The city and the others' sounds

Abstract

We know that cities have their sounds. Albeit similar, it is possible to say that urban sounds are organized according to their singularities. Those sounds that are culturally determined, e.g., speech and its accents, regional musicality, among others, are more easily identified as “sound marks,” in the sense that Schafer understands this phrase (specific sounds of a particular location). However, cities have different acoustic spaces, more or less chaotic, along with numerous factors. Thus, just as concrete, green areas (or lack of), and asphalt comprise different architectural and urban landscapes, urban soundscapes are also, paradoxically or not, different.