INTERVENTIONS AND ACOUSTIC NUANCES IN THE SOUNDWALKS WITH DAUMAL AND ISO 12913 METHODS IN ELCHE, CUENCA AND FARO

Abstract

When we daily take a Soundwalk with full visual control, there are aspects that go unnoticed. Carrying out a sound itinerary with the Daumal Method means for the participant to acquire a greater sound perception of the city. The participants intervene in teams of three people, made up of the blind person (whose vision is obstructed), the guide (who chooses the specific places within the programmed itinerary), and the notary (who writes down and verifies what the blind person comments. regarding the dynamic route and its stations). By alternating the roles with each other, this method has largely been shown to serve in a participatory way for the auditory education of the participants. If we add to this the Mastered action of a teacher who occasionally intervenes to make the group listen to the specific sound qualities of the spaces, shapes, materials and furniture that make up that itinerary, then the experience is unique. In the soundwalks developed in Elche, Cuenca and Faro, the Master has actively intervened, interfering with the different groups, and showing them other sound peculiarities of these cities. Therefore, the results of the Mastered method, through the surveys carried out, satisfy the participants much more.