Agogic maps : from musical phrasing to enhancement of urban spaces

• Main Author: Pe, Raffaele, 1985- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: SpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology. PoliMI SpringerBriefs.
• Subjects: Urbanization.; City planning.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319483061; 9783319483047
• ISSN: 2191-530X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 66 pages) : illustrations

This book explores the value of the musical concept of "agogics"? the modification of regular rhythm to enhance expressive potential? in understanding urban spatial configurations within the current technological context and in developing urban maps that exploit sonic signals to create an...

Table of 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.