Listening is a key skill for audio work and it is under taught. Here we are not just hearing a sound but trying to understand what is is projecting and trying to do.
How does culture affect the sound that you are listening to, or thinking about using? Sounds that we think are common may have different representations in other languages and cultures, along with meaning.
Collect these instances and compare them. Are there differences?
When we listen to sonifications, we interpret the sound that we hear. We might know the data and bring some knowledge of that to it. If we do not, we might react to any contextual information given, such as the title.
We might also question what type of sound that we are hearing. Is it a like an audio graphic (think infographic) that provides and argument or is it presenting a deeper engagement through sound?
Listen to the both the audio pieces below.
Discuss what you hear and any other patterns.
BBC, The sound of a falling currency, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040tngz
Somatic Sounds, Iraq Body Count, https://soundcloud.com/somatic-sounds/iraq-body-count-guillaume-potard