TY - CPAPER
KW - Aluminum
KW - Audition
KW - cultural identity
KW - intangible heritage
KW - Oral tradition
KW - soundscapes
KW - augmented storybook
KW - cultural identity
KW - Oral traditions
KW - soundscapes
AU - Aisha Al-Missned
AU - Divakaran Liginlal
AB - Many researchers have documented the significance of  hearing  over  seeing  in Arab culture. This study examines how cultural Arab traits such as the importance of the aural senses and the oral tradition influences digital methods of cultural preservation. The research focuses on the case of Al-Khor, a coastal city in northern Qatar. The key objective is to explore ways of building authentic soundscapes that portray Qatari culture and to demonstrate the results through a prototype of an augmented storybook featuring the sounds around the Al-Khor shoreline.
C2 - Digit. Herit. Int. Congr. Digit. Herit.
DO - 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7419585
N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Digit. Herit. Int. Congr. Digit. Herit.
N2 - Many researchers have documented the significance of  hearing  over  seeing  in Arab culture. This study examines how cultural Arab traits such as the importance of the aural senses and the oral tradition influences digital methods of cultural preservation. The research focuses on the case of Al-Khor, a coastal city in northern Qatar. The key objective is to explore ways of building authentic soundscapes that portray Qatari culture and to demonstrate the results through a prototype of an augmented storybook featuring the sounds around the Al-Khor shoreline.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
SN - 9781509000487 (ISBN)
SP - 631
EP - 633
TI - Voices of Al-Khor: A study in digital cultural heritage
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84965100310&doi=10.1109%2fDigitalHeritage.2015.7419585&partnerID=40&md5=04f0074b9386887f687e16057888af33
ER -