Precolonial soundscapes of Swahili coastal towns in East Africa

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23330%2F21%3A43962238" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23330/21:43962238 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2021.1961047" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2021.1961047</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2021.1961047" target="_blank" >10.1080/1751696X.2021.1961047</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Precolonial soundscapes of Swahili coastal towns in East Africa

Original language description

This paper aims to open the discussion on the characteristics of the acoustic landscapes in precolonial Swahili towns on the East African coast, where this theme to date remains unstudied. It focuses on assessing some aspects of the acoustic experience in the precolonial period of AD 1200 – 1600 respective to the towns and to coral-rag houses, which represent one type of buildings recorded on the Swahili archaeological sites. Due to the limited preservation of buildings on the East African coast, and the fact that many of them have been deserted under the growing influence of Omani and European colonialism, both experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies could provide only limited information on any aspect of past sensory experience in these towns. Therefore, this paper defines some major characteristics of soundscapes in this region using analyses of the acoustic capacities and spatial dimensions of the Swahili built environment, while reflecting on selected themes that played a strong part in Swahili social environment, such as trade and Islam. The presented case study from sub-Saharan Africa aims to contribute to the global discussions on sensory experience in urban societies, where examples from coastal tropics are acutely needed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GJ20-02725Y" target="_blank" >GJ20-02725Y: Comparing urban morphological transformation in precolonial to colonial urban traditions</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture

ISSN

1751-696X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

501-516

UT code for WoS article

000687565000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85113798244