The Assessment of Soundscape as Intangible Heritage: Critical Approach in Understanding the Immaterial Qualities
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Nowadays, the assessment of the cultural significance of cultural heritage has changed. The cultural heritage is not only seen as tangible heritage but also related to intangible heritage. This intangible heritage assessment requires a different assessment, which emphasises the value of the immaterial qualities in determining the authenticity of cultural heritage, especially in Asia. One of the immaterial qualities dimensions is related to sounds. The immaterial qualities of sound in cultural heritage can be studied through a soundscape approach that has developed rapidly in the last decade. Soundscape is an approach that examines human perceptions that are influenced by the acoustic environment in a context. Questions arise on the significance value of soundscape in preserving cultural heritage and how to formulate the methodology to assess those values? Those problems will be discussed through a systematic and comprehensive literature review. The result shows that the soundscape has important role to understand the immaterial qualities value of cultural heritage. Moreover, cultural heritage's value can be achieved through historical analysis, technical analysis, and social analysis. This is a new approach to understand the immaterial qualities through multisensory which has not been widely discussed in preservation of cultural heritage.
Source: ITB Graduate School Conference
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220522158