Faculty Advisor
Brown, Gwynne
Area of Study
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Publication Date
Summer 2016
Abstract
Soundscape composition is a musical field that has converged from a diverse array of philosophies and methods of listening. Informed by the common mission of raising awareness towards the current environmental crisis, soundscape composers aim to re-connect audiences to the natural soundscapes of their everyday lives. To achieve this mission, soundscape composers interact with soundscape ecology, a scientific field that also addresses environmental issues like global warming and declining biodiversity through the study of sound. In so doing, soundscape composers repurpose scientific technology, transforming it into a tool that challenges the traditional nature/culture dichotomy and integrates listeners with their environments through spiritual, emotional, and sense-based ways of knowing.
Recommended Citation
Reich, Megan A., "Soundscape Composition as Environmental Activism and Awareness: An Ecomusicological Approach" (2016). Summer Research. 282.
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/summer_research/282
Rights
Publisher
University of Puget Sound
Included in
Biodiversity Commons, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, Musicology Commons, Other Music Commons