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Research paper thumbnail of How to...Ensure Appropriate Gender Representation in Initial Phases of Online User Experience Research

SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a Sustainable Crowdsourced Sound Heritage Archive by Public Participation

Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2016

This paper explains how user-centered design approach shapes a cultural heritage project in the s... more This paper explains how user-centered design approach shapes a cultural heritage project in the sustainability context. The project aims to protect urban sounds as intangible cultural heritage elements and turn the action of protecting sounds into a collaborative work. Sounds are of great significance in daily urban life and in culture as they carry emotions and awaken cultural memories. Thus, they deserve to be protected and transferred to next generations. In this paper, we first evaluate soundscapes as an intangible cultural heritage element, second we explore the presentation techniques in soundscape studies in the literature, then we explain how the methods implemented step by step, and finally we introduce the two outcomes: the library archive (The Soundscape of Istanbul project) and the crowdsourced web archive (The Soundsslike project). The Soundscape of Istanbul project aims to collect and archive cultural and urban sounds of the city while The Soundsslike project is basically a crowdsourced online sound archive which invites people to record symbolic urban sounds and upload them to the online sound archive. This online platform was built and displayed in an exhibition by means of an interactive tabletop interface to learn more from users and contributors, and to enrich the archive content by raising public awareness of urban sounds.

Research paper thumbnail of Sound and the healthy city

Cities & Health, 2020

In this paper we study a class of sub-spaces of loop spaces which have appeared in the calculus o... more In this paper we study a class of sub-spaces of loop spaces which have appeared in the calculus of variations. Generalizing a result of Smale, we show that the space of loops tangent to a distribution satisfying Hδrmander's condition is weakly homotopic to the space of all loops. If the distribution is fat, we resolve the end point map from the space of horizontal paths. This resolution has two applications: (1) the proof that the cut-locus on an analytic fat Carnot-Caratheodory manifold is sub-analytic; (2) a study of the singularity of the horizontal loop space. At the end we study the geometry of left-invariant Carnot-Caratheodory metrics on fact nilpotent groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Protecting contemporary cultural soundscapes as intangible cultural heritage: sounds of Istanbul

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2016

Abstract This paper aims to evaluate culture and traditions of everyday life from a sonic perspec... more Abstract This paper aims to evaluate culture and traditions of everyday life from a sonic perspective and to suggest ways for protecting characteristic sounds and soundscapes. This multidisciplinary research, having roots in such fields as soundscape studies, intangible cultural heritage (ICH), museum studies and sensory studies, explores the larger contemporary cultural soundscape of Istanbul. This paper also draws on the project The Soundscape of Istanbul (https://soundscapeofistanbul.ku.edu.tr/), which is archiving the contemporary elements of the cultural soundscape of Istanbul that were determined by public contribution, and outlines examples from this collection. Sounds constitute an inevitable part of daily life and are therefore very important as ICH. Thus, they deserve to be protected to strengthen cultural memory. However, sonic culture is twice endangered due to the physical characteristics of sound itself and the dynamic structure of intangible culture. Therefore, urgent protection of contemporary cultural soundscapes in the context of ICH is crucial for transferring the present sonic environments to following generations in order to maintain cultural identity.

Research paper thumbnail of The Soundscape of Istanbul : Exploring the Public Awareness of Urban Sounds

The Soundscape of Istanbul project aims to explore urban sounds of Istanbul since they form a sig... more The Soundscape of Istanbul project aims to explore urban sounds of Istanbul since they form a significant part of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and to protect them by creating an archive for sounds of Istanbul's urban culture. We conducted primary source research followed by an online survey and interviews in order to specify culturally significant urban sounds and to define the archive content. Besides gathering data for archive content, we obtained a pattern demonstrating the level of awareness of urban and cultural sounds of Istanbul from the viewpoint of residents and foreigners. This paper discusses the pattern drawn from the results of the online survey that shows which sounds are primarily recognized and which ones less so, and put forward possible reasons for this outcome. This paper is intended to lay the groundwork for further research on which culturally significant urban sounds need more attention and how to increase awareness of the most important sounds for a sustainable urban culture.

Research paper thumbnail of Designing an Interactive Non-Linear Documentary Contributed by Public Participation: Suburbs of Istanbul

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2020

Suburbs of Istanbul is a web-based interactive documentary project that examines the identity of ... more Suburbs of Istanbul is a web-based interactive documentary project that examines the identity of suburban neighborhoods in Istanbul through the participation of its residents via online submission of their visual and written stories. Public participation also led the design process and helped prototype the interfaces of this non-linear documentary. This project aims to contribute to the field of interactive documentary and nonlinear storytelling by integrating participatory design techniques in the prototyping process of documentary interfaces. Involving public both as content providers and as active decision makers in design process lead to a more genuine outcome with a human-centered approach. This project also intends to create an interactive experience to provide a greater insight into rapidly changing lifestyles of Turkish people, to provide a global context to the stories presented, and to generate widespread awareness of issues surrounding suburban lifestyles across the world.

Research paper thumbnail of Designing an Experiential Exhibition for Raising Public Awareness of Cultural Sounds to Safeguard Sonic Intangible Cultural Heritage Values

International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Designing an Experiential Exhibition for Raising Public Awareness of Cultural Sounds to Safeguard Sonic Intangible Cultural Heritage Values

International Journal of Social Science and Humanity

This paper outlines an experiential exhibition that intends to increase public awareness of cultu... more This paper outlines an experiential exhibition that intends to increase public awareness of cultural sounds of Istanbul. Since intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements can only be safeguarded within society, it is necessary that the society is aware of cultural values and conscious about protecting them. In order to raise public awareness of sonic cultural values, we designed an exhibition to emphasize the cultural significance of urban sounds through sonic experiences. The exhibition is shaped by experience design, as experience is one of the most powerful ways of conveying a message. Moreover, the exhibition consists of only sounds and texts, but no visuals in order to draw attention on urban sounds and to keep visitors focused on thinking about these cultural values. This experiential exhibition leads to a raise in public awareness of urban sounds, which hopefully triggers protecting cultural values voluntarily and help turning the action of collecting and archiving urban sounds into a collaborative work.

Research paper thumbnail of Sustainable conservation and the inherent qualities of the traditional community in Taos Pueblo in the United States of America (the complete journal)

ABSTRACT: The main features of the conservation project taking place at Taos Pueblo seem to agree... more ABSTRACT: The main features of the conservation project taking place at Taos Pueblo seem to agree with the concept usually referred to as “sustainable conservation”. Despite the recognition of traditional living communities, such as Taos Pueblo, as sustainable communities, some of the heritage values that Taos Pueblo enjoys might be argued to contradict with the general principles of sustainability. The main aim of this study was to investigate the potential conflicts that might occur as a result of adopting the concept of sustainable conservation as an approach to the conservation of Taos Pueblo. The previous aim was approached by evaluating the conformity of the heritage values that Taos Pueblo enjoys to the principles of sustainability. The analysis of the values of the property was approached by means of a proposed methodology that incorporated sustainability principles as indicators of the relevant values. Subsequently, the findings of the analysis were examined against the justifications of the Outstanding Universal Value of the property, which were officially adopted by section five of the nomination document of the property that is entitled “Justification for Inclusion on the World Heritage List”. The findings indicated that some aspects of the values of the property; particularly those related to its traditional governance, religious and social systems; might be argued to contradict with the principles of sustainability that are concerned with social equity and empowering women and minorities. The findings suggest that such controversial aspects should be understood to reflect the local community struggle to sustain its unique culture and identity, which are rooted in these aspects. These efforts might be regarded to reflect the conformity of the qualities of the traditional community to another sustainability principle that is concerned with strengthening the local identity of indigenous peoples. The findings suggest that sustainable conservation projects of traditional living communities should respect the unique identity and inherent qualities of these communities.

Keywords: urban conservation, sustainable conservation, indigenous communities.

Research paper thumbnail of The Soundscape of Istanbul: Exploring the public awareness of urban sounds.

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a sustainable system for a sound heritage archive by public participation: The Soundsslike Project

Research paper thumbnail of Protecting contemporary cultural soundscapes as intangible cultural heritage: sounds of Istanbul

Research paper thumbnail of Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage @BULLET SOIMA 2015 International Conference 2 Content

Congo, my country, is not only famous for its oil, but also its varied cultural heritage. But unf... more Congo, my country, is not only famous for its oil, but also its varied cultural heritage. But unfortunately, this heritage is not always well-known or few people are aware of its importance. In addition, Congolese traditions are basically oral ones and are passed down orally.
Mindful of this wealthy cultural treasury loss, with the decease or death of these « living libraries », who are the elderly, the chief actors who participate in the preservation of this heritage, the latter do their best to take advantage of any events that they encounter in order not lose it for the posterity of the major chapters of our history and our culture.
Therefore, digital technology means a genuine opportunity for Congo as far as data gathering and the preservation, the popularization, the promotion and education of this cultural heritage are concerned. This is what shall be showed in our communication which is structured around the points below:
- introduction;
- overview of Congo and its cultural heritage;
- advantages of digital technology in the dawn of artistic talents (case of musicians in Congo);
- actions taken for heritage preservation in the use of digital heritage;
- difficulties and problems encountered; and
- perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of Sound Museum of Istanbul.

International Journal of Heritage and Sustainable Development, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Soundtourist: An Unconventional Guide for the Sonic Discovery of Istanbul.

SBU Philosophy and the Arts Conference Proceedings, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of How to...Ensure Appropriate Gender Representation in Initial Phases of Online User Experience Research

SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a Sustainable Crowdsourced Sound Heritage Archive by Public Participation

Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2016

This paper explains how user-centered design approach shapes a cultural heritage project in the s... more This paper explains how user-centered design approach shapes a cultural heritage project in the sustainability context. The project aims to protect urban sounds as intangible cultural heritage elements and turn the action of protecting sounds into a collaborative work. Sounds are of great significance in daily urban life and in culture as they carry emotions and awaken cultural memories. Thus, they deserve to be protected and transferred to next generations. In this paper, we first evaluate soundscapes as an intangible cultural heritage element, second we explore the presentation techniques in soundscape studies in the literature, then we explain how the methods implemented step by step, and finally we introduce the two outcomes: the library archive (The Soundscape of Istanbul project) and the crowdsourced web archive (The Soundsslike project). The Soundscape of Istanbul project aims to collect and archive cultural and urban sounds of the city while The Soundsslike project is basically a crowdsourced online sound archive which invites people to record symbolic urban sounds and upload them to the online sound archive. This online platform was built and displayed in an exhibition by means of an interactive tabletop interface to learn more from users and contributors, and to enrich the archive content by raising public awareness of urban sounds.

Research paper thumbnail of Sound and the healthy city

Cities & Health, 2020

In this paper we study a class of sub-spaces of loop spaces which have appeared in the calculus o... more In this paper we study a class of sub-spaces of loop spaces which have appeared in the calculus of variations. Generalizing a result of Smale, we show that the space of loops tangent to a distribution satisfying Hδrmander's condition is weakly homotopic to the space of all loops. If the distribution is fat, we resolve the end point map from the space of horizontal paths. This resolution has two applications: (1) the proof that the cut-locus on an analytic fat Carnot-Caratheodory manifold is sub-analytic; (2) a study of the singularity of the horizontal loop space. At the end we study the geometry of left-invariant Carnot-Caratheodory metrics on fact nilpotent groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Protecting contemporary cultural soundscapes as intangible cultural heritage: sounds of Istanbul

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2016

Abstract This paper aims to evaluate culture and traditions of everyday life from a sonic perspec... more Abstract This paper aims to evaluate culture and traditions of everyday life from a sonic perspective and to suggest ways for protecting characteristic sounds and soundscapes. This multidisciplinary research, having roots in such fields as soundscape studies, intangible cultural heritage (ICH), museum studies and sensory studies, explores the larger contemporary cultural soundscape of Istanbul. This paper also draws on the project The Soundscape of Istanbul (https://soundscapeofistanbul.ku.edu.tr/), which is archiving the contemporary elements of the cultural soundscape of Istanbul that were determined by public contribution, and outlines examples from this collection. Sounds constitute an inevitable part of daily life and are therefore very important as ICH. Thus, they deserve to be protected to strengthen cultural memory. However, sonic culture is twice endangered due to the physical characteristics of sound itself and the dynamic structure of intangible culture. Therefore, urgent protection of contemporary cultural soundscapes in the context of ICH is crucial for transferring the present sonic environments to following generations in order to maintain cultural identity.

Research paper thumbnail of The Soundscape of Istanbul : Exploring the Public Awareness of Urban Sounds

The Soundscape of Istanbul project aims to explore urban sounds of Istanbul since they form a sig... more The Soundscape of Istanbul project aims to explore urban sounds of Istanbul since they form a significant part of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and to protect them by creating an archive for sounds of Istanbul's urban culture. We conducted primary source research followed by an online survey and interviews in order to specify culturally significant urban sounds and to define the archive content. Besides gathering data for archive content, we obtained a pattern demonstrating the level of awareness of urban and cultural sounds of Istanbul from the viewpoint of residents and foreigners. This paper discusses the pattern drawn from the results of the online survey that shows which sounds are primarily recognized and which ones less so, and put forward possible reasons for this outcome. This paper is intended to lay the groundwork for further research on which culturally significant urban sounds need more attention and how to increase awareness of the most important sounds for a sustainable urban culture.

Research paper thumbnail of Designing an Interactive Non-Linear Documentary Contributed by Public Participation: Suburbs of Istanbul

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2020

Suburbs of Istanbul is a web-based interactive documentary project that examines the identity of ... more Suburbs of Istanbul is a web-based interactive documentary project that examines the identity of suburban neighborhoods in Istanbul through the participation of its residents via online submission of their visual and written stories. Public participation also led the design process and helped prototype the interfaces of this non-linear documentary. This project aims to contribute to the field of interactive documentary and nonlinear storytelling by integrating participatory design techniques in the prototyping process of documentary interfaces. Involving public both as content providers and as active decision makers in design process lead to a more genuine outcome with a human-centered approach. This project also intends to create an interactive experience to provide a greater insight into rapidly changing lifestyles of Turkish people, to provide a global context to the stories presented, and to generate widespread awareness of issues surrounding suburban lifestyles across the world.

Research paper thumbnail of Designing an Experiential Exhibition for Raising Public Awareness of Cultural Sounds to Safeguard Sonic Intangible Cultural Heritage Values

International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Designing an Experiential Exhibition for Raising Public Awareness of Cultural Sounds to Safeguard Sonic Intangible Cultural Heritage Values

International Journal of Social Science and Humanity

This paper outlines an experiential exhibition that intends to increase public awareness of cultu... more This paper outlines an experiential exhibition that intends to increase public awareness of cultural sounds of Istanbul. Since intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements can only be safeguarded within society, it is necessary that the society is aware of cultural values and conscious about protecting them. In order to raise public awareness of sonic cultural values, we designed an exhibition to emphasize the cultural significance of urban sounds through sonic experiences. The exhibition is shaped by experience design, as experience is one of the most powerful ways of conveying a message. Moreover, the exhibition consists of only sounds and texts, but no visuals in order to draw attention on urban sounds and to keep visitors focused on thinking about these cultural values. This experiential exhibition leads to a raise in public awareness of urban sounds, which hopefully triggers protecting cultural values voluntarily and help turning the action of collecting and archiving urban sounds into a collaborative work.

Research paper thumbnail of Sustainable conservation and the inherent qualities of the traditional community in Taos Pueblo in the United States of America (the complete journal)

ABSTRACT: The main features of the conservation project taking place at Taos Pueblo seem to agree... more ABSTRACT: The main features of the conservation project taking place at Taos Pueblo seem to agree with the concept usually referred to as “sustainable conservation”. Despite the recognition of traditional living communities, such as Taos Pueblo, as sustainable communities, some of the heritage values that Taos Pueblo enjoys might be argued to contradict with the general principles of sustainability. The main aim of this study was to investigate the potential conflicts that might occur as a result of adopting the concept of sustainable conservation as an approach to the conservation of Taos Pueblo. The previous aim was approached by evaluating the conformity of the heritage values that Taos Pueblo enjoys to the principles of sustainability. The analysis of the values of the property was approached by means of a proposed methodology that incorporated sustainability principles as indicators of the relevant values. Subsequently, the findings of the analysis were examined against the justifications of the Outstanding Universal Value of the property, which were officially adopted by section five of the nomination document of the property that is entitled “Justification for Inclusion on the World Heritage List”. The findings indicated that some aspects of the values of the property; particularly those related to its traditional governance, religious and social systems; might be argued to contradict with the principles of sustainability that are concerned with social equity and empowering women and minorities. The findings suggest that such controversial aspects should be understood to reflect the local community struggle to sustain its unique culture and identity, which are rooted in these aspects. These efforts might be regarded to reflect the conformity of the qualities of the traditional community to another sustainability principle that is concerned with strengthening the local identity of indigenous peoples. The findings suggest that sustainable conservation projects of traditional living communities should respect the unique identity and inherent qualities of these communities.

Keywords: urban conservation, sustainable conservation, indigenous communities.

Research paper thumbnail of The Soundscape of Istanbul: Exploring the public awareness of urban sounds.

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a sustainable system for a sound heritage archive by public participation: The Soundsslike Project

Research paper thumbnail of Protecting contemporary cultural soundscapes as intangible cultural heritage: sounds of Istanbul

Research paper thumbnail of Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage @BULLET SOIMA 2015 International Conference 2 Content

Congo, my country, is not only famous for its oil, but also its varied cultural heritage. But unf... more Congo, my country, is not only famous for its oil, but also its varied cultural heritage. But unfortunately, this heritage is not always well-known or few people are aware of its importance. In addition, Congolese traditions are basically oral ones and are passed down orally.
Mindful of this wealthy cultural treasury loss, with the decease or death of these « living libraries », who are the elderly, the chief actors who participate in the preservation of this heritage, the latter do their best to take advantage of any events that they encounter in order not lose it for the posterity of the major chapters of our history and our culture.
Therefore, digital technology means a genuine opportunity for Congo as far as data gathering and the preservation, the popularization, the promotion and education of this cultural heritage are concerned. This is what shall be showed in our communication which is structured around the points below:
- introduction;
- overview of Congo and its cultural heritage;
- advantages of digital technology in the dawn of artistic talents (case of musicians in Congo);
- actions taken for heritage preservation in the use of digital heritage;
- difficulties and problems encountered; and
- perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of Sound Museum of Istanbul.

International Journal of Heritage and Sustainable Development, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Soundtourist: An Unconventional Guide for the Sonic Discovery of Istanbul.

SBU Philosophy and the Arts Conference Proceedings, 2013