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<DIV><SPAN class=890255014-09112006><SPAN class=828473113-09112006><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=686391715-09112006>During my </SPAN> 5
years of research<SPAN class=093175518-19112006>ing</SPAN> <SPAN
class=093175518-19112006>the topic of </SPAN>auditory spatial awareness, which
is discussed in my book <EM>Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?
Experiencing Aural Architecture</EM>, <SPAN class=093175518-19112006>I
observed that the auditory aspects of spaces evolved from an ad hoc mixture of
culture, religion, technology, politics, and the social needs of the
inhabitants. In almost every case, nobody served as a aural
architect.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890255014-09112006><SPAN class=828473113-09112006><FONT
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class=093175518-19112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890255014-09112006><SPAN class=828473113-09112006><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=093175518-19112006>In this sense, aural
architecture becomes an ideal working example of the interdisciplinary
nature of our arts and science. W<SPAN
class=437245420-10112006>hile collecting the research material, I observed
that dozens of disciplines each had something to contribute to the large topic.
The question then becomes how to integrate these insights into a
single coherent picture of the phenomenon. </SPAN><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN class=437245420-10112006>None of us have access to a phenomenon,
but rather, each discipline can describe the shadow that it casts as seen
through the filter of its discipline. By fusing together all these shadow, we
get a better picture of the hidden phenomenon.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=468522100-07112006><FONT size=2>Additional
information<SPAN class=686391715-09112006> about the book </SPAN>can be
found at the MIT Press web at:<SPAN class=686391715-09112006>
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=468522100-07112006><A
href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10947"><FONT
size=2>http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10947</FONT></A><FONT
size=2> <SPAN class=686391715-09112006>and I can provide copies of the
Introduction and Table of Contents if you send me an email requesting
them.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468522100-07112006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=686391715-09112006><SPAN class=093175518-19112006>For those that have a
chance to look at the book, I welcome the opportunity to discuss how to expand
the foundation that I established.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=468522100-07112006><SPAN class=686391715-09112006><SPAN
class=828473113-09112006><SPAN class=500430211-03112006><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>Barry Blesser<SPAN class=234372722-11112006> (former MIT
Prof)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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href="mailto:bblesser@alum.mit.edu">bblesser@alum.mit.edu</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>