The 13th issue of Encartes magazine is dedicated to a dossier whose central theme is soundscapes. It is a fact that there is no celebration without sound and that sonority always accompanies traditions; however, what is new is the special attention that this sonority has received in anthropology as well as in sociology and geography. This interest is not limited to the recognition of its emotionally experienced effects, but also to the way in which sensorial cultural productions are capable of transforming a territory. This is precisely what the concept of soundscapes is all about.

We hope that the twelfth edition of Encartes will stimulate critical and informed reflections on some topics that are the subject of academic controversy and that should be open to debate. We wish to

Including images, voices and sounds does not detract from academic rigor, nor does it weaken the critical voice, but rather amplifies it and gives it tones that lead science towards sensory-thinking uses and appropriations. In this journey of eleven issues we have managed to make this project, which was perceived as unthinkable, become a reality: the consolidation of an alternative way of communicating science in a different way.

ncartar has become our mission since we started this editorial project. Since 2018 we have been motivated by inserting essays, reviews, interviews, dialogues and discussions, innovating the design of platforms and innovative and more interactive forms of interaction that broaden audiences and allow us. We are very pleased to have reached more than […]

Put into practice, open science implies an alternative way of generating and disseminating knowledge that marks a break with the model promoted by publishing companies and indexing systems. From our humble trench, at Encartes we defend and promote any and all initiative that aims to open up science and critical thinking in society and the scientific community.