exploring the role of sound and listening in natural and cultural environments
By Eric Leonardson Each year the World Listening Project selects a thought leader to devise a theme for World Listening Day. The 2022 theme of “Listening Across Boundaries” was created by musician, composer, and marine biologist Heather R. Spence. The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology provided …
Listening practices are deeply connected to the physical and social landscapes we inhabit. Social practices of listening can connect us further with the cological and cultural communities in which we participate. What do we listen for? Who, or what, do we listen with? During the …
Canadian composer, author, music educator, and father of acoustic ecology’ dies at 88 The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology is saddened to learn that Canadian composer, author, music educator, and father of acoustic ecology’ Raymond Murray Schafer, died at his home in Southern Ontario on …
