Solving the infinite sum $\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{2n\pi}^{\left(2n+1\right)\pi}\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\ln\left(\sin x\right)}{x^{2}}\right)dx$

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I came upon this problem while messing around with the function $\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\ln\left(\sin x\right)}{x^{2}}\right)$ (Hence the recreational mathematics tag)

I noticed that the function's domain was $2n\pi<x<(2n+1)\pi$ for $n\in\mathbb{Z}$.

I also noticed the integral $\int_{2n\pi}^{\left(2n+1\right)\pi}\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\ln\left(\sin x\right)}{x^{2}}\right)dx$ converges for all $n$ (as we have previously defined $n$ as any integer). I saw that as $n$ approached $-\infty$ and $\infty$, the integral approached $0$.

I then had an interesting idea: to sum the integrals for all $n$. That is how I got to the infinite sum $\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{2n\pi}^{\left(2n+1\right)\pi}\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\ln\left(\sin x\right)}{x^{2}}\right)dx$.

Using Desmos, I approximated it to $−1.46193837522$ with summation bounds $-155$ and $134$.

I do not even know how to begin solving this problem but my assumption would be to find an indefinite integral first.

I am looking for a closed form which may or may not exist.

Thank you for the help in advance!

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"Abandon hope all ye who enter here" as wrote Dante Alighieri in "The Divine Comedy".

The summation converges very slowly. Consider $$S_p=\sum_{n=-100p}^{n=+100p} J_n\qquad \text{where} \qquad J_n=\int_{2n\pi}^{\left(2n+1\right)\pi}\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\log\left(\sin (x)\right)}{x^{2}}\right)\,dx$$ $$\left( \begin{array}{cc} p & S_p \\ 1 & -1.461605315 \\ 2 & -1.462152793 \\ 3 & -1.462335893 \\ 4 & -1.462427557 \\ 5 & -1.462482592 \\ 6 & -1.462519297 \\ 7 & -1.462545523 \\ 8 & -1.462565196 \\ 9 & -1.462580500 \\ 10 & -1.462592744 \\ \end{array} \right)$$

which seems to converge to some $-1.4627030$ which is not recognized by inverse symbolic calculators.