Acoustic Ecology

  • A Life in Sound: Chris Watson

    A Life in Sound: Chris Watson

    A selection of progammes and soundscapes featuring sound recordist Chris Watson. Listen

  • Call for Submissions: Symposium on Acoustic Ecology 2013

    Call for Submissions: Symposium on Acoustic Ecology 2013

    The Symposium on Acoustic Ecology investigates soundscapes as complex sounding systems that change in space and time, and shape our understanding of the surrounding world. Soundscapes present analytical challenges relating to perception, spatio-temporal dynamics, effects of anthropogenic sounds on ecosystems,…

  • A Short History of Acoustic Ecology

    A Short History of Acoustic Ecology

    Great audio documentary produced by Chris Wood, Camara Miller and Nathan Clarkson and mastered by Magdalena Kasperek dedicated to acoustic ecology and published at The Banff Centre Blog. A Short History of Acoustic Ecology’ is part one of our two-part…

  • Sound and Vision Blog

    Sound and Vision Blog

    Check out this great blog from the British Library called Sound and Vision. The Sound and Vision blog is written by curators, cataloguers, engineers and other staff from the sound and moving image departments of the British Library. From digitisation projects…

  • Bernie Krause TEDTalk: The Voice of the Natural World

    Bernie Krause TEDTalk: The Voice of the Natural World

    Bernie Krause TEDTalk is finally online. Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes — the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae — for 45 years. In that time, he has seen many…

  • Sounds for the Birds

    Sounds for the Birds

    The Earthlines Review has published a fantastic article by Kate Carr about birds, sound, poetry and inspiration. Birds have acted as muse in many different ways. Whether to unlock some hidden longing as Oliver describes in her poem, or to…