Virtual Audio and Past Environments: Audio and Acoustics in Heritage
Applications
Some places are available for this workshop on 17 March 2008 at the National
Centre for Early Music in York.
Those who are interested in this event - and in all aspects of digital music
and sound generation - are also invited to join the Music & Sound user group
at Digital Arts & Humanities (http://www.arts-humanities.net/music_sound).
The workshop will explore multi-disciplinary approaches to audio, acoustics,
and sound design, in order to discover how current techniques and research
might be applied specifically to heritage and related applications. The day
will be followed by an evening sound tour of sites and installations around
the city.
The workshop will take place at the National Centre for Early Music
http://www.ncem.co.uk/, York.
The workshop will:
* Bring together researchers, practitioners, and professionals working in
the area of audio and acoustics.
* Demonstrate audio work in the field of history, heritage and the
preservation and interpretation of past environments.
* Disseminate audio work across the museum, heritage and related sectors.
* Offer networking opportunities with researchers and practitioners working
in audio, acoustics and sound design.
* Share knowledge, experience and promotion of good practice in sound design
for heritage and museums applications.
* Identify common interests, goals and future directions for research.
* Lead to focused collaborations and working parties for the development of
new projects and/or research proposals.
Further information and a list of confirmed speakers can be found at:
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~dtm3/acoustics_heritage.html
The workshop is funded by the AHRC ICT Methods Network and supported by
SpACE-Net http://www.space-net.org.uk/ and EPSRC
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/default.htm.
To register for the event please contact [log in to unmask]
by Tuesday 11 March.
This is a multi-disciplinary event, so please do help to spread the word
around interested friends and colleagues, especially in the arts,
museums, and heritage sectors.
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