Soundscape generally refers to the sonic environment. The study of soundscape is significant to improve the quality of the environment, enhance the function of a place and promote a healthy and quality life as well as for the understanding of cultures. Given approximately half a century of scholarly studies on soundscape, the purpose of this conceptual paper is to present a narrative review of the literature on its definitions, methods, fields and space types from various disciplines to provide an overview and reference to novice soundscape researchers. As it is a wide-ranging field, soundscape study inherently encompasses research from multiple disciplines and mostly necessitates cross-disciplinary approaches. Among the diversity with different emphases on research frameworks and methodologies, soundscape research usually incorporates the three elements of acoustic properties, perception and place. The study can be for documentation, description, management and/or creation of soundscape. Some of the fields of soundscape study involve acoustic ecology, acoustemology, ecomusicology, acoustic engineering, artistic creativity or wellbeing. Data were usually collected through audio recordings, measurements of sound levels, soundwalks, questionnaires and interviews. Soundscape research has been increasing in America and European countries and can potentially be further expanded on different distinctive sound environments, ecosystems and sociocultural lifestyles.
Cultural inheritance and innovation is an important measure to enhance the vitality of traditional culture and realize the sharing of national culture. Mongolian folk music, as an important part of Chinese cultural resources, plays an irreplaceable role in inheriting Mongolian culture. How to better inherit the music culture of ethnic minorities has been a hot topic in the music education circle in recent years. However, when we focus on the campus inheritance of ethnic minority music, we have to pay attention to the original living space of ethnic minority music and its unique local inheritance method. What is the relationship between them? What are the similarities and differences? The investigation of the relationship between the two is an indispensable content for exploring the inheritance of minority music. This paper aims to study the innovation of the inheritance path of Mongolian folk song music culture, endow Mongolian folk song music with a new era connotation in the new era, and let the folk song music culture be inherited and revitalized in the in-depth contact with the masses. This paper proposes a method to study user needs with the help of dissemination big data, identify malicious traffic with the help of the Internet of Things, find the most touching music and cultural elements of users, innovate and integrate the Mongolian nation, avoid malicious traffic from invading Mongolian folk songs, and enhance the attractiveness of Mongolian folk songs. Experiments have shown that Mongolian folk songs have a strong appeal, and the participation rate of young people in Mongolian folk songs has increased by 20%.
This paper traces the outcomes of an experimental student exchange program based on the concept of Heutagogy, self-determined learning. The program, which was carried out between Japanese and Malaysian students in 2018 and 2019 was aimed at challenging the traditional structure of a short-term exchange program, in which students might learn about a new culture in a limited top-down fashion, for one that favours deep interaction and reflection between participants in both societies. The program utilised online resources in order to create a longer period of interaction building up to the in-person exchange. Results were presented in an integrated model combining cultural adjustment levels with learning levels. The program has produced profound outcomes in providing real cross-cultural interactions and self-examination.
Our study on Jimmy Boyle (1922-1971) has been one that attempts to unfold the many facets of his creativity against the single-dimensional image of a patriotic songwriter. His sentiments as songwriters of many kind, a jazzman, and a cultural enthusiast have been proven through his different branches of work that are at times seem contrasting with each other in compositional styles. As a result of a long term archiving project, this paper reveals the entire set of handwritten artefact left after his death in 1971 and was recovered in Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2014, namely some 177 items of Boyle’s handwritten manuscript, that contains unpublished, published compositions as well as hand copy of others’ compositions. Main methods employed were that of the construct of taxonomy, and some cross-examination of the items covered within the catalogue mooted by the concept of intertextuality. Through narrating the interlinks between multiple manuscripts surrounding ‘Mutiara Ku’, ‘Pulau Pinang’ and ‘Medhini’, the process of composition was brought to life in displaying the all rounded capacity of Boyle.
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