Mitchell, A; Aletta, F; Oberman, T; Kang, J; (2023) How do we define soundscape? In: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023. European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum: Torino, Italy.

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Nearly 10 years ago, the definition of soundscape was codified in an ISO standard for the first time. This definition drew from Schafer and Southworth's work, which focused squarely on human perception in context. However, the term soundscape has seen widespread academic and popular adoption in fields and applications well outside its original 'human perception' context. This paper will collect a range of definitions of soundscape across urban, underwater, ecological and other contexts. These uses often conflict with the ISO 12913 definition, both by drawing the focus away from humans and by declining to define soundscape as a perceptual construct. This paper will examine these broader uses of the term and consider a new definition which aims to harmonise the standard definition with its varied uses. The presentation aims to facilitate a discussion by inviting views from outside urban soundscape and from those who do not identify with the ISO definition.

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