Phenomenological approach on the role of sonic heritage as an intangible heritage

Abstract

It is important for us to understand how our cognition is composed of different types of experiences of an object as it is closely related to our recognition of cultural heritage. In addition to visual information, with the emergence of the soundscape field, it would be necessary to understand our cognition on auditory information including sonic heritage. Therefore, in this study, the philosophical importance of auditory information as an intangible heritage is discussed from the phenomenological point of view. In addition, phenomenological classification for sonic heritage is developed, which would help our analytic understanding of the relationship between our cognition and different types of sonic heritages. Finally, Virtual Reality (VR) may provide different experiences from those of the real world. Understanding the experience of VR has been discussed including the possibility of synergic effect of utilizing both visual and auditory information.