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Welcome!
This is the fourth edition of the monthly online supplement to Soundscape:The Journal of Acoustic Ecology. Our goal is to make available in a timely manner, a calendar of events, announcements and latest news from the WFAE Board, WFAE Affiliates, and other organizations related to the field of acoustic ecology.
The success of this newsletter is dependent upon contributions by WFAE affiliate organizations, members, and others in the field of acoustic-ecology. See the Contributions section on how to submit material to this newsletter.
Deadline for the November Edition: October 20, 2004.
WFAE Board Report
The latest issue of Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology has been mailed. Some members of the WFAE may have received a copy that was missing pages 17-20. These pages can be downloaded from the WFAE web site. Please click here to access this material availabe in a PDF format.
Introducing Your WFAE Board:
The WFAE Board is composed of an elected representative from each of the seven international affiliate organizations.
This month we introduce the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE/ACÉS) board member Andra McCartney.
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Andra McCartney is a soundwalk artist, whose work includes extensive field recordings, often done in collaboration with other artists and researchers.
Current research, gallery and web installations focus on the area surroundingthe Lachine Canal in Montreal. |
Andra is principal researcher for the “In and Out of the Studio” research project, which focuses on the working practises of women sound producers and artists in Canada.
She has written extensively on soundscape composer Hildegard Westerkamp.
Andra teaches sound in media for Communication Studies at Concordia University. For more information, and to read and listen to work, please visit andrasound.org.
WFAE Affiliate News
ASAE.The New York chapter of the ASAE will be hosting the first of a series of panel discussions at Hunter College on Wednesday, October 6. The first panel tackles the issue of: Urban Noise--noise, sound, music and the urban experience.This session is Free and open to the public. See the Events section for more information.
CASE.The Canadian Association for Sound Ecology invites you to participate in its 2nd Haliburton Soundscape October 8-11, 2004 at the Haliburton Wildlife Reserve in Ontario, Canada (3 hours North of Toronto). See the Events section for more information.
FSAE. The Finnish Association of Acoustic Ecology in collaboration with folklore archive of the Finnish Literature Society, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), the school of art media in Tampere Polytechnic and the musicology departments of Turku and Tampere Universities, has announced the One Hundred Finnish Soundscapes competition. See the Opportunities Page for more information.
WFAE Board Representatives:
- American Society for Acoustic Ecology (ASAE)
Steven Miller <asae@wfae.net>
- Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology (AFAE)
Nigel Frayne <afae@wfae.net>
- Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE/ACÉS)
- Andra McCartney <case@wfae.net>
Forum fuer Klanglandschaft (FKL)
- Albert Mayr <fkl@wfae.net>
- Japanese Association for Sound Ecology (JASE)
Keiko Torigoe <jase@wfae.net>
- Suomen Akustisen Ekologian Seura (Finnish Society for Acoustic Ecology),(FSAE)
Simo Alitalo <fsae@wfae.net>
- UK and Ireland Soundscape Community (UKISC). Gregg Wagstaff <ukisc@wfae.net>
