Agogic maps : from musical phrasing to enhancement of urban spaces /: from musical phrasing to enhancement of urban spaces. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Raffaele Pe.
• Authors: Pe, Raffaele, 1985-
• Contents: Foreword: Tune-In City; Foreword: Unconventional Media for Metropolitan Orientation; A Technological Issue; An Issue of Interpretation; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 The Imageless City. An Aural Approach to Locative Media and Informal Settlements; Abstract; 1.1 The Experimental Extent of a Map; 1.2 A Topographic Bond: Houses and Routes in Informal Settlements; 1.3 The Notion of Agogic to Evaluate Performance for Spatial Configuration; 1.4 Tonal Transcripts; 1.5 Investigating Informality in Dar es Salaam Irregular Settlements; 1.6 The Field of Action. 1.7 Informal Settlements in Dar es Salaam. Taxonomy and History1.8 Accessibility and Orientation: Emerging Suburban Issues; References; 2 From Territorial Surveys to Mental Mapping. The Recognition of the Anthropological Image; Abstract; 2.1 The Notion of Anthropological Image; 2.2 Prehistorical Settlements; 2.3 The Configuration of the Swahili Settlement; 2.4 Artistic Practice as an Asset. The Tingatinga Art Movement; 2.5 The Batik Painting Technique; 2.6 Musical Composition. The Muziki Wa Dansi; References; 3 Urban Samples. The Reconstruction of the Settlement Model; Abstract. 3.1 Sustainable Settlement Models in Urban-Rural Metropolitan Scenarios3.2 An Exemplary Metropolitan Section: The Informal District of Yombo Vituka in Dar es Salaam; 3.3 The Mental Image of an Informal Settlement: Centralities, Enclaves, Landmarks, Paths, Densities; 3.4 Anthropological Images and the Reconstruction of the Settlement Model: Courtyards, Squares, Backyards, Shores, Paths; References; 4 Agogic Maps. A Topography of Sound Signals for Spatial Orientation and Configuration; Abstract; 4.1 The Notion of Agogic and Its Relevance to Space-Time Design. 4.2 The Pace of Inhabitation. Applying Agogics to the Anthropological Image of the Place4.3 Geoscore. A Prototype for an Agogic Map in Dar es Salaam; 4.4 The Green-Grey Series; 4.5 Accessibility Map; 4.6 A Chronographic Rendition of the Variations of the Model; 4.7 Sense-making Through Agogic Maps: An Aural Revolution; 4.8 Spectralism and Spatial Variance; 4.9 Provisional Conclusions; References; Bibliography; Websites.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 66 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.76; Geography; Urbanization; City planning; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning; Urbanization; Geography; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Regional/Spatial Science; Acoustics; Music; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Science -- Acoustics & Sound; Music -- General; Political economy; Wave mechanics (vibration & acoustics); Music; Geographical information systems; Regional economics; Acoustics; Music; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319483061; 3319483064
• Related ISBNs: 9783319483047; 3319483048
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 27, 2017).
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