In the face of unprecedented ecological problems we must find new ways to encourage environmental awareness, engagement and stewardship. Listening is a critical sense that provides us with rich information about the environment, yet is often overlooked in visually dominant cultures. This panel brings leading international organizations, thinkers and artists together to discuss a series of projects that use sound in powerful ways. The panel explores collaborations with indigenous and other communities and elaborates on how emerging digital technology and rich media environments generate environmental engagement through embodied experiences of presence in remote natural environments. The panel addresses recently developed VR installations, multimodal data sensing and new streaming technologies that facilitate virtual, immersive experiences to build global communities engaged with the remote wilderness of American Southwest deserts, the central Amazon rainforest, and the Australian bush. – See more at: Please VOTE for us
Questions Answered
How can we use new technologies to develop wide environmental and climate awareness?
How can we use Acoustic Ecology to teach sustainability?
How can the Oculus Rift be used as a platform for environmental awareness?
How are artists, scientists and NGO’s collaborating to develop community embedded programs of change?
How does the arts facilitate community engagement and stewardship of climate issues?
Speakers
Garth Paine Arizona State University
Leah Barclay Self Employed
Sabine Feisst Arizona State University
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