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e238 roundtable – sonic research group - low tech

Episode Notes

This is a special edition of conscient roundtable featuring Aaron Lui-Rosenbaum, Barry Truax, Jacek Smolicki (for more on Jacek’s work also see conscient e113 part 1 and e133 part 2)  Kathy Kennedy, Lindsey French, Natalie Dusek, Sabine Breitsameter (all see conscient e175) Vincent Andrisani and myself. We are part of the Sonic Research Group out of Simon Fraser University (for more from this group see episodes 157 and 170). This time our topic was ‘low technology’ or low tech in the sense of what do we do when we have less energy and technology, which is coming and how does it relate to our field of acoustic ecology. Being a research group, we pondered 3 questions :  

  1. How can we continue our work in acoustic ecology in a world with less energy and in perpetual crisis, including the climate emergency, the depletion of non-renewable resources, loss of biodiversity and so on ?
  2. What role can artistic practice in acoustic ecology play in the transition towards sustainability? 
  3. What steps can we take now to prepare a better future for generations of acoustic ecologists to come? 

The group shared some convincing answers and some new questions. You’ll find a set of resource links in the episode now (below). 

Resource List

Episode Transcription

I did not generate a transcript for this roundtable.