Weekly Community Environmental Listening Meetup :
12:00 – 13:00 Wednesday
📅 Date: Every Wednesday from September to December
🕒 Time: Wednesday 12 – 1 pm
📍 Location: Hayden Library Information Desk (On the first floor, just inside the entrance opposite the MU)
Join us for an immersive weekly session where we delve into the art of listening to the environment in which we live, using three distinct modes of listening:
- Passive Listening: Absorb the natural soundscape around you and its subtle nuances.
- Directed Listening: Tune into specific sounds with deliberate attention.
- Active Listening: Listen to the relationships between sounds to understand the way they interact with each other and with the built environment around you
Why Attend?
- Enhance your auditory skills
- Gain deeper insight into acoustic environments
- Collaborate with fellow enthusiasts and experts – join our community
- Develop more agency and stewardship around climate change
- Train to become a community environmental listening leader in your community
Who Should Attend?
- Everyone is welcome
- Trainers and educators may find it valuable as an addition to their classrooms
- Acoustic ecology enthusiasts will revel in the opportunity to share the experience of communal listening
- Anyone interested in deepening their engagement with the earth on which they live and its butty and subtlety
- Anyone interested in learning the techniques we teach and then leading environmental listening groups in their own communities. we will support you with a field guide and ongoing mentoring.
What to Bring?
- An open mind and eager ears!
- Comfortable attire
- a hat for the sun
- Water!
To Register:
- Contact: Celia Yang @ tyang107@asu.edu
Let’s tune in to the world and explore the rich tapestry of sound together!