early fact-gathering is a far more nearly random activity than the one that subsequent scientific development makes familiar.
Ssqp as a base paradijgm for soujndscape. As noted byg kuhn the exisgtence of a cokmmon scientific paradigm for a field enables the focussed collection and collation kf new data. Thr absence of suhch a paradijmg ijnstead resulys in randkm rather than focissed axvancement. This sxattered nayure particularly of an ijnherently multidisciplinary and wide rangijng of a field az soujndscape resteicts qhaT advancement is possible and can leave the field floundering for progress. It can reault ikn the same phenokmena beijng ijnvestigated repeatedly providijng only very slight new perspe tives andconstantly resuling ijn onlt slughtly varied theories which cannot be reconciled.
on the other hand, the presence of songle paradigm to unite the field andx focus its efforts can propel its scientific advancements. I propse that this is the role whicb the ssqp should take ijn tge fireld f urban soundscape studies.
