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I have important events I’d like to inform you of since my Spring 2015 Newsletter. I hope my news finds you well, and that you may find some of it interesting, if not vital.
GSSN Grassland Soundscapes Workshop
I am participating in the Global Sustainable Soundscapes Network (GSSN) Grasslands Soundscape Workshop, at the Crane Trust in Nebraska and South Dakota State University.
“The workshop will include talks and interactive experiences led by both conference organizers and attendees on crane conservation, time-lapse studies, cultural and natural resources management, remote sensing, and a host of other topics.” GSSN started in 2011 with the core aim of bringing together people from landscape ecology and conservation biology, from the creative arts, and scientists that study sound and its perception to “…coordinate studies in diverse soundscapes around the world.” With this we hope a transdisciplinary approach to the understanding of complex phenomenon, for discovering effective ways to address some wicked problems.
The 2015 GSSN Grasslands Soundscape Workshop began on Monday, July 13, in partnerships with the Crane Trust, the Platte Basin Time-lapse Project, the EROS USGS Data Center, and the South Dakota State University Oak Lake Research Station.
On Tuesday, I participated in a roundtable with Chris Bocast, Paul Dickinson, Matthew Briggs, Andrea Stevens, and others on performance art strategies. On Friday afternoon I give a brief talk on “ways of listening.”
The five-day workshop concludes on Friday, July 18, World Listening Day 2015.
World Listening Day “H2O”
You are invited to participate in World Listening Day 2015, an annual global event held on July 18. This year’s theme for World Listening Day is “H2O”. Please visit http://www.worldlisteningproject.org/2015/05/world-listening-day-2015-h2o/ for details and online participation form. What are you planning for World Listening Day “H2O”?
Sound Waves Cities and Memory
In support of the World Listening Day 2015 H2O Cities and Memories call for recordings, I submitted a field recording and a “re-imagined water sound.” Cities and Memory will mix the Sound Waves submissions and post them by July 16th.
President's Report on July-September 2015 WFAE Newsletter
My President’s Report for the online newsletter of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology has published in the organization's online newsletter. To summarize its points, the 2014 Canacoustica edition of Soundscape: The Journal for Acoustic Ecology is nearly ready for delivery to members and library subscribers, this journal will transition to a digital format. The feature article is by Ricardo Huisman on tactile sound sculptures for children.
The WFAE Quarterly News is a supplement to the WFAE’s annual Soundscape: The Journal for Acoustic Ecology. Please bookmark and read the newsletter, it is full of resources as well as information about current and upcoming activities in the WFAE and the field of acoustic ecology. Visit the newsletter archive to learn about recent activities.
ACRE Residency for Coincidence and Control
“Coincidence and Control” is the title of a new piece I am creating for the Kunstradio program at ORF, Vienna. Later in July, I will enjoy a brief residency at ACRE where I plan to finish it. Broadcast is scheduled on August 16, 2015.
New Article in Sound in the Land – Music and the Environment special issue of The Conrad Grebel Review (CGR)
My article, “Acoustic Ecology and Ethical Listening” will be published in Sound In the Land. The book is published by Conrad Grebel University College and can now be pre-ordered for less than $20.00 CAN. Contact editors <caweaver@uwaterloo.ca> or Carol Lichti <clichti@uwaterloo.ca> by August 15 for special prices.
>From the editors:
The book contains writings from the Sound in the Land – Music and the Environment Conference, 2014. The book will be launched at an "Earth-themed" Noon Hour Concert, Conrad Grebel Chapel, UWaterloo, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 12:30 Noon, music by Carol Ann Weaver.
Reflecting the unique interdisciplinary and international orientation of that event, this publication considers a wide array of subjects, including ecomusicology, soundscape aesthetics, ethnomusicology, silence, acoustic ecology, the natural environment, music theory, theology, hymnology, and ritual practices, with essays by sonic writers/composers R. Murray Schafer, Eric Leonardson, Sabine Breitsameter, Emily Doolittle, Carol Ann Weaver; scientists Gus Mills, Lyle Friesen; writers and poets John Weier, Ann Hostetler, Rae Crossman, Virgil Martin; ethnomusicologists Doreen Helen Klassen, Maisie Sum, Judith Klassen; and many more
If you edit another journal or blog for which you would like to review this book, please let us know, and we can issue a comp copy to any reviewer.
To receive a limited time discount, place your order by August 15, 2015.
For Your Listening: “campSherwin” on Locustream
For your listening I opened the “campSherwin” node of the Locusonus Streaming Sound Map in May this year for the Sound Camp Radius Episode 63.
Yours sincerely,
Eric
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