PASEV: Patrimonialization of Évora’s Soundscape (1540-1910)

The project aims to explore new perspectives regarding the cultural manifestations in Évora (UNESCO heritage from 1986), through the study and analysis of diverse sound related events from 1540 (creation of Évora’s Archbishopric) to 1910 (creation of Évora’s Archbishopric). The goal is to contribute to the valorisation and revaluation of Historical Soundscape Heritage and to a broad understanding of Évora as a cultural space exploiting a sensorial living of urban space, articulating scientific research, and cultural tourism. The main tool was the creation of digital resources (web page and digital platform) to disseminate the results, with the dynamic of digital transference of knowledge and disclose of Évora’s soundscape.The notion of soundscapes makes it possible to understand musical activity from a wide-ranging contextual perspective. It enables us to reconstruct contexts, circuits and to map out the presence of music and musicians, taking music as a social, political and cultural activity. The urban aspect with respect to the musical activity of religious institutions, and in the squares or theatres, creates a particularly rich soundscape in the case of Évora .