Wind in the trees, chirping sparrows, a clicking cicada, and my crunchy footsteps beneath me. What am I listening to? How am I listening? When it comes to learning about ecosystems through the sounds they make, soundscape ecology listens in a particular way. Problem is, there's a lot that comes in between the ecosystem and the way we hear it. If we want to better understand how ecosystems change through comparing their soundscapes, we need to reattune ourselves to the world of soundscape ecology and find out what it really means to listen.
A soundscape can be our connection to the dynamics of living and non-living entities within an ecosystem. We’ve spent some time thinking about how listening works, how recordings shape our knowledge of ecosystems, but what if there’s a bigger moral to the story? Soundscape ecology doesn’t just have to be about collecting data, but it can be a strategy for how to think and listen ecologically. In this final episode, Lou speaks with the ecologists, and artist Nik Forrest to tie the listen...
25 May 2021
3. What's In A Position?
Take a minute to listen to what’s around you. Now, turn 180 degrees and see if the world sounds the same. Your proximity to sounds changes the way you hear them. Yet at the same time, what your listening focus latches onto seems to happen automatically. Where does that come from and why does it happen? We all listen differently, and this episode is meant to dive deep into why that might be. Lou does some field recording, more interviewing and lots of hiking to think about where his list...
18 May 2021
2. What Is Soundscape Ecology?
An ecosystem never truly makes the same sounds twice. All soundscapes are unique, and within them are hidden universes of information that can tell us who is living within the ecosystem, and how well they are thriving. For decades, ecologist Bernie Krause has been been working on taxonomies of ecosystem sounds to better understand how a soundscape recording can help determine the overall health of an ecosystem and its biodiversity. In a time when these ecosystems are starting to fade in...
11 May 2021
1. What Is A Soundscape?
Sound is real, the way we listen is made up. So what is a soundscape? And how much of the answer depends on you? If we want to learn about the world through its acoustic signatures, where do we start? In this initial episode of INvironments, sound researcher Lou Raskin takes a historical look at the term "soundscape" and tries to use his ears to figure out what it actually means. For a full transcript of this episode, please visit the INvironments website. INvironments was made in association...
3 May 2021
INvironments: Trailer
INvironments is the podcast that puts you back into your ears. Lou Raskin is on a mission to reattune himself to natural ecosystems by listening to their soundscapes. To know more, he talks to ecologists and artists who also use soundscapes as a way of learning about ecosystems. He also does a lot of walking and recording himself to experience first hand how soundscapes change, and how they relate to their landscapes. Maybe there's more to soundscapes than just learning about nature. Maybe th...
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