This article discusses how an aspect of urban environments – sound and noise – is experienced by people walking in the city; it particularly focuses on atypical populations such as people diagnosed with psychosis, who are reported to be particularly sensitive to noisy environments. Through an analysis of video-recordings of naturalistic activities in an urban context and of video-elicitations based on these recordings, the study details the way participants orient to sound and noise in naturalistic settings, and how sound and noise are reported and reexperienced during interviews. By bringing together urban context, psychosis and social interaction, this study shows that, thanks to video recordings and conversation analysis, it is possible to analyse in detail the multimodal organization of action (talk, gesture, gaze, walking bodies) and of the sensory experience(s) of aural factors, as well as the way this organization is affected by the ecology of the situation.

Merlino, S., Mondada, L., Soderstrom, O. (2022). Walking through the city soundscape: an audio-visual analysis of sensory experience for people with psychosis. VISUAL COMMUNICATION, 147035722110526 [10.1177/14703572211052638].

Walking through the city soundscape: an audio-visual analysis of sensory experience for people with psychosis

Merlino S.
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2022-01-01

Abstract

This article discusses how an aspect of urban environments – sound and noise – is experienced by people walking in the city; it particularly focuses on atypical populations such as people diagnosed with psychosis, who are reported to be particularly sensitive to noisy environments. Through an analysis of video-recordings of naturalistic activities in an urban context and of video-elicitations based on these recordings, the study details the way participants orient to sound and noise in naturalistic settings, and how sound and noise are reported and reexperienced during interviews. By bringing together urban context, psychosis and social interaction, this study shows that, thanks to video recordings and conversation analysis, it is possible to analyse in detail the multimodal organization of action (talk, gesture, gaze, walking bodies) and of the sensory experience(s) of aural factors, as well as the way this organization is affected by the ecology of the situation.
2022
Merlino, S., Mondada, L., Soderstrom, O. (2022). Walking through the city soundscape: an audio-visual analysis of sensory experience for people with psychosis. VISUAL COMMUNICATION, 147035722110526 [10.1177/14703572211052638].
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