Acoustic Ecology
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The origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates
Abstract: Acoustic communication is crucial to humans and many other tetrapods, including birds, frogs, crocodilians, and mammals. However, large-scale patterns in its evolution are largely unstudied. Here, we address several fundamental questions about the origins of acoustic communication in terrestrial…
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Gathering Silence
Microphone in hand, I sit inside the old church, Gathering silence. – Haiku written by Ian Joyce The album Gathering Silence by Neil Stringfellow aka Audio Obscura is a beautiful example of the work of London-based label Naviar records: Connecting…
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THE BIG BANG and what we left behind (or, hearing loss) | Essay by Samuel Hertz
A message from the editor… How time passes, and how time is felt passing, how time is personal and ever changing its costumes and definitions. Within that what is a moment. Within that what is an event. What is shared,…
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Wayback Sound Machine, A sonic constellation compilation Part 3
A message from the editor: This Sonic Constellation Compilation is part of the ongoing series: WAYBACK SOUND MACHINE, A CONSTELLATION OF SOUNDING TIME, which asks What can we gather from sounding the past–and with that in mind, what is…
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CALL FOR WORK: Wayback Sound Machine, a constellation of sounding time
Wayback Sound Machine: a constellation of sounding time, is an ongoing series that will be published right here on Sonic Field throughout 2018. series abstract: What can we gather from sounding the past? And with that in mind, what is…
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Sounding the Archives: Sounding the past towards a future living archive
A message from the author: The following is writing from an earlier time in my recent research project, Wayback Sound Machine: Sound through time, space, and place. It felt an appropriate beginning to share here as the first part of the…