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- Larsson, Gustav, et al.
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A case study of municipal solid waste in Nepal compared to the situation in the European Union and Sweden
- 2010
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In: Proceedings Linnaeus ECO-TECH´10, Kalmar, Sweden, Nov 22-24, 2010. ; , s. 429-438
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Nepal, situated in the Himalayan belt has a rapidly growing population together with highurbanisation rate. These factors are currently causing problems connected to municipal solidwaste (MSW). E.g. leakage of hazardous substances to soil and surrounding aquatic systems,spread of odour and naturally unfamiliar materials to natural biotopes, all of which generateenvironmental damage and health problems. There are certain differences in waste generationand waste composition between urban areas of Nepal. In order to retrieve a broad picture ofthe current waste management situation, three population differentiated municipalities indifferent areas of the country were investigated. Studies of the MSW regarding compositionand generation were conducted. Moreover, waste management in Nepal was compared withthe basic waste management in the European Union (EU) and Sweden. Landfill sites (LFS) inGhorahi Municipality, Pokhara Sub-metropolitan City and Kathmandu Metropolitan Citywere studied. Our studies show differences in waste composition, generation and managementbetween the three locations. The differences are somewhat interconnected with populationsize and tourism. Cities with higher population and more tourism tend to have a highergeneration and more diverse MSW. Nevertheless, the urban areas of Nepal are very much inneed of a more structured waste management system, a system more alike the wastemanagement of EU. Apart from structural problems, there are attitude and behavioural issuesthat needs to be dealt with. Further studies regarding social patterns, attitude and behaviour,as well as the economic flow of MSW, needs to be conducted in order to retrieve an evenbroader picture and understand important underlying issues.
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- Wendin, Karin
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A Multisensorial Challenge
- 2014
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden is a multitechnical research institute with some 1300 employees. Many of the activities aim to connect academia to industry, and the work is both national and international. The institute is out of tradition strong in technical research, however, the amount of human related factors in the research is growing. As a part of this a multisensorial laboratory is developing at SP, taking the existing auditory facilities as point of departure. The human senses are of uttermost importance for safety and sustainability, including enjoyment of life and evaluation of everyday goods and services. Evaluation of products and services can be performed by measurements on the product itself, by measurements on and by humans. The goal is analytical psychophysical measurements as well as hedonic evaluations. Some examples within the areas of safety an ageing will be mentioned.
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- Wendin, Karin, et al.
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Multi challenges for a multisensory panel
- 2015
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Sensory science is defined as a scientific method used to evoke, measure, analyze, and interpret those responses to products as perceived through the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing (Stone and Sidel, 1993). This definition encompasses both analytical methods, such as descriptive and discriminative testing and hedonic methods, including qualitative and quantitative consumer testing used to address sensory research objectives. To select and train a sensory panel with the purpose of using all their senses in evaluating products is a challenge. There are different types of standards on how to select and train sensory analytical panels. However, there are no standard covering all senses. The challenges for a multisensory approach are many. In this paper our focus is on:Select an analytical multisensory panelTrain and keep a multisensory panel updatedSome guidance to select and train a multisensory panel might be found in the ISO standard ISO8586:2012. Criteria for tastes and odours are clear and concise. Some advices concerning tactile senses (perception of texture) and vision (colour vision) are given. To find guidance in measuring the sensorial perception of audio and vision the literature might be consulted eg by Zackarov and Bech (2006), Legarth and Zacharov (2009) and Rossi (2013). The poster will show suggestions and experiences on how to select a multisensory panel.
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- Albinsson, Berit, et al.
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Handbok i sensorisk analys
- 2013
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Den första utgåvan av Birgit Lundgrens Handbok i Sensorisk Analys utkom 1981. Den har sedan dess blivit en klassiker inom sensoriska kretsar och i ordets verkliga bemärkelse blivit använd som just en handbok – en bok att hålla fast vid i alla typer av sensoriska sammanhang. Vi vill med denna uppdaterade nyutgåva beskriva de traditionella metoderna med dagens termer samt komplettera med några nya metoder.
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- Andersson, Anders-Petter, 1969-, et al.
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Designing empowering vocal and tangible interaction :
- 2013
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In: The International conference on new interfaces for musical expression. - Kaejeon, Korea : Seoul National University. ; , s. 406-412
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our voice and body are important parts of our self-experience, and our communication and relational possibilities. They gradually become more important for Interaction Design due to increased development of tangible interaction and mobile communication. In this paper we present and discuss our work with voice and tangible interaction in our ongoing research project RHYME. The goal is to improve health for families, adults and children with disabilities through use of collaborative, musical, tangible media. We build on the use of voice in Music Therapy and on a humanistic health approach. Our challenge is to design vocal and tangible interactive media that through use reduce isolation and passivity and increase empowerment for the users. We use sound recognition, generative sound synthesis, vibrations and cross-media techniques to create rhythms, melodies and harmonic chords to stimulate voice-body connections, positive emotions and structures for actions.
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- Andersson, Anders-Petter, 1969-
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Interaktiv musikkomposition
- 2012
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This dissertation, titled Interactive Music Composition, is a practice based Ph.D. thesis in the field of Musicology. The purpose is to explore if and how one can compose computer based interactive music, that is musically satisfying for an interacting audience, consisting of both laymen and skilled musicians. The text describes the design and reflection in two interactive music installations: Do-Be-DJ, open-air installation in a public park, and, Mufi, with modular and moveable interface. Based on methods and perspectives in Musicology and Interaction Design, a composition model for interactive music is developed. The model investigates the experience dimensions listen, explore, compose and collaborate. It also investigates the design dimensions of interaction, narrative structure, composition rule and sound node. The conceptual approach is to apply improvisation and composition methods from jazz, pop and groove based music on interactive music. It also uses the concepts of openess in musical structures and interpretation, musical mediation of actions and meaning and everyday use of music, when composing interactive music. The dissertation contributes to an understanding of how to create composition techniques for interactive music, such as: Direct, varied and shifting response. It reflects on the change in meaning of the musicological terms composition, improvisation, musical work, listener, musician and audience. And on the interaction design terms interaction, gameplay, system and user. The term co-creator is used to describe an actively, interacting and collaborating person, to complement traditional terms like audience, performer and user.
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- Andersson, Anders-Petter, 1969-, et al.
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Vocal and tangible interaction crossing borders
- 2013
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In: Include Asia 2013 Proceedings. - London : Helen Hamlyn Centre of Design, The Royal College of Art in London, The Hong Kong Design Centre. - 9781907342707
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our voice and body are important parts of our self-expression and self-experience for all of us. They are also essential for our way to communicate and build relations cross borders such as abilities, ages, locations and backgrounds. Voice, body and tangibility gradually become more important for ICT, due to increased development of tangible interaction and mobile communication. The voice and tangible interaction therefore also become more important for the Universal Design field. In this paper we present and discuss our work with voice and tangible interaction in our ongoing research project RHYME. The goal is to improve health for families, adults and children with disabilities through use of collaborative, musical, tangible and sensorial media. We build on use of voice in Music Therapy, knowledge from multi-sensory stimulation and on a humanistic health approach. Our challenge is to design vocal and tangible interactive media that are sensorially stimulating. Interactive media that through use reduce isolation and passivity and increase empowerment for all the users. We use sound recognition, generative sound synthesis, vibrations and cross-media techniques, to create rhythms, melodies and harmonic chords to stimulate voice-body connections, positive emotions and structures for actions.
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- Andersson, Anders-Petter, 1969-, et al.
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Vocal and tangible interaction in RHYME
- 2014
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In: Music, Health, Technology and Design. - Oslo : Norwegian Academy of Music. - 9788278530948 ; , s. 21-38
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our voice and body are important parts of our self-expression and self-experience for all of us. They are also essential for our way to communicate and build relations cross borders such as abilities, ages, locations and backgrounds. Voice, body and tangibility gradually become more important for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), due to increased development of tangible interaction and mobile communication. The voice and tangible interaction therefore also become more important for the fields of Assistive Technology, Health Technology and Universal Design. In this paper we present and discuss our work with voice and tangible interaction in our on-going research project RHYME. The goal is to improve health for families, adults and children with disabilities through use of collaborative, musical, tangible and sensorial media. We build on use of voice in Music Therapy, knowledge from multi-sensory stimulation and on a humanistic health approach. Our challenge is to design vocal and tangible interactive media that are sensorially stimulating. Interactive media that through use, can reduce isolation and passivity and increase empowerment for all the users. We use sound recognition, generative sound synthesis, vibrations and cross-media techniques, to create rhythms, melodies and harmonic chords to stimulate voice-body connections, positive emotions and structures for actions.
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- Andersson, Anders-Petter, 1969-, et al.
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Vocal and tangible technology for music and health
- 2013
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In: Book of abstracts. - Oslo : The Norwegian Academy of Music. ; , s. 24-24
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our voice and body are important parts of our self-expression and self-experience. They are also essential for our way to communicate and build relations cross borders like abilities, ages, locations, backgrounds and cultures. Voice and tangibility gradually become more important when developing new music technology for the Music Therapy and the Music and Health fields, due to new technology possibilities that have recently arisen. For example smartphones, computer games and networked, social media services like Skype. In this paper we present and discuss our work with voice and tangible interaction in our ongoing research project. The goal is to improve health for families, adults and children with severe disabilities through use of collaborative, musical, tangible sensorial media. We build on use of voice in Music Therapy and studies by Lisa Sokolov, Diane Austin, Kenneth Bruscia and Joanne Loewy. Further we build on knowledge from Multi-sensory stimulation and on a humanistic health approach. Our challenge is to design vocal and tangible, sensorially stimulating interactive media, that through use reduce isolation and passivity and increase empowerment for all the users. We use sound recognition, generative sound synthesis, vibrations and cross- media techniques, to create rhythms, melodies and harmonic chords to stimulate body- voice connections, positive emotions and structures for actions. The reflections in this paper build on action research methods, video observations and research-by-design methods. We reflect on observations of families and close others with children with severe disabilities, interacting in three vocal and tangible installations.
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