Mocăniță Logging Railway, Vișeu de Sus, Maramureș County, Romania
Sounds captured during a day trip on the Mocăniţa logging train, one of a few heritage logging railways burrently in operation in Romania.
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, yet without sound they remain two-dimensional visual prompts. It is not until we add sound that we are served with a fuller “picture” in our minds eye.
As societies develop, so do the sounds that evolve with them, creating an ephemeral yet ever-evolving soundscape which has now become a contemporary mark of the Anthropocene. Sounds which were once omnipresent are fading, while new sounds emerge, replacing them and creating new sonic landscapes.
The Heritage Sound Register from the Europa Nostra Heritage Hun in Kraków aims to be an online platform which will amass sounds reflecting the heritage of the Central and Eastern European region, both natural and man-made. Leaving the door open for wide interpretation allows for a multitude of different sounds and contexts to be added to the soundbank over time. Through the register, we want to provide a catalogue of heritage sounds which will be freely accessible to scholars and stakeholders, and which demonstrates the power of sound when engaging with heritage narratives.
The Heritage Sound Register is produced by the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków and curated by John Beauchamp.
Projekt jest współfinansowany przez Unię Europejską i Miasto Kraków.
Sounds captured during a day trip on the Mocăniţa logging train, one of a few heritage logging railways burrently in operation in Romania.
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The Luiza Adit, located in Zabrze, Poland, is an historical site with deep roots in the region’s mining heritage. Constructed in the 19th century – between 1799-1863 – it served as a drainage and transport adit for nearby coal mines. Its primary function was to facilitate the removal of excess water from the mines and to transport coal. The Adit was in continuous operation for nearly 140 years until the decline of the coal mining industry led to its closure in the late 20th century.
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Highland summer soundscape in the Beskid Wyspowy range in Poland’s southern Małopolska Province.
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Warsaw’s metro opened in 1995 and transport millions of passengers on a daily basis.
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Open-air ethnographic museum showcasing architecture and traditions from across the various regions of Romania.
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Music bonds local communities, especially in the Nadsanie ethnographic region which is home to a large Ukrainian minority originally from the region. Two groups in Przemyśl – “Krajka” and the children’s group “Krajeczka” – keep the local dialect and language of the Ukrainians in the area alive, as well as promote the local Nadsanie culture.
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