ecology
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Invisible Places 2017: Sound, urbanism and sense of place, Open Call
Invisible Places 2017 has been announced, including a series of calls, for papers, artistic residencies and workshops/soundwalks. This years’ topic is focused on “the complex relationships between landscapes and soundscapes or the significance of acoustic ecology for all living organisms…
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Living Earth, Dark Ecology and the Exit of Toxic Modernity
Based on philosopher Timothy Morton’s idea of Dark Ecology, Sonic Acts team has been collaborating with Norwegian curator Hilde Methi between 2014 and 2016 in a rich exploration of territories aimed to embrace Morton’s idea of “ecology without Nature”, which points…
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Interference Journal #5: Writing About and Through Sound
The fifth issue of Interference journal is now available at their website, featuring eight articles focused on methodology around sound studies, mainly the ways of “writing about and through sound” and exploring it through trans-disciplinary approaches, both on the theoretically and pedagogically.…
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Bernie Krause on Recording the Sounds of Extinction
https://vimeo.com/166214601 Beautifully produced by Great Big Story, Recording the Sounds of Extinction briefly exposes the ecological situation which is the core of Bernie Krause’s work, who, as you may have previously seen listened, is mainly dedicated to acoustic ecology and field recording of…
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Fragments of Extinction, An Eco-acoustic Research
Run by “sound artist, researcher and eco-acoustic composer” David Monacchi, Fragments of extinction is a multi-disciplinary research process based on soundscape exploration, based on Bernie Krause’s acoustic ecology theories, but also involving diverse explorations around field recording, sonic data interpretation, and…
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BBC Radio 4: Acoustic Ecology
BBC Radio 4 has published a recent program produced by Helen Lennard and focused on acoustic ecology. “Peter Gibbs asks whether sound could become a vital tool in conservation, helping us understand far more about how wildlife interacts and how…