, the author explains the causes for the degradation of the Czerniakowskie Lake nature reserve. The causes include, above all, the construction of succeeding housing settlements near the body of water, the nearness of busy communications arteries, and the pressure to increase the reserve’s use for entertainment and recreation. These activities not only have a disadvantageous impact on the natural environment, but they also contribute to the production of noise, which drives out the quiet ; The author notes the varying attitudes to changes to the reserve and various visions and expectations for its future. Whether the reserve will be changed entirely into a lo-fi soundscape will depend on the aims and plans that are implemented. Will the traits of a hi-fi soundscape become a phenomenon entirely of the past, of memories and reflections on the changes undergone by a place with which our fates are connected?

Relation:

Etnografia Polska

Volume:

63

Issue:

1-2

Start page:

113

End page:

132

Resource type:

Tekst

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

0071-1861 ; doi:10.23858/EP63.2019.007

Source:

IAiE PAN, sygn. P 325 ; IAiE PAN, sygn. P 326 ; IAiE PAN, sygn. P 327 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp nieograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Instytutu Archeologii i Etnologii PAN

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