Research Catalog

Title

Worship sound spaces : architecture, acoustics and anthropology / edited by Christine Guillebaud and Catherine Lavandier.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Guillebaud, Christine
• Lavandier, Catherine

Description

xx, 229 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Worship Sound Spaces unites specialists from architecture, acoustic engineering and the social sciences to encourage closer analysis of the sound environments within places of worship. Gathering a wide range of case studies set in Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East, and Africa, the book presents investigations into Muslim, Christian and Hindu spaces. These diverse cultural contexts demonstrate the composite nature of designing and experiencing places of worship. Beginning with a historical overview of the three primary indicators in acoustic design of religious buildings, reverberation, intelligibility and clarity, the second part of this edited collection offers a series of field studies devoted to perception, before moving onto recent examples of restoration of the sound ambiances of former religious buildings. Written for academics and students interested in architecture, cultural heritage, acoustics, sensory studies and sound"--

Series Statement

Routledge research in architecture

Uniform Title

Routledge research in architecture.

Subject

• Architectural acoustics
• Religious facilities
• Church buildings > Acoustics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Religious listenings: a multidisciplinary approach / Christine Guillebaud and Catherine Lavandier -- Characterizing the acoustics of places of worship: should we believe in acoustic indicators? / Marc Asselineau -- Towards a history of architectural acoustics using archaeological evidence: recent research contributions to understanding the use of acoustic pots in the quest for sound quality in 11th- to 17th-century churches In France / Jean-Christophe Valière and Bénédicte Palazzo-Bertholon -- Temple soundspaces and ancient Hindu ritual texts / Gérard Colas -- The worldmaking ways of church bells: three stories about the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris / Gaspard Salatko -- What should the reverberation inside a masjid be?: a study exploring the demands of Imams / Ahmed Elkhateeb -- "Soundwalks in Shiva temple": a situated approach to perceived ambiance / Christine Guillebaud -- Bells, auspiciousness and the god of music: reflections on sound in ritual space in nepalese Hindu traditions / Astrid Zotter -- Resonant voices and spatial politics: an acoustemology of citizenship in a Muslim neighbourhood of the Kenyan coast / Andrew J. Eisenberg -- The church beyond worship: experiencing monumental soundspaces in the Roman Catholic churches of Montréal (Québec, Canada) / Josée Laplace -- Sound heterotopia in Cistercian monastery / Pascal Joanne -- The original acoustics of the 17th-century Mughal heritage of Burhanpur, India / Amit J. Wahurwagh, Akshay P. Patil and Alpana R. Dongre -- Afterword: a world of attunements / Jean-Paul Thibaud.
• Characterizing the acoustics of places of worship : Should we believe in acoustic indicators? / Marc Asselineau -- Temple soundspaces and ancient Hindu ritual texts / Gérard Colas -- What should the reverberation inside a masjid be? A study exploring the demands of Imams / Ahmed Elkhateeb -- Sound heterotopia in a Cistercian monastery / Pascal Joanne.

Call Number

JME 20-139

ISBN

• 9780367234225
• 036723422X
• 9780429279782 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019029809

OCLC

1108810160

Title

Worship sound spaces : architecture, acoustics and anthropology / edited by Christine Guillebaud and Catherine Lavandier.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge research in architecture

Routledge research in architecture.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

ED: UNIVERSITY OF PARIS NANTERRE. BASED ON PAPERS FROMJ A 2015 CONFERENCE.

Added Author

Guillebaud, Christine, editor.

Lavandier, Catherine, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Worship sound spaces One. New York : Routledge, 2019. 9780429279782 (DLC) 2019029810

Research Call Number

JME 20-139