Sounding Human with Data: The Role of Embodied Conceptual Metaphors and Aesthetics in Representing and Exploring Data Sets

Stephen Roddy; Brian Bridges

Sounding Human with Data: The Role of Embodied Conceptual Metaphors and Aesthetics in Representing and Exploring Data Sets

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Abstract

Auditory display is the use of sound to present information to a listener. Sonification is a particular type of auditory display technique in which data is mapped to non-speech sound to communicate information about its source to a listener. Sonification generally aims to leverage the temporal and frequency resolution of the human ear and is a useful technique for representing data that cannot be represented by visual means alone. Taking this perspective as our point of departure, we believe that sonification may benefit from being informed by aesthetic explorations and academic developments within the wider fields of music technology, electronic music and sonic arts. In this paper, we will seek to explore areas of common ground between sonification and electronic music/sonic arts using unifying frameworks derived from musical aesthetics and embodied cognitive science (Kendall, 2014; Lakoff & Johnson, 1999).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication
Publisher	University College Dublin
Pages	64-76
Number of pages	85
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-910963-04-3
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 4 Aug 2016
Event	MusTWork16 – Music Technology Workshop 2016: Establishing a Partnership Between Music Technology, Business Analytics and Industry in Ireland - University College Dublin Duration: 10 Jun 2016 → …

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Conference	MusTWork16 – Music Technology Workshop 2016: Establishing a Partnership Between Music Technology, Business Analytics and Industry in Ireland
Period	10/06/16 → …

Keywords

sonificiation
embodied cognition
aesthetics
auditory display
music
composition

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Roddy, S & Bridges, B 2016, Sounding Human with Data: The Role of Embodied Conceptual Metaphors and Aesthetics in Representing and Exploring Data Sets. in Unknown Host Publication. vol. 1, University College Dublin, pp. 64-76, MusTWork16 – Music Technology Workshop 2016: Establishing a Partnership Between Music Technology, Business Analytics and Industry in Ireland, 10/06/16. <http://www.ucd.ie/mustwork2016/t4media/MusTWork_2016_Proceedings.pdf>

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Sounding Human with Data: The Role of Embodied Conceptual Metaphors and Aesthetics in Representing and Exploring Data Sets

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