Can the International Standard of soundscape studies become actual international standard?

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12676
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90010:Design-related
• Research Institution: Fukushima University
• Principal Investigator: Nagahata Koji 福島大学, 共生システム理工学類, 教授 (50312765)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: サウンドスケープ / ISO 12913シリーズ / ISO/TS 12913-2 / 評価尺度 / affective quality / 感情の円環モデル / サウンドウォーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the translatability of the Perceived Affective Quality Scale for soundscape studies (PAQS) proposed in ISO/TS 12913-2: 2018 and also validated its translation into Japanese. As a result, it is found that this scale consists of affective (quality) attributes and cognitive attributes, and therefore that the scale is not a psychologically correct affective quality scale. Thus, it is pointed out that cognitive attributes in the scale (at least “eventful” and “uneventful”) should be changed to affective attributes. Then, this study proposed the Japanese-translated version of the PAQS in the present style to use the scale in the immediate future before the revision of the scale.

Free Research Field

サウンドスケープ

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ISO/TS 12913-2が提案するサウンドスケープの主観的評価尺度は，これまで数多くの言語に翻訳され用いられてきたが，その翻訳妥当性が十分に確認されることはほとんどなかった。そのような状況下で，本研究を遂行したことで，国際的にこの尺度の翻訳可能性と翻訳の妥当性についての関心が高まり，国際的な共同研究につながった。また，翻訳以前の尺度自体の問題が明らかになったことで，この点についての議論も活発化してきている。