The FCT Sound Map is an archive of the characteristic sound objects and soundscapes of the faculty campus. The purpose is to create a georeferenced interactive sonic archive that allows for the monitoring of acoustics changes throughout time and how these reflect environmental and societal changes at the Caparica Campus. Its development is closely associated with the Soundscape Campus, an annual workshop that aims to to situate the FCT as a promoter of an emergent sonic culture in Portugal. Connecting artistic creation with academic analysis and reflection, it seeks to foster the notion that sound is a vital part of our daily experience, as well as an element of scientific research, and to go beyond the conventional forms in which it is usually debated, i.e. either as music or noise pollution.
