Human+Voice

1. Brainstorming
//Suggested media:// advertisements, TV, radio, grafitti, cellphone, mail, song charts, fashion trends, celebrities, transportation, parks, gestures, expressions, voice, library, universities

//5 Media Explores (concept maps handed in)//: song charts graffiti facial expressions human voice library

FINAL MEDIUM: THE HUMAN VOICE

2. General Research
[|An Introduction to Spoken Interaction] By Anna-Brita Senstrom

 start hold yield

 smooth unsmooth cut-off

 Pause unites - filled vs silent

 Opening Message Closing

 declarative interrogative imparitive

 Tonicity Pitch

 transaction exchange turn move act

appealer acknowledge evaluate uptake answer frame staler

[|The Bases of Speech] Gray and Wise

The Social Basis of Speech General Ends: Social control Expression of emotion Social adaptation and integration

Specific Purposes 1. give understanding 2. to entertain 3. influence belief 4. influence action

Conversation Situation Essential Characteristics 1. the meeting 2. communication 3. equal contribution

Voice Quality Optimal pitch Flexibility (non monotone) Projection Articulation and enunciation ‘correct’ pronounciation animation ease of bearin semani

Good listening 1. excellent hearing 2. superior powers of phonetic discrimination 3. superior intelligence 4. disciplined and extensive auding vocabulary 5. a broad aquaintance with roots and suffixes 6. a wealth of interests 7. habits and techniques of effective inquiry 8. method of phonemic notation 9. skill in listening 10. semantic orientation 11. capacity to compensate for emotional and prejudical disttorton 12. tolerance for difference in regional and social-class dialects

[|Talk and Social Structure - Studies in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (Paperback)] by Don Zimmerman (Editor)

An exploration of the power in a microcosmic conversation is reflective to the macrocosmic culture

an example that was used was going to a doctor; when having a conversation with a doctor, the internal structure is often having the doctor ask a series of questions, while the patient is restricted to responding in the confinements of these questions; hence the listener is in a lower position in this conversation. This is reflective of our culture’s value to doctors, or medicine and science in general.

Although many of the articles were interesting to read, I plan to use them more of general background.

[| The Gift of Speech: Papers in the Analysis of Speech and Voice (Hardcover)] by John Laver (Author)

An anatomical-base book on the creation of speech, with many diagrams about the human vocal chords and such. My final approach will be more focused on the interactions with speech, not so much on the productions of speech. However, this book served as a overview of the physical production.

//Other References (handwritten notes on the following will be handed in)//

[|Psychology: Themes and Variations] By McCann and Weiten

[|Introducing Semiotics] By Cobley and Jansz

[|The Ode Less Traveled] By Stephen Fry

3. Working Concept Map
the first original concept map done in explorations:

the edited version more complete (with research) and organized a little more:

4. Concept Map Refinement
There were many connections and themes that I discovered in my concept map. I wanted to enhance some of these themes by juxtaposing the concept map to a scale.

A - Themes-based groups (using 8 main general verbs, the concept map is divided thematically)

B - Evolution of the Spoken Word (time line)

C - Auditory Scale of the Spoken Word (exploring the size of target audiences, the voice will see barriers in time and space by digital aid) D - Circular Interaction of the Spoken Word (exploring the basis of a conversation, and the result of the broken circularity)

Concept Map was refined to fit a Circular interaction of the spoken word.

6. Illustrator translations of Cmap
There were a few issues that were encountered, and cleaned up for the final (mainly issues in hierarchy).

7. Final Concept Map
click here to view and download the final concept map