{"id":52636,"date":"2023-10-27T08:04:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?page_id=52636"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:37:35","slug":"reverberations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/reverberations\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverberations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-731c369d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e5dc21&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" 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\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e5dfff&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e5dfff\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Nature of Cities <br>and the US Forest Service <br>present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure 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fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#4ea262;font-size:clamp(46.18px, 2.886rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 4.98), 90px);\"><strong>Reverberations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An exhibition exploring the elements through art, science, and sound, Reverberations features more than 30 contributors from various disciplines in a multimedia experience. Produced by the USDA Forest Service and The Nature of Cities.<\/p>\n\n\n<script>\/\/ Scroll Trigger Air\r\nfunction initializeScrollTrigger() {\r\n    gsap.registerPlugin(ScrollTrigger);\r\n\t\r\n\t\/\/ Create audio elements for each section\r\n\tconst introAudio = new Audio('https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IF-THE-OCEANS-COULD-SPEAK_MASTER_JAMIE-PERERA_128.mp3');\r\n\tconst airAudio = new Audio('https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rym-Nouioua-Swarming-02-Plagiopatagium.mp3');\r\n\tconst earthAudio = new Audio('https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/LONG_CalumetInDub_128_excerpt.mp3');\r\n\tconst waterAudio = new Audio('https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WaterRhythmsListeningRoom-128.mp3');\r\n\tconst fireAudio = new Audio('https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1.-First_Light_128cbr.mp3');\r\n\r\n\t\/\/ Scroll Trigger for the Intro section\r\n\tScrollTrigger.create({\r\n\t\ttrigger: '#intro',\r\n\t\tstart: 'top center',\r\n\t\tend: 'bottom center',\r\n\t\tonEnter() \r\n\t\t{\r\n    \/\/ Start playing the audio 40 seconds into the clip\r\n        introAudio.currentTime = 40;\r\n\t\/\/ play audio and fade in for 1 second to 70 percent volume\r\n\t\tintroAudio.play(); gsap.to(introAudio, { volume: 0.7, duration: 1 }); \r\n\t\t},\r\n\t\/\/ fade out and pause on leaving\r\n\t\tonLeave() { gsap.to(introAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => introAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tonEnterBack() { introAudio.play(); gsap.to(introAudio, { volume: 0.7, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeaveBack() { gsap.to(introAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => introAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tmarkers: false\r\n\t});\r\n\t\r\n\t\/\/ Scroll Trigger for the Air section\r\n\tScrollTrigger.create({\r\n\t\ttrigger: '#air',\r\n\t\tstart: 'top center',\r\n\t\tend: 'bottom center',\r\n\t\tonEnter() { airAudio.play(); gsap.to(airAudio, { volume: .55, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeave() { gsap.to(airAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => airAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tonEnterBack() { airAudio.play(); gsap.to(airAudio, { volume: .55, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeaveBack() { gsap.to(airAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => airAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tmarkers: false\r\n\t});\r\n\r\n\t\/\/ Scroll Trigger for the Earth section\r\n\tScrollTrigger.create({\r\n\t\ttrigger: '#earth',\r\n\t\tstart: 'top center',\r\n\t\tend: 'bottom center',\r\n\t\tonEnter() { earthAudio.play(); gsap.to(earthAudio, { volume: 1, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeave() { gsap.to(earthAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => earthAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tonEnterBack() { earthAudio.play(); gsap.to(earthAudio, { volume: 1, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeaveBack() { gsap.to(earthAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => earthAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tmarkers: false\r\n\t});\r\n\r\n\t\/\/ Scroll Trigger for the Water section\r\n\tScrollTrigger.create({\r\n\t\ttrigger: '#water',\r\n\t\tstart: 'top center',\r\n\t\tend: 'bottom center',\r\n\t\tonEnter() { waterAudio.play(); gsap.to(waterAudio, { volume: 1, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeave() { gsap.to(waterAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => waterAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tonEnterBack() { waterAudio.play(); gsap.to(waterAudio, { volume: 1, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeaveBack() { gsap.to(waterAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => waterAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tmarkers: false\r\n\t});\r\n\r\n\t\/\/ Scroll Trigger for the Fire section\r\n\tScrollTrigger.create({\r\n\t\ttrigger: '#fire',\r\n\t\tstart: 'top center',\r\n\t\tend: 'bottom center',\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tonEnter()\r\n\t\t{   \r\n\t\t\tfireAudio.currentTime = 20;\r\n\t\t\tfireAudio.play(); \r\n\t\t\tgsap.to(fireAudio, { volume: 1, duration: 1 }); \r\n\t\t},\r\n\t\tonLeave() { gsap.to(fireAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => fireAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tonEnterBack() { fireAudio.play(); gsap.to(fireAudio, { volume: 1, duration: 0.5 }); },\r\n\t\tonLeaveBack() { gsap.to(fireAudio, { volume: 0, duration: 1, onComplete: () => fireAudio.pause() });  },\r\n\t\tmarkers: false\r\n\t});\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ Ensure GSAP and ScrollTrigger are loaded before running your code\r\nif (typeof gsap !== 'undefined' && typeof ScrollTrigger !== 'undefined') {\r\n\tinitializeScrollTrigger();\r\n} else {\r\n\t\/\/ If GSAP or ScrollTrigger is not yet loaded, wait for them to load\r\n\twindow.addEventListener('load', initializeScrollTrigger);\r\n}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group soundbox has-x-large-font-size is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fc9f69e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This is an immersive sound-based exhibition. Headphones are recommended<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><button id=\"mute-unmute-all\" class=\"textbtn\" style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:5px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/tnoc-speaker-32-lg.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\">Enable Audio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax audio-trigger\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"intro\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52825 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#43a047\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<!-- PML: the audio element is controlled by a custom Javascript code snippet -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-b30579f5\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Close your eyes.<\/strong> <strong>What can you hear? <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30rem\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We experience the world around us with our minds, hearts, and all of our senses. For many people, the visual sense dominates our perceptions of environments and ecologies: the picturesque landscape, the dramatic skyline, or a beautiful flower, to name three. Sound is a less commonly appreciated aspect of our perceived environments, but sounds can be remarkable, vivid, and illuminating: the melodies of birdsong; the crash of waves; the roar of fire, to name a few. Sounds connect us to the places we inhabit and to the other beings we share these places with, whether trees, insects, or rivers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Both scientists and artists are increasingly using sound to engage with the more-than-human world and human impacts upon it. This exhibition brings together projects and perspectives from across the arts and sciences. Instead of strengthening the divide between these categories, it explores rich and surprising perspectives on sound and invites synergies in knowledge and expression between approaches. The projects are grouped in four elements; earth, air, fire, and water, but we encourage you to move sideways across categories and discover resonances between the projects presented here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Resonance and Repercussion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30rem\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The title of this exhibition, \u201cReverberations\u201d refers to two meanings of the word: resonance and repercussion. Resonance occurs when two sounds vibrate in synchrony, or when a sound is reinforced by its reflection off of a surface or body. How do the projects and approaches to sound and nature presented here next to each other, vibrate together or resonate with each other? Secondly, repercussion- an action exerted in return. How do human actions affect the ecosystems that sustain our lives and how are these actions sonically expressed? Further, how might stewardship action alter the sound of our repercussions?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">An Exercise in Deep Listening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30rem\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Listening requires active engagement. According to the philosophy of <em>deep listening<\/em>, an embodied sonic practice created by composer Pauline Oliveros, engaged listening experiences are not only important because of what<em> <\/em>is heard, but because they are precursors to thoughtful stewardship action. She once said that listening is \u201cdirecting attention to what is heard, gathering meaning, interpreting and deciding on action.\u201d We hope that the transdisciplinary sonic perspectives featured in this exhibition will inspire you to both contemplation and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This exhibit contains a resource section for educators that includes materials for lessons that tie art and science education together through sound and nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax wide\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"menu\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52962 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 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style=\"color:#464646\">[elements can also be explored using the navigation at left &#8211; some sounds will play automatically]\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-81dc8709\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:250px\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#fire\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fire-small-cm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52934\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fire-small-cm.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fire-small-cm-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#cb4e16\"><strong>fire<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:250px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"#air\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/air-small-cm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52932\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/air-small-cm.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/air-small-cm-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#449794\"><strong>air<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:170px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#earth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/earth-small-cm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52933\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/earth-small-cm.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/earth-small-cm-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#9bb443\"><strong>earth<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:250px\">\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#water\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/water-small-cm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52935\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/water-small-cm.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/water-small-cm-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#546194\"><strong>water<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-d5d6ef74\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax wide\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52925 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/earth-bg-1.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<!-- PML: the audio element is controlled by a custom Javascript code snippet -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8889f314 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(4.16rem, 4.16rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 8.8), 9rem);\">earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-2b666434\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#earth-mugwort\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53044\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>CUTTING DOWN MUGWORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#earth-underground\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikki-lindt-recording-photo-credit-joe-klementovich-1-600x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53166\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>UNDERGROUND SOUND PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#earth-calumet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53088\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>CALUMET IN DUB<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-28f0cd9b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#earth-beetles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Image3_5478689-SMPT-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53115\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY OF BARK BEETLES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#earth-sealriver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min-600x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53194\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>BIRDSONGS OF THE SEAL RIVER WATERSHED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#earth-naturesound\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4963-for-Ellie-Ratcliffe_smaller-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53915\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>VALUING NATURE&#8217;S SOUNDSCAPES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-28f0cd9b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u201cCan you imagine listening to all that is sounding as if your body were the whole earth?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">-Pauline Oliveros<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth-mugwort\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53044\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-996x560.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CuttingMugwort-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">Cutting Down Mugwort<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Iki Nakagawa<\/strong> | Brooklyn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>Cutting Down Mugwort<\/em> is an excerpt from the documentation of stewardship actions that took place at Paerdagat Basin Park in Brooklyn, NY.&nbsp; This area adjacent to Jamaica Bay was once an industrial waste land, filled with toxic debris.&nbsp; Since the park was acquired in 1998, their employee and volunteers (aka park stewards) have been cleaning, planting native trees and managing this reforested area.&nbsp; Stewards help the growth of the native trees by reducing non-native plants including \u201cmugwort\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cutting Down Mugwort\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/773592235?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By weeding them out, the native trees, especially when they are young, can absorb more lights and neutrinos.&nbsp; This edit features visual movements of people\u2019s actions alongside with that of trees and weeds.&nbsp; It also features sounds of the trimming tools, footsteps, breathings, and plants\u2019 swaying by blowing winds of the hurricane Nichole.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video is part of <em>thoughts for tomorrow and movements for today<\/em>, a multi-disciplinary archival project to&nbsp;study, document, and seek understanding of people\u2019s relationship to nature and wildlife as seen through their diverse efforts to clean, restore, care for, protect and build urban ecology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>iki nakagawa<\/strong><br>Brooklyn, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">iki nakagawa is an artist who practices videography as a means of witnessing, embodying, processing and translating ideas, actions and situation in which they thrive.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has been working as a professional archival videographer, and worked with numerous cultural institutions in NYC and beyond. Her works have been shown at places including Nature of Cities Festival, MuseumofAmericabooks, Panoply Performance Laboratory, the Vermont Public Television, the Kitchen, Harvestwsorks, Asia Society and Museum of Chinese in America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikinakagawa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><br>&gt; @iki_nakagawa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth-underground\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53166\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikki-lindt-recording-photo-credit-joe-klementovich-1.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikki-lindt-recording-photo-credit-joe-klementovich-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikki-lindt-recording-photo-credit-joe-klementovich-1-842x560.jpeg 842w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikki-lindt-recording-photo-credit-joe-klementovich-1-100x67.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">The Underground Sound Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Nikki Lindt<\/strong> | Brooklyn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Underground Sound Project reveals a surprising world of sound right beneath our feet. Lindt spent several years recording underground; in soils, streambeds, inside trees, under shorelines, among plant roots and much more. In this subterranean world even a snowflake lands with a thud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/874013417?h=1f04247cec&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The audio and visual vignettes Lindt created explore the fabric of underground acoustics in natural areas which is often patterned and musical. The project also explores the profound impact humans have within this sonic subterranean ecosystem. Ranging from thawing permafrost in the Arctic to subsurface sounds in the urban forests of New York City, these vignettes emphasize the interrelationship of all beings within the broader ecosystem while revealing a surprisingly dramatic world of sound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Nikki Lindt<\/strong><br>Brooklyn, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Nikki Lindt is a visual and sound artist with work focusing on people\u2019s relationship to natural areas, effects of climate change on underground ecosystems (both rural and urban) and connection to place. She mostly works in collaboration with ecologists and social scientists (among others) on longer-term projects. She has ongoing collaborations at multiple field stations including the Toolik Field Station in Alaska, the NYC Urban Field Station in New York City, and the Abisko Field Station in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlindt.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><br>&gt; @nikki.lindt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth-calumet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53088\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">Calumet In Dub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Norman W. Long<\/strong> | Chicago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e62730&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e62730\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small-747x560.jpg\" alt=\"Blue sky, and yellow flowers along a forested riverside with smoke stacks in the far background.\" class=\"wp-image-53088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NLONG-IMAGE_small.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>Calumet in Dub<\/em> collects sounds, field recordings from the Lake Calumet region and areas on the Little Calumet River. The Research entails the collection of data sets on demographics, ecology, and pollution. That data is then translated into music which is mixed with the environmental recordings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long was inspired by a story published on the BBC website on the relationship of the Little Calumet River and the history of the migration of African American from the South to the North, housing, labor, and environmental activism of Hazel Johnson, a migrant from Louisiana who settled in Chicago during the second migration 1945-1970.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Calumet In Dub<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Norman W. Long<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Calumet In Dub<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-1\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/LONG_CalumetInDub_128_excerpt.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/LONG_CalumetInDub_128_excerpt.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/LONG_CalumetInDub_128_excerpt.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/normanwlong.bandcamp.com\/album\/calumet-in-dub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">listen to more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Norman W. Long<\/strong><br>Chicago, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Norman W. Long\u2019s current practice centers on walking, listening, improvising, performing, teaching, field recording, and exploring memory, place, ecology, and race. Norman Long has performed and exhibited at Experimental Sound Studio, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Yale University\u2019s Center for Collaborative Arts &amp; Media, The Renaissance Society, High Zero Festival 2022 in Baltimore, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, and 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/normanwlong.wixsite.com\/soundartdesign\">website<\/a><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/normanwlong.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth-sealriver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1208\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53194\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min.jpeg 2400w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min-1113x560.jpeg 1113w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min-1536x773.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min-2048x1031.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/web_tadoule-landscape-credit-chris-paetkau-of-build-films-sept-2019-tadoule_011-min-100x50.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-60 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.285), 3rem);\">Songs of the Seal River Watershed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Seal River Alliance<\/strong> | Sayisi Dene First Nation<br>with National Audubon Society<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>In 2021 and 2022, Indigenous Guardians from the Sayisi Dene First Nation deployed ten autonomous recording units (ARUs) within the Seal River Watershed. The ARUs allow for ongoing remote collection of audio data from the surrounding landscape, including bird songs and calls. The data is retrieved and analyzed to determine the presence and abundance of birds in the area. The process can be repeated and compared over time to help understand changes taking place within the ecological communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The work is being done within the Seal River watershed and is in the Traditional Territory of the Sayisi Dene First Nation. This watershed is a rich and vibrant landscape of lakes, rivers, wetlands, forests, and tundra in the region that is commonly known today as northern Manitoba, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These sound recordings are part of a co-produced research project by <strong>the Seal River Watershed Alliance<\/strong> and <strong>the National Audubon Society<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>image: Chris Paetkau, Build Films<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:74px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Songs of the Seal River Watershed<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Seal River Watershed Alliance<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-2\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-1-Redthroated_Loon_SealRiver_2022.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-1-Redthroated_Loon_SealRiver_2022.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-1-Redthroated_Loon_SealRiver_2022.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Common Raven (Corvus corax)<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-3\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-4-CommonRaven_SealRiver_2022.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-4-CommonRaven_SealRiver_2022.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-4-CommonRaven_SealRiver_2022.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-4\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-6-WillowPtarmigan_SealRiver2022.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-6-WillowPtarmigan_SealRiver2022.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-6-WillowPtarmigan_SealRiver2022.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Wolf pair<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-5\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-9-wolf-pair.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-9-wolf-pair.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Clip-9-wolf-pair.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Sound Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Track 1: Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata): This small, graceful loon makes a remarkable variety of wails, coos, and croaks, as well as a prehistoric-sounding gayorworrk as heard here.<br>Track 2: Common Raven (Corvus corax): This intriguing bird makes a variety of calls varying from a low gurgling croak (heard here) to harsh grating sounds to shrill alarm calls.<br>Track 3: Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): This rather rotund grouse is very vocal during nesting season and has a remarkable repertoire of call types. Both male and female produce a series of nasal clucks and growls that are used in many contexts.<br>Track 4: Wolf pair: Although our primary intent is recording the songs and calls of birds within the region, sometimes our ARUs pick up the sounds of other wildlife within the ecological community as they did here with this wolf pair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Seal River Watershed Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Seal River Watershed Alliance is an initiative led by the Sayisi Dene First Nation to protect the entirety of the Seal River watershed for future generations in partnership with their Cree and Dene neighbors. Their vision is to ensure their grandchildren\u2019s grandchildren have the opportunity to engage in traditional practices such as hunting, fishing, and serving as guardians of the land and animals within a healthy watershed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sealriverwatershed.ca\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>National Audubon Society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. A nonprofit conservation organization since 1905, Audubon believes in a world in which people and wildlife thrive. Audubon\u2019s Boreal Conservation Program uses Boreal-focused applied science and strategic communications to leverage public support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and Indigenous Guardians programs across the Boreal Forest biome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/conservation\/boreal-forests\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth-beetles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53116\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Image5_DEAP_M23_plectrum.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Image5_DEAP_M23_plectrum.jpg 539w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Image5_DEAP_M23_plectrum-1.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Image5_DEAP_M23_plectrum-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Bark beetles are known for their voracious appetites, chewing through the inner bark of trees, cutting off their supply of sugars. Bark beetles assemble in huge numbers thanks to pheromones (chemical messages) they use to coordinate their mass attack. However, inside a tree, chemicals are not an ideal way to send a message because trees themselves produce chemical defenses, so bark beetles also use sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research project focused on documenting the types of sounds bark beetles make and how they vary across beetle species. This required reproducing the environment they live in, which is a thin layer of phloem just underneath the bark. Back in the lab, I set up a \u201cphloem sandwich\u201d (see photo) and introduced beetles to each other, while recording the sounds they made with a tiny DIY microphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this recording you will hear the chirps made by a male larger Mexican pine beetle approaching a female. As he gets closer to the female the type of chirp changes to a more complicated signal. The female also communicates with sound, these are the regularly spaced chirps and are not as loud, partly because she is further away from the microphone. This was the first publication documenting the types of sounds produced by the larger Mexican pine beetle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right pad3335 has-medium-font-size\">Listen in on a conversation that few people can hear. In fact, many of the sounds made by bark beetles are outside our hearing range. This is what is so fascinating about bark beetles. They have this outsized impact, chewing through the landscape, leaving dead and dying trees in their wake. But there is still so much to understand about how they communicate using sound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e64152&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e64152\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_KMY-747x560.jpg\" alt=\"A woman outside in the forest on a sunny day wearing an orange hard hat\" class=\"wp-image-53113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_KMY-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_KMY-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_KMY-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_KMY-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some scientists have suggested that they can detect dying trees from the sounds trees make when they are deprived of water. In fact, we don\u2019t even know how bark beetles detect sound. Understanding how beetles use sound and their sensitivity to sound may lead to new methods of control. Already scientists have shown that bark beetles behave differently when exposed to extreme sounds. Eavesdropping in on bark beetle conversations can be used in species identification and even detection of new pests in imported wood products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Images (left to right) <\/strong><br>1) Phloem sandwich is made up of inner bark (or phloem) held in between two clear pieces of plexiglass. A tiny microphone is positioned inside the entry point for the bark beetles. Courtesy of Richard Hofstetter (Yturralde and Hofstetter, 2015)<br>2) Western pine beetle. Courtesy of Kasey Yturralde (Yturralde and Hofstetter, 2015)<br>3) Scanning electron micrograph of bark beetle (<em>Dendroctonus<\/em>) abdomen, 120 X magnification. The arrows point to the body part referred to as the plectrum, which is scraped down the underside of the beetle wing to produce sound. Courtesy of Kasey Yturralde (Yturralde and Hofstetter, 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Acoustic Ecology of Bark Beetles<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Kasey Maria Yturralde<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Sample Call<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-6\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D.approx_samplecall.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D.approx_samplecall.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D.approx_samplecall.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Kasey Maria Yturralde<\/strong><br>District of Columbia, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Kasey Yturralde is a National Program Specialist for the USDA Forest Service Urban &amp; Community Forestry (UCF) Program. Her work focuses on program delivery of the UCF Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program, increasing equitable access to trees and green spaces in communities across the county. She is an ISA Certified Arborist and received a B.A. in biology at UC Santa Cruz, an M.S. in biology at Arizona State University, and Ph.D. in forest science from Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Richard Hofstetter<\/strong><br>Flagstaff, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Richard Hofstetter received his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from Dartmouth College in 2004 and a M.S. in Entomology from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996. His undergraduate degree was in Population Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1992). Dr. Hofstetter has been a Professor in the School of Forestry since 2005. Dr. Hofstetter\u2019s research focuses on bark beetle biology, bioacoustics, microbial ecology, and mutualistic interactions. His research has resulted in an International Patent on the use of acoustics to control bark beetles and other wood-infesting pests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/forestry\/about\/research\/insect-ecology-and-management-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"earth-naturesound\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53915\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4963-for-Ellie-Ratcliffe_smaller.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4963-for-Ellie-Ratcliffe_smaller.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4963-for-Ellie-Ratcliffe_smaller-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4963-for-Ellie-Ratcliffe_smaller-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4963-for-Ellie-Ratcliffe_smaller-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9bb443\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">Valuing Nature&#8217;s Soundscapes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Eleanor Ratcliffe<\/strong> | Guildford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Ellie\u2019s research focuses on effects of the physical environment, and particularly nature, on psychological wellbeing. Her work in this area includes study of natural soundscapes, and especially birdsong; virtual reality; and place attachment and place memory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woodlands and wellbeing, BBC London news, 10 October 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iu7mRjDX5xQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently Ellie is leading a work package on psychological responses to simulated natural soundscapes, as part of the UKRI-funded project<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/c-buchan.github.io\/soundscapes\/\"><u>Valuing Nature\u2019s Soundscapes<\/u><\/a><\/em>. She is a Board member of the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) and programme lead for Surrey\u2019s MSc Environmental Psychology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Eleanor Ratcliffe<\/strong><br>Guildford, United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ellie\u2019s research focuses on effects of the physical environment, and particularly nature, on psychological wellbeing. Her work in this area includes study of natural soundscapes, and especially birdsong; virtual reality; and place attachment and place memory. Currently Ellie is leading a work package on psychological responses to simulated natural soundscapes, as part of the UKRI-funded project Valuing Nature\u2019s Soundscapes. She is a Board member of the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) and programme lead for Surrey\u2019s MSc Environmental Psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/c-buchan.github.io\/soundscapes\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax wide\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"air\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52914 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/air-bg.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#449794\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<!-- PML: the audio element is controlled by a custom Javascript code snippet -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8889f314 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(4.16rem, 4.16rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 8.8), 9rem);\">air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-2b666434\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#air-swarming\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF6667_rersized-1-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52846\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">SWARMING<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#air-noisy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sparrow-323-1-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52836\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">NATURE SINGING IN A NOISY FOG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#air-eavesdropping\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53051\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EAVESDROPPING ON A TROPICAL DRY FOREST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-28f0cd9b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#air-cdmx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2-600x240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52825\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AIRE V.3 CDMX<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#air-windschatten\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3126-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52799\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Windschatten<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e668fd&quot;}\" 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style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u201cOr that the place of air in us \/<br>might be singing\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">-Ed Roberson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"air-swarming\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52848\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-840x560.jpg 840w, 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wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Rym Nouioua<\/strong> | Vienna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e673cc&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e673cc\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"52846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF6667_rersized-1-747x560.jpg\" alt=\"a brown and white bat with wings drawn in to its chest, perched on a rock face\" class=\"wp-image-52846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF6667_rersized-1-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF6667_rersized-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF6667_rersized-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF6667_rersized-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" 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width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"52848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-840x560.jpg\" alt=\"Inside of an evergreen forest with the trees painting long shadows and a path curving through the scene\" class=\"wp-image-52848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4961_resized-1-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The entire album is made out of field recordings. These were recorded with microphones specially designed for bat research (Ultrasonic detectors). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rym Nouioua categorized the sounds made by bats in flight according to species, sound type, and frequency range. In the \u201cSWARMING\u201d project, she processed echolocation calls, social calls, and feeding sounds from about 15 different insectivorous bat species (all recorded in Germany). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sound performance revolves around the purified or modulated sounds (i.e. pitch, mixer principle progression, etc.), because the ultrasonic sounds emitted by bats are inaudible to us humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#449794\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right pad3335 has-medium-font-size\">In this project, she placed particular emphasis on the fact that all the sounds, including the beats, were regenerated from bat sounds\/recordings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e67ba2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e67ba2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_9641-420x560.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman outside at night wearing all black, a white mask and surgical gloves, holds a small bat in her left hand.\" class=\"wp-image-52841\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In these recordings, background noises recorded in the ultrasonic range (e.g. nocturnal birds, insects, wind or water\/rain) are still audible as background noises that were left on purpose and not removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project builds on this originality of content by communicating the value of bat sounds in a way that no one has experienced before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&gt; Listen on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/010100100111100101101101\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Swarming<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Rym Nouioua<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Plagiopataquim<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-7\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rym-Nouioua-Swarming-02-Plagiopatagium.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rym-Nouioua-Swarming-02-Plagiopatagium.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rym-Nouioua-Swarming-02-Plagiopatagium.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Rym Nouioua<\/strong><br>Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Rym Nouioua (MSc) is a doctoral researcher and independent artist who uses her expertise in bat research and bioacoustics to create nature-oriented art projects. Her work aims to bring ecology into the world of art and raise awareness for environmental issues. Rym Nouioua has released a noise album called \u201cSwarming\u201d (2020) and collaborated on the project \u201cThe Bat Effect\u201d (2021) to showcase the importance of stepping back from anthropocentric views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rym-nouioua.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/010100100111100101101101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"air-noisy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1151\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52836\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sparrow-323-1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sparrow-323-1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sparrow-323-1-569x560.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sparrow-323-1-100x98.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#449794\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.285), 3rem);\">Soundscape ecology of urban forests; Nature singing in a noisy fog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Robert J. Laverne<\/strong> | Hartville<br><strong>Wendy Kellogg<\/strong> | Cleveland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Nature sings with many voices \u2013 birds, insects, amphibians, mammals, and even wind and water. Urban soundscapes contain all of these elements plus the voices of humans and the mostly unwanted sounds \u2013 commonly referred to as noise &#8211; of all of our machinery. If noise is sound that interferes with communication, how do all of the living organisms, including humans adapt to cities? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soundscape Ecology: Do Birds Yell?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/894460683?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The research presented here considers how urban soundscapes change as urban forests lose trees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Robert J. Laverne<\/strong><br>Hartville (OH), United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">R.J. Laverne is the Manager of Education and Training for the Davey Tree Expert Company and is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Laverne received his PhD from Cleveland State University in Urban Studies and Public Affairs. His research usually begins with \u201cI wonder\u2026?.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Wendy Kellogg<\/strong><br>Cleveland (OH), United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Wendy Kellogg is a professor of urban and environmental planning at the Levin School of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. Dr. Kellogg received her PhD from Cornell University in City and Regional Planning. Her research focuses on evolving landscapes of watersheds and the governance arrangements to manage them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/levin.csuohio.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"air-eavesdropping\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53051\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#449794\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.285), 3rem);\">Eavesdroppingon a tropical dry forest in the heart of India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Pooja Choksi<\/strong> | Madhya Pradesh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e68ac6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e68ac6\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"53051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-747x560.jpg\" alt=\"The backside of a person standing in an airy-looking forest with lush under-story and sparse, tall trees.\" class=\"wp-image-53051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alarm-Calls-Tiger-On-The-Move-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Studying the auditory dimension of a forest is a data-intensive, scientific undertaking, but it is also an absolute pleasure to eavesdrop on a host of melodious and some not-so melodious vocalizing species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research aims to understand how restoring forests, through the removal of an invasive shrub in tropical dry forests in the heart of India, changes the soundscapes of these sites. I carried out this research in the forests around the Kanha National Park, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. Just like one does with a camera trap, we leave out acoustic recorders in the forest to record all frequencies between 0 to 24000 Hz, which include vocalizing species audible and inaudible to humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These soundscapes come from the two extreme seasons in central India \u2013 summer and winter. While each season boasts its host of migratory species, it is also the resident species that light up the spectrograms and put on a spectacular auditory show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central India is home to one of the largest populations of tigers, but it also hosts a much larger biological diversity, which often remains in the shadows of the tigers\u2019 popularity. However, in the auditory landscape, it is these lesser charismatic species like the anurans, insects and birds that take the limelight. The region also boasts several forest-fringe villages where people and wildlife have both adjusted to make space for each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#449794\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right pad3335 has-medium-font-size\">When we retrieve our acoustic recorders, we&#8217;re always excited to hear what awaits us in these recorded soundscapes. From finding oneself smack in the middle of a drama unfolding in the form of a possible tiger or leopard hunt to experiencing the Common Hawk-Cuckoo season in full swing, these acoustic delights remain hidden in gobs of data and jump out at us as we carefully analyze the data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e68fb5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e68fb5\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pooja_ArjunTree_Headshot-420x560.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman in a ballcap and jeans stands at the foot of a large tree, its roots reaching into soil and green swampy waters.\" class=\"wp-image-53052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pooja_ArjunTree_Headshot-420x560.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pooja_ArjunTree_Headshot-75x100.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pooja_ArjunTree_Headshot.jpeg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Listening to these forests reminds us of how unique coexistence with wildlife in rural Indian landscapes is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Eavesdroppingon a tropical dry forest in the heart of India<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Pooja Choksia<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Sambar Langur Calls<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-8\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sambar_Langur_Calls1.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sambar_Langur_Calls1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sambar_Langur_Calls1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Dilwara cowbells<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-9\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dilwara_cowbells-11.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dilwara_cowbells-11.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dilwara_cowbells-11.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><strong>Sambar Langur Calls<\/strong> &#8211; A clip of a morning when the langurs and Sambar Deer were less than comfortable on account of a big cat in the vicinity. If you hear a Sambar deer and langur, you can be almost certain that there is a big cat about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><strong>Dilwara cowbells<\/strong> &#8211; While the core areas of national parks are strictly protected, buffer regions often include fragmented forests and small hamlets and villages. People use the forest for their livelihoods and for cultural reasons, and in the same way, wildlife, especially ungulates, come close to villages and often feast on crops being grown by the villagers. In India, people are very much a part of the wild landscape. Here is a soundscape from a forest-fringe village waking up and going about their day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Pooja Choksi<\/strong><br>Madhya Pradesh, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Pooja Choksi is an ecologist and co-founder of Project Dhvani, an organization harnessing acoustic technology to monitor biodiversity in tropical landscapes. Her primary research examines the ecological and social outcomes of forest restoration efforts. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota where she examines the potential for land restoration in South Asia. Dr. Choksi received her PhD in Ecology from Columbia University and her Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"air-cdmx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52826\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-996x560.png 996w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-100x56.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#449794\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(3.426rem, 3.426rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 6.498), 7rem);\">Aire V.3 CDMX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>INTERSPECIFICS<\/strong> | Mexico City<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Aire v.3 is an audiovisual album generated with machine learning tools that analyze patterns of the pollution from different cities around the world: Mexico City, Bogot\u00e1 and Sao Paulo. The data comes from the predictive system of the Resource Watch, designed by the World Resource Institute and the NASA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wide wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6994f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6994f\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"52825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2-996x560.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2-996x560.png 996w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-a.412e90d2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e69c2e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e69c2e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"52826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-996x560.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-996x560.png 996w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cdmx-b.a4c08b4d.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">images: INTERSPECIFICS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Interspecifics has created a series of sound and visual compositions showing the pollution dynamics in the air of each of these three cities. The first stage of this project revolves around an audiovisual experience in 10 minute segments where cityscapes made of elevations from 3D maps and satellite images are shown alongside generative sound compositions focused in latin american cities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">AireV3 CDMX<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">INTERSPECIFICS<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">AireV3 CDMX (excerpt)<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-10\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/excerpt_AireV3_CDMX_MST_1.1_128.mp3?_=10\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/excerpt_AireV3_CDMX_MST_1.1_128.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/excerpt_AireV3_CDMX_MST_1.1_128.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>INTERSPECIFICS<\/strong><br>Mexico City, Mexico<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Interspecifics is an international Independent artistic research bureau founded in Mexico City in 2013. We have focused our research on the use of sound and A.I., to explore patterns emerging from biosignals and the morphology of different living organisms as a potential form of non-human communication. With this aim, we have developed a collection of experimental research and education tools we call Ontological Machines. Our work is deeply shaped by the Latin American context where precarity enables creative action and ancient technologies meet cutting-edge forms of production. Our current lines of research are shifting towards exploring the hard problem of consciousness and the close relationship between mind and matter, where magic appears to be fundamental. Sound remains our interface to the universe. Winners of the Ars Electronica AI x Future Lab residency. Our most recent work includes commissions for the Haus der kulturen der Welt, Geneva Biennale of the Moving Image<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/interspecifics.cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/interspecifics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"air-windschatten\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52800\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#449794\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(3.426rem, 3.426rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 6.498), 7rem);\">Windschatten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Farah Mulla<\/strong> | Mumbai &amp; Goa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Windschatten was built as a visual metaphor for cycles of consumption in the quaint village of Kalga, Himachal Pradesh as a part of an artist residency. Determined to create a sound installation using local materials, I decided that one of the most abundant local materials was the plastic in bottles that are used and quickly disposed of by consumers. It transforms concerns for sustainability and the environment into an architectural metaphor for cycles of consumption and waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kinetic installation used plastic bottles designated as waste to construct a large, organically shaped arch. The sculpture is activated by the intensity and direction of the ambient wind conditions to generate its sonic response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/874026026?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottles catch the wind in different directions and intensities to generate the sound of the winds. The openings within the bottles act as a funnel through which air columns vibrate and generate sonic responses. The sound generated by the installation is an eerie drone, which is quite a contrast to the pleasant soundscape prevalent in the village. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#449794\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right pad3335 has-medium-font-size\">The project proudly displays its modest materials, leaving the plastic bottles uncovered and unpainted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right pad3335 has-medium-font-size\">Yet the unremarkable building blocks combine to create something that is almost unrecognizable and completely extraordinary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6a657&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6a657\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-840x560.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup view of many plastic bottles with one end cut off, arranged tightly together.\" class=\"wp-image-52800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5293-2-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculptural form was conceived as a symbol of the landscape that provides the materials for the plastic bottles and which is made to suffer as a result of our wasteful modes of production and consumption. This project was composed of the number of bottles thrown away in Kalga every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the building process of the installation the artist ended up cleaning up the entire village of its plastic refuse. The kinetic installation transformed this abundant waste into a space for contemplation and imagination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6aa84&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6aa84\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"52801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5319-373x560.jpg\" alt=\"On a sunny day, a woman sits inside of a small structure made of plastic bottles, the structure surrounded by shrubs and trees\" class=\"wp-image-52801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5319-373x560.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5319-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5319-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5319-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_5319-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6ad4f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6ad4f\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"52799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3126-560x560.jpg\" alt=\"On a sunny day, a woman sits inside of a small structure made of plastic bottles, the structure surrounded by shrubs and trees in a mountain\" class=\"wp-image-52799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3126-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3126-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3126-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3126-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The structure not only references the natural processes that are disrupted by waste and pollution or the water-carrying capacity of the bottles that are thrown away \u2014 it also suggests the possibilities for modes of production that are sustainable and regenerative. The installation utilized the local community\u2019s waste while rallying the community to contribute, build and enjoy the structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than representing a landscape or forces of nature, windschatten evokes \u2014 in an abstracted form \u2014 the waste that it is made from. Hanging precariously over the edge of a mountain in an apple orchard, windschatten could have been another piece of plastic debris about to litter the river just below. Yet instead the installation suggests a different, more beautiful afterlife for consumer by-products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Windschatten<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Farah Mulla<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Windschatten<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-11\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Windschatten.mp3?_=11\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Windschatten.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Windschatten.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Farah Mulla<\/strong><br>Mumbai &amp; Goa, India<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Farah Mulla is a multimedia artist based in Goa. Her background in science overlaps with her art practice that explores the perception of sound and its effects on human neurology and subjectivity. Often investigating different media, she uses the human voice, field recordings and other modes of inquiries to explore aspects of our listening experience and the invisible agency of sound via multiple modes of perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/farahmulla\/\" target=\"_blank\">instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax wide\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"water\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52913 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/water-bg.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#546194\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<!-- PML: the audio element is controlled by a custom Javascript code snippet -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8889f314 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#bccfff;font-size:clamp(4.16rem, 4.16rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 8.8), 9rem);\">water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex 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aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-28f0cd9b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">&#8220;Here the oxygen in water is not screaming. Here the o in h2o is not a sob. here the roundest molecules are breathing quite peacefully, like they chose the job.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\">-Alexis Pauline Gumbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"water-oceans\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2832\" height=\"2832\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53224\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-SQUARE-2023.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-SQUARE-2023.png 2832w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-SQUARE-2023-560x560.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-SQUARE-2023-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-SQUARE-2023-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-SQUARE-2023-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2832px) 100vw, 2832px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#546194\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">If The Oceans Could Speak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Jamie Perera<\/strong> | United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>If the Oceans Could Speak transforms data around our production, consumption and disposal of plastics in the world&#8217;s oceans into a sound and music composition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6d8c0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6d8c0\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"482\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Global-primary-plastics-waste-generation-in-million-metric-tons-according-to-industrial-use-sector-from-1950-to-2015-1.png\" alt=\"A graph showing a large increase of Primary Plastic Waste Generation (in Mt) from 1950 to 2015. Sources include Textiles, Industrial machinery, Consumer &amp; Institutional Products, Electrical, Building &amp; Construction, Transportation, and finally, Packaging, which makes up the largest part of the graph.\" class=\"wp-image-53226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Global-primary-plastics-waste-generation-in-million-metric-tons-according-to-industrial-use-sector-from-1950-to-2015-1.png 835w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Global-primary-plastics-waste-generation-in-million-metric-tons-according-to-industrial-use-sector-from-1950-to-2015-1-100x58.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This piece was created using datasets from the World Economic Forum, Plastics Europe, the University of California Santa Barbara (Roland Geyer), the University of Georgia (Jenna Jambeck) and Sea Education Association in Massachusetts (Kara Lavender Law). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6dc6b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6dc6b\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-2023-resized-838x560.png\" alt=\"An image taken half under water and half above water with unidentified pieces of flotsam in the water\" class=\"wp-image-53223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-2023-resized-838x560.png 838w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-2023-resized-100x67.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/If-The-Oceans-Could-Speak-IMAGE-2023-resized.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Using underwater oceanic recordings together with data sonification, it uses sonic textures, harmonies and variations in pitch and intensity to provoke a response in the listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by Jamie Perera. Originally commissioned by We Are the Oceans as a Climate Symphony work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">If the Oceans Could Speak<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Jamie Perera<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">If the Oceans Could Speak<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-12\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IF-THE-OCEANS-COULD-SPEAK_MASTER_JAMIE-PERERA_128.mp3?_=12\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IF-THE-OCEANS-COULD-SPEAK_MASTER_JAMIE-PERERA_128.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IF-THE-OCEANS-COULD-SPEAK_MASTER_JAMIE-PERERA_128.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Jamie Perera<\/strong><br>United Kingdom<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jamie Perera (he\/him) uses sound to represent objects in ways that create provoking experiences for listeners. His work explores grief, radical deconstruction, re-imagining and reclamation in the context of The Great Acceleration, whilst challenging the conventions between music, sound and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamieperera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamie_perera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"water-tigris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53235\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Al-Hamar-Marsh.-No.-32-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Al-Hamar-Marsh.-No.-32-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Al-Hamar-Marsh.-No.-32-995x560.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Al-Hamar-Marsh.-No.-32-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Al-Hamar-Marsh.-No.-32-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Al-Hamar-Marsh.-No.-32-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#546194\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">Encounters on the Tigris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Sherko Abbas<\/strong> | London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Encounters on the Tigris Part 3\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/837182585?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You are currently viewing the final part of the film that covers the Tigris River. 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northern Iraq and ending at Al Faw where the river meets the Persian Gulf in the south, Encounters on the Tigris follows a journey taken by artist and filmmaker Sherko Abbas in 2022, along the ancient River Tigris, in search of previously undocumented oral traditions and the ecological knowledge they hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wide50 has-large-font-size\">Featuring interviews with folklorists, Quranic scholars, musicians and local communities, Abbas captures songs and stories about water that have been transmitted orally from one generation to the next for centuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a time when climate change is beginning to have devastating impacts across the region, the film highlights the precarity of communities who depend on the river and the interplay of environmental instability with Iraq\u2019s recent history, revealing ancient cultural traditions increasingly at odds with new ecological realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Commissioned by Ruya Foundation for World Weather Network; part of the weather station in Tigris River &amp; Mesopotamian Marshes, Iraq<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sherko Abbas<\/strong><br>London, United Kingdom<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sherko Abbas is a Kurdish-Iraqi artist. He was born in Iran in 1978, where his family lived as refugees. They returned to Iraq when he was two years old. Abbas studied Fine Art in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2015. His work explores sonic and visual memory, with a focus on modern memory that relies on recorded materials. Additionally, Abbas is interested in the current geopolitical situation in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamieperera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamie_perera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"water-rhythms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53240\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#546194\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">Water Rhythms: listening to climate change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Michele Koppes<\/strong> | Vancouver<br><strong>Susie Ibarra<\/strong> | New Paltz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Water Rhythms is the story of climate change as told by the ice and water. It is the acoustic story of our entanglements with a changing climate and changing landscapes of our own making.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">As glaciers worldwide shrink and disappear in response to a warming world, the availability and quality of freshwater is being threatened. As the ice disappears, these water rhythms are also shifting and fading away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been sonically mapping changes in glacier runoff in some of the world\u2019s most important water towers, including the Coast Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, the Greenland Ice Sheet, and the Indian Himalaya.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6f576&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6f576\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"53241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20211012_TEDFellows_SIMKsmall-840x560.jpg\" alt=\"Two smiling women stand with each other in front of a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-53241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20211012_TEDFellows_SIMKsmall-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20211012_TEDFellows_SIMKsmall-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20211012_TEDFellows_SIMKsmall-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20211012_TEDFellows_SIMKsmall-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e6f859&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e6f859\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"53240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-840x560.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with earphones and a microphone standing on rocky ground, under a large glistening blue wall of ice.\" class=\"wp-image-53240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>images:<\/strong><br>1) Portrait of TEDFellows Susie Ibarra and Michele Koppes. TED Countdown Summit. October 12-15, 2021, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Bret Hartman\/ TED<br>2) Production image from Water Rhythms for Reverberations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through recordings taken from above and below the ice and water, including the sounds and music of the people who live along their respective shores, we invite the listener into a more embodied understanding of how we are inextricably connected to Earth\u2019s lifeblood, freshwater. We invite you to listen deeply to the stories the water is telling us about a world of increasing ecological precarity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Water Rhythms Listening Room<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Michele Koppes and Susie Ibarra<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Excerpt from Water Rhythms Listening Room<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-13\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WaterRhythmsListeningRoom-128.mp3?_=13\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WaterRhythmsListeningRoom-128.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WaterRhythmsListeningRoom-128.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Michele Koppes<\/strong><br>Vancouver, Canada<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Michele Koppes is a Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Director of the Climate and Cryosphere Lab, and Senior TED Fellow. Her passion is understanding how glaciers and mountains respond to climate change, and the impacts these changes on waterscapes and people. She spends much of her time exploring and collecting the stories of changing ice and water in remote, icy places all over the world, from the mountains of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to Patagonia, the Himalayas, the Tien Shan, Greenland, and Antarctica. Koppes is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/koppes\/soundscapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">project website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Susie Ibarra<\/strong><br>New Paltz, United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Susie Ibarra is a Pilipinx composer, drummer\/percussionist, and sound artist who focuses on creating and supporting work that preserves ecosystems of biodiverse habitats and traditional and Indigenous cultures. She creates immersive experiences through sound to invite people to connect to their natural and built environments. Ibarra is a Doris Duke Fellow in Music, a Senior TED Fellow, and an Asian Cultural Council Research Fellow. Ibarra currently lives and works in New Paltz, New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susieibarra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"water-ebenezer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53285\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ogun-river-flooding-.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ogun-river-flooding-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ogun-river-flooding--100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#546194\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.273), 4rem);\">Popular Music and Flood Disaster in Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Olusegun Stephen Titus<\/strong> | Ile-Ife<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Ebenezer Obey&#8217;s song on flooding: This is a popular music situated within southwestern Nigeria. Majorly Yoruba Speaking communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ogunpa Flood\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fzbdOADLs18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The song is about the flood disaster that happened in Ibadan City in 1980s. Though it reoccurred in 2011 in which I was almost a victim because I was on my PhD in that city and I narrowly escaped the flood. Hundreds of people died and more than 600 people were made homeless with massive destruction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#449794;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\">The song is about the memorialization of the incident and the trajectories of spirituality praying to God to stop such occurrence sympathizing with the people and also warning people of the danger of dropping wastes on water ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e70392&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e70392\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ogun-river-flooding-.jpg\" alt=\"A small forested mountain with a wide brown river in the foreground, its waters rising up to meet thickly forested banks.\" class=\"wp-image-53285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ogun-river-flooding-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ogun-river-flooding--100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The song and the musical instruments express deep soundscape that represents chaos, pandemonium, fears, loss, prayers and pity. The symbolic sounds made us to see the emotionality attached to environment and its sustainability and the need to protect the environment. In conclusion it expresses the need to move from ecocide to ecoresilience within the African city spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Titus, O. S. and Titus, R. O. (2017) Jimi Solanke and Ebenezer Obey\u2019s Music on Environmental Degradation and Flood Disaster in Ibadan, Nigeria. <em>Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Arts and Sciences<\/em>. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA. Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 111-130.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Olusegun Stephen Titus<\/strong><br>Ile-Ife, Nigeria<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Olusegun Titus is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He obtained a PhD in Musicology from University of Ibadan. His research focuses on ecomusicology, music and migration, music and infrastructure Music and city space, Music and Petroculture, urban blue humanities studies and peacebuilding. Olusegun is a Fellow, IFRA-Nigeria 2012; Fellow, Leventis and visiting scholar, University of London 2014; Fellow, AfOx-TORCH and visiting scholar Oxford University 2019, Fellow, ACLS\/AHP 2020. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Department of Literature, Arts and Media Studies the Centre for Cultural Enquiry, Konstanz University, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamieperera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"water-watervis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"655\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53049\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WaterViz_O8_11_23.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WaterViz_O8_11_23.png 818w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WaterViz_O8_11_23-699x560.png 699w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WaterViz_O8_11_23-100x80.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WaterViz_O8_11_23-563x450.png 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#546194\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.25rem, 1.25rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.364), 2rem);\">WaterViz: A Water Cycle Visualization and Sonification Tool at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Lindsey Rustad<\/strong> | Durham<br>with Xavier Cortada, Marty Quinn, Mary Martin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>WaterViz takes actual water and weather data gathered at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and converts it into music as a sonficiation. The Hubbard Brook sonification assigns specific elements of water data to specific musical instruments, creating a forest symphony. The listener can hear the quantities of water moving through the forest as precipitation, stream flow, soil water, evaporation, and transpiration. Several drivers of the water cycle, including air temperature and wind, also play a part in the music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/907772041?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Sonifications, unlike charts and graphs, engage different neural circuitry in our brains than the visual and reasoning centers. In other words, sonifications allow us to process scientific data in new and exciting ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the WaterViz, precipitation is played by cymbals, stream flow by bass guitar and french horn, soil water by guitar, evaporation+transpiration by African marimbas, air temperature by flute and wind speed and direction by violins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hubbardbrook.org\/waterviz\/waterviz-sonification-audio-key\/\" target=\"_blank\">explore the sonification audio key<\/a><br>&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hubbardbrook.org\/waterviz\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit project website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lindsey Rustad<\/strong><br>Durham (NH), United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Lindsey Rustad is the Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Northeast Climate Hub and a research ecologist for the USDA Forest Service Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Science in Durham, New Hampshire. She received a BA in philosophy at Cornell University in 1980, an MS in forest science at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences in 1983, and a PhD in plant science in 1988 at the University of Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Xavier Cortada<\/strong><br>Pinecrest (FL), United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Cortada serves as Professor of Practice at the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Miami<\/a>&nbsp;Department of Art and Art History (with secondary appointments in the university\u2019s Miller School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and School of Law), and Artist-in-Residence at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cortada.com\/gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinecrest Gardens<\/a>, where his studio, gallery, and socially engaged art practice are based. He was recently appointed by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to serve as the inaugural&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cortada.com\/events-2022\/mayor-appoints-cortada-as-countys-first-artist-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artist-in-Residence for Miami-Dade County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Marty Quinn<\/strong><br>Durham (NH), United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Marty Quinn is a composer\/data scientist and founder of Design Rhythmics Sonification Research Lab. He has focused on the perception of data thru music and visualization for over 25 years. His many works include \u201cThe Climate Symphony,\u201d \u201cWater Ice on Mars,\u201d CRaTER Live Internet Radio, \u201cWalk on the Sun\u201d interactive movement and image sonification for the visually impaired, and \u201cTouch the Future: Hear the Climate Change.\u201d He has worked on the NASA IBEX and CRaTER instruments teams at the University of New Hampshire, where he holds an MS in computer science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>with further contributions from:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hubbardbrook.org\/people\/mary-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Martin<\/a>, Web Programing and Data Management, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hubbardbrook.org\/people\/sarah-garlick\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Garlick<\/a>, Science Policy and Outreach, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu\/michael-casey\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Casey<\/a>, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Principal Investigator for \u201cMusic, Health, and Medicine,\u201d a Medical Humanities Network project. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hubbardbrook.org\/people\/amey-bailey\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amey Bailey<\/a>, USDA Forest Service, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Woodstock, NH. Ivaylo Dzhedzhev, Visualization Developer, Simosol Oy, Finland. Mark Green, Hydrologic Modeling, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/afry.com\/en\/competence\/smart-forestry\" target=\"_blank\">Jussi Rasinm\u00e4ki<\/a>, Visualization Developer, Simosol Oy, Finland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax wide\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"fire\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52916 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fire-bg.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cb4e16\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<!-- PML: the audio element is controlled by a custom Javascript code snippet -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8889f314 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff6800;font-size:clamp(5.174rem, 5.174rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 12.411), 12rem);\">fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-2b666434\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#fire-sunconscious\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52723\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">sunconscious<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#fire-soundscapes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-B-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52686\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Soundscapes of Socioecological Succession<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"#fire-goodfire\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large-600x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53459\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Good Fire in Parks Canada<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-28f0cd9b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tnocarts-600x240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53203\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-28f0cd9b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u201cArt is a connection, like passing on a flame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">-Wangechi Mutu&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"fire-sunconscious\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52723\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-60 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cb4e16\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(3.037rem, 3.037rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 5.387), 6rem);\">sunconscious<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Kim Cunio<\/strong> | Canberra<br><strong>Nigel Meredith<\/strong> | Cambridge<br><strong>Diana Scarborough<\/strong> | Cambridge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>You are listening to the \u2018sounds\u2019 of space recorded on the day of the first sunrise of the austral winter at Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sun has been permanently below the horizon for over 3 months and this is a particularly important day in the calendar year at Halley, as the Sun finally rises again, trumpeting the start of lighter and longer days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wide50 has-large-font-size\">In this track we hear the wonderful variety of Earth\u2019s natural radio emissions captured by the Halley VLF receiver on this momentous day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of us know the sensation of seeing first light, and we can imagine together how incredible this would be after the long \u2018night\u2019 of the Antarctic Winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunconscious&nbsp;takes us on a multimedia journey to the Sun, revealing the magic created when science and the arts collide. The album&nbsp;includes some unusual and fascinating \u2018sounds\u2019 as recorded on the Parker Solar Probe, Cassini and SOHO spacecraft. We also experience the \u2018sounds\u2019 of space as recorded at Halley VI Research Station on the day of the first sunrise following the southern hemisphere winter and last sunset following the southern hemisphere summer.&nbsp;These eclectic space and ground-based \u2018sounds\u2019 are accompanied by the hurdy-gurdy, a 1,000-year-old string instrument;&nbsp;the theremin, an electronic instrument; the electronic keyboard; and harmonic chanting into a well. Artwork inspired by the music and science also add a rich visual element to&nbsp;the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Meredith, N. P., Turning the sounds of space into art,&nbsp;Astronomy and Geophysics, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/astrogeo\/article\/60\/2\/2.18\/5380747?login=false\"><u>10.1093\/astrogeo\/atz097<\/u><\/a>, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Meredith, N. P., K. Cunio, D. Scarborough, &amp; A. D. Wynne, Music of the Spheres,&nbsp;Astronomy and Geophysics, 63, 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/astrogeo\/article\/63\/1\/1.38\/6507485\"><u>10.1093\/astrogeo\/atac013<\/u><\/a>,&nbsp;2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Sunconscious (2022)<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Sounds of Space Project<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">First Light<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-14\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1.-First_Light_128cbr.mp3?_=14\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1.-First_Light_128cbr.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1.-First_Light_128cbr.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sounds of Space Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sounds of Space Project is an art-science collaboration, with Cambridge-based multimedia artist&nbsp;Diana Scarborough, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/project\/sounds-of-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BAS<\/a> space weather research scientist Nigel Meredith and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.cass.anu.edu.au\/research\/hubs\/music-in-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ANU<\/a> Head of Music and composer Kim Cunio. Their projects are inspired by the mysterious and evocative &#8216;sounds of space&#8217; from Earth to beyond the galaxy and emerge through a shared process of creative engagement and cross-disciplinary collaboration. They have delivered talks and performances at the Cambridge Science Festival (2018), the British Antarctic Survey (2018) and the Cambridge Festival of Ideas (2019) and given talks at the Bluedot Festival (2019) the 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (2022) and the Cambridge launch event of Our Place in Space (2022). They have created short films for the Venice Biennale (2019), written two cover articles for Astronomy and Geophysics, and produced three albums, Aurora Musicalis (2020), Celestial Incantations (2021) and Sunconscious (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/soundsofspaceproject.bandcamp.com\/\"><u>Bandcamp<\/u><\/a><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg0MFl1UGgIHXbsQnhOqdGg\"><u>YouTube<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Diana Scarborough<\/strong><br>Cambridge, United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Diana Scarborough is a Cambridge-based multimedia artist whose practise is cross-discipline and collaborative. She takes inspiration from research that embraces the concepts of data, code, sound, archival history, technology and environmental concerns and rephrases them from an art perspective. She uses film, animation, soundscapes, light, technology, dancers and musicians as a palette to translate data into an immersive experience that is tangible, surprising, relevant and inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/dianascarborough.co.uk\/sounds-of-space-project-art-science-music-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Kim Cunio<\/strong><br>Canberra, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Professor Kim Cunio, head of the School of Music at the Australian National University (ANU), is an activist composer interested in old and new musics and the role of intercultural music in making sense of our larger world. A scholar, composer and performer, Kim embodies the skills of the artist, showing that writing and making art are part of the same paradigm of deep artistic exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.anu.edu.au\/researchers\/cunio-ke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Nigel Meredith<\/strong><br>Cambridge, United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr Nigel Meredith is a space weather research scientist at British Antarctic Survey. He uses satellite data to develop global models of plasma waves in near Earth space for input into radiation belt codes and, ultimately, to forecast space weather. He also studies extreme space weather and has applied extreme value analysis to determine the 1 in 100-year space weather event levels for low, medium, geosynchronous and high Earth orbit to help assess the impact of extreme events on the satellite fleet. He enjoys exploring the use of scientific data as art and is currently involved in a multi-disciplinary art-science collaboration inspired by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/project\/sounds-of-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">sounds of space<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/profile\/nmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"fire-soundscapes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52688\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cb4e16\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.93rem, 1.93rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.673), 3.4rem);\">Soundscapes of Socioecological Succession<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Jon Bellona<\/strong> | Eugene<br><strong>Bailey Hilgren<\/strong> | New York City<br><strong>Lucas Silva<\/strong> | Eugene<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Field recordings of audio capture visits to fire affected areas in Oregon that connote a slice of succession activities. Like a slice of tree ring that marks age and time, sound recordings of the area are meant to capture multiple scenes and ecological voices, filtered through a raw material from the sites themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e73938&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e73938\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SoundSculpture-C-747x560.jpg\" alt=\"A black, charred fragment of a tree placed on a wood table.\" class=\"wp-image-52688\" 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style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wide50 has-large-font-size\">Treating the wood as an acoustic resonator \u2014 a filter that distorts as much as it renders sound audible \u2014 casts a shadow onto the sounds it projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wood slightly changes the spectrum of sound by boosting or cutting the amount of different frequencies in the sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e73cc2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e73cc2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Jon Bellona<\/strong><br>Eugene (OR), United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jon Bellona is a sound artist and educator who specializes&nbsp;in digital technologies. He employs sonification, data mapping, and instrument building to connect and to amplify art &amp; environment listening experiences. Jon is a Senior Instructor I of Audio Production at the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/musicanddance.uoregon.edu\/directory\/profiles\/all\/jbellona\" target=\"_blank\">University of Oregon<\/a>&nbsp;and is a co-director of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harmoniclab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harmonic Laboratory<\/a>, an interdisciplinary arts collective focused on art and technology collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jpbellona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><br>&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4hkhlJeAUJcl375kogNqxn?si=DU3rQq_2Qke_t477bvovlw\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Bailey Hilgren<\/strong><br>New York City, United States<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Bailey is a musicologist and sound studies scholar working in the environmental humanities. A background in biology, music, and environmental humanities provides me with an unusual perspective, and her work revolves around the intersections between music\/sound, science, and environmental justice. Bailey is currently a MacCracken Fellow at New York University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lucas Silva<\/strong><br>Eugene (OR), United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Lucas Silva is an associate professor of Geography, Environmental Studies, and Biology at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on fundamental processes that connect dynamic social and ecological systems. Dr. Silva directs a team of interdisciplinary scholars specializing in the study of soil-plant-atmosphere interactions, bridging theory and experimentation to improve the sustainability of natural and human-engineered landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/soilplantatmosphere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"fire-goodfire\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53459\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large.jpeg 2500w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large-996x560.jpeg 996w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/good_fire_podcast_logo_large-100x56.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cb4e16\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.93rem, 1.93rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.673), 3.4rem);\">Good Fire in Parks Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Amy Cardinal Christianson<\/strong> | Treaty 8 territory<br><strong>Matthew Kristoff<\/strong> | Alberta<br>with Pierre Martel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Cultural burning has been a practice used by Indigenous communities in Canada for generations, serving various cultural purposes, such as stewarding the landscape and promoting resources. However, colonization disrupted these practices. Parks Canada acknowledges this history and seeks reconciliation, recognizing the importance of bringing back Cultural Fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Removing cultural burning is removing the sound of children laughing from the trees. <\/strong>Amy points out that prescribed and cultural burning are not the same, though you may have heard them used interchangeably. She values that Parks Canada views them as separate since prescribed burning is about hazard reduction where a lot of land is burned in a short time frame. However, cultural burning is about achieving cultural objectives for the community by using low-intensity fires in low-risk times to burn slowly to cleanse the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most prominent ways cultural burning differs from prescribed burning is that it appears different to the senses. Cultural burning involves a fire you can walk beside, like a relative or spirit, whereas prescribed burning can swallow an entire side of a mountain in flames. Cultural burning is replete with the sound of children\u2019s laughter since it is a community activity, whereas prescribed burning is abuzz with radio traffic and the sounds of helicopters pouring fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast you are listening to emphasizes the value of training more Indigenous fire-keepers and bridging the gap between &#8220;prescribed burning&#8221; and &#8220;cultural burning.&#8221; The guests, Amy and Pierre, share their experiences and commitment to making meaningful strides with reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wide50 has-large-font-size\">This work also highlights the significance of Cultural Fire beyond fire management. It delves into its cultural, ecological, and historical aspects, emphasizing the impact on mental health, the inherent right of indigenous people to manage and connect to their ancestral lands through fire, and the importance of Indigenous ways of knowing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode encourages listeners to consider the broader implications of embracing Indigenous practices, not only in Canada but globally. The discussion highlights the importance of respecting diverse cultural practices and knowledge systems in land management and conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"goodfire-questions\"><strong>3 Questions for Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How can we promote the revival of Indigenous cultural practices and knowledge, particularly in the context of land management and conservation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What lessons can be drawn from the experience of Parks Canada in reconciling and becoming allies with Indigenous communities in other regions and organizations worldwide?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can we bridge the gap between prescribed burning and cultural burning to achieve ecological restoration while respecting cultural objectives?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"audioalbum\">Your Forest Podcast<\/h2><p class=\"audioalbum\">Matthew Kristoff<span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Excerpt from &#039;Good Fire&#039; with Amy Cardinal Christianson and Pierre Martel<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-17\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Good-Fire-in-Parks-Canada-with-Amy-Cardinal-Christianson-and-Pierre-Martel_mono44kbps.mp3?_=17\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Good-Fire-in-Parks-Canada-with-Amy-Cardinal-Christianson-and-Pierre-Martel_mono44kbps.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Good-Fire-in-Parks-Canada-with-Amy-Cardinal-Christianson-and-Pierre-Martel_mono44kbps.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/yourforestpodcast.com\/episode-1\/2022\/8\/25\/126-good-fire-in-parks-with-amy-cardinal-christianson-and-pierre-martel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">listen to the full podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Amy Cardinal Christianson<\/strong><br>Treaty 8 territory (Northern Alberta), Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr Amy Cardinal Christianson is M\u00e9tis and grew up in Treaty 8 territory (northern Alberta, Canada). Her M\u00e9tis relations are the Cardinal (Peeaysis Band) and Laboucane (Laboucane Settlement) families. She currently lives near Rocky Mountain House in Treaty 6 (central Alberta). Amy is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada) and is currently on interchange to Parks Canada as an Indigenous Fire Specialist in the National Fire Management Division.<br>Amy works with Indigenous Nations across Canada on fire stewardship practices like cultural burning and collaborates with Indigenous peoples from around the world on decolonising land management. She also studies wildfire evacuations and advocates for Indigenous wildland firefighters. She is the co-author of the books, First Nations Wildfire Evacuations: A guide for communities and external agencies and Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship. Amy cohosts the Good Fire podcast, which looks at Indigenous fire use around the world. She is a board member for the International Association of Wildland Fire and a member of the International Research Advisory Panel for Natural Hazards Research Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Matthew Kristoff<\/strong><br>Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Matthew Kristoff is a Registered Professional Forester in the province of Alberta. He has a BSc in Forestry from the University of Alberta and works as an Inventory Forester for GreenLink Forestry Inc. out of Edmonton. In 2017, he created YourForest Podcast as an excuse to talk with some of the country\u2019s top thinkers and practitioners in the many fields of environmental management. The conversations had on YourForest continue to further Matthew\u2019s passion for land stewardship and sustainable ideas. Matthew also produces and co-hosts an Indigenous Fire Stewardship podcast called Good Fire with the leadership of Amy Christianson. From this experience, Matthew gained a great appreciation and fascination for Indigenous Land Ethics. He strives to continue to learn from and support Indigenous knowledge in any way he can. Matthew\u2019s hope is that through the pursuit of knowledge he may develop enough perspective, and empathy, to help society better navigate the path of environmental stewardship, and its role in an equitable society<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wide\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"fire-drought\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53466\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Saplings_postfire-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Saplings_postfire-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Saplings_postfire-747x560.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Saplings_postfire-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Saplings_postfire-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Saplings_postfire-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cb4e16\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.6rem, 1.6rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2), 2.7rem);\">Trees and the Acoustic Signature of Fires<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-f96796aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Kara M Yedinak<\/strong> | Madison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>This laboratory recording starts with near silence. Just after 18 seconds, you hear a short duration high-energy ignition of a carpet of dry Pinus Monticola needles. The wall of flames moves away from the microphone. At 146 seconds, you hear fire interact with drought-stressed Pseudotsuga Menziesii saplings. We are sampling the crackling sounds produced by these trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wide50 has-large-font-size\">From sitting around campfires for 300,000 years, humans intuitively know that crackling sounds from burning vegetation relate to the type of vegetation burning and the moisture in that vegetation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our experiments put values to this knowledge and definitively demonstrate the unique sound signature coming from a variation in vegetation type as well as how drought stressed the plant is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e0601e74ea2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e0601e74ea2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"53467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Images-of-an-experimental-fire-burning-left-to-right-across-a-discontinuous-fuel-bed_Q320.jpeg\" alt=\"Strips of fire-like colors rendered with a scale at the right. 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This work and the research that has evolved from it leads us down the path of asking what can be learned from the sounds of fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"track\"><span class=\"songtitle\">Western white pine needles and drought stressed Douglas fir saplings on fire<\/span><span class=\"audiobutton\"><\/span><div class=\"albumtrack\" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52636-18\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rupt_DroughtStressed_PseudMenzi.mp3?_=18\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rupt_DroughtStressed_PseudMenzi.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rupt_DroughtStressed_PseudMenzi.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"bios\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column reverbbio is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Kara M Yedinak<\/strong><br>Madison (WI), United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dr. Kara Yedinak is a fire physicist with a keen interest in developing new approaches to examining and understanding diffusion flames in our environment. Her work spans a range of scales, from the structural characteristics of a leaf to the complex interactions of atmosphere-fire-fuels across a myriad of landscapes. Kara\u2019s passionate interest in fire acoustics ranges from infrasound to ultrasound and the wealth of information we can garner by listening to environment around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&gt; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/research\/about\/people\/kyedinak#products-tab\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax wide\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"edu\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ab7a00\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53240 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Koppes_listeningicecave-copy-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8889f314 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(3.426rem, 3.426rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 6.498), 7rem);\">education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">related materials and lessons for educators, categorized by element<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Underground Sound Lesson Plan<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/dep\/downloads\/pdf\/environment\/education\/sound-noise-underground-sound.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/dep\/downloads\/pdf\/environment\/education\/sound-noise-underground-sound.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Symphony of the Rainforest Lesson Plan<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/content\/dam\/tnc\/nature\/en\/documents\/nature-lab-lesson-plans\/SymphonyoftheRainforestTeachersGuide.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nature.org\/content\/dam\/tnc\/nature\/en\/documents\/nature-lab-lesson-plans\/SymphonyoftheRainforestTeachersGuide.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching Environmental Awareness with Marvin Gaye\u2019s Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sharemylesson.com\/teaching-resource\/music-environmental-education-activity-marvin-gaye-mercy-mercy-me-ecology-295281\">https:\/\/sharemylesson.com\/teaching-resource\/music-environmental-education-activity-marvin-gaye-mercy-mercy-me-ecology-295281<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NYC Environmental Protection Sound and Noise Education Lessons<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/dep\/environment\/sound-noise-education-module.page\">https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/dep\/environment\/sound-noise-education-module.page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ocean Sound and Impact of Noise Lesson Plans<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sanctuaries.noaa.gov\/education\/teachers\/ocean-sound\/lesson-plans.html\">https:\/\/sanctuaries.noaa.gov\/education\/teachers\/ocean-sound\/lesson-plans.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Echolocation in Action Lesson Plan<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/teachers\/classrooms\/echolocation-in-action.htm\">https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/teachers\/classrooms\/echolocation-in-action.htm<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bioacoustics Lesson Plans<br><a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.whoi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/B_Lesson_COAST_online.pdf\">https:\/\/seagrant.whoi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/B_Lesson_COAST_online.pdf<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.whoi.edu\/k-12\/educators-students\/\">https:\/\/seagrant.whoi.edu\/k-12\/educators-students\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sounds of the Sea Lesson Plans<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dosits.org\/resources\/resource-categories\/classroom-activities\/\">https:\/\/dosits.org\/resources\/resource-categories\/classroom-activities\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ocean Noise and Marine Animals Lesson Plan<br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17qMPka0tTKjmF8jlAQD24QiWRzs3E9P4\/view\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17qMPka0tTKjmF8jlAQD24QiWRzs3E9P4\/view<\/a>, <a 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href=\"https:\/\/sanctuaries.noaa.gov\/education\/teachers\/ocean-sound\/\">https:\/\/sanctuaries.noaa.gov\/education\/teachers\/ocean-sound\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cultural Burning: Questions for Reflection<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/reverberations\/#goodfire-questions\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/reverberations\/#goodfire-questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">accessible lesson plans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soundscape Ecology Lessons Acessible for the Visually Impaired<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/today\/2020\/08\/stetson-to-help-young-sound-seekers-learn-about-acoustic-ecology\/\">https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/today\/2020\/08\/stetson-to-help-young-sound-seekers-learn-about-acoustic-ecology\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sounds of Biomes Lesson Accessible for the Visually Impaired<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perkins.org\/resource\/sounds-biomes\/\">https:\/\/www.perkins.org\/resource\/sounds-biomes\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">general lesson plans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your Ecosystem Listening Lab @ Cornell Lesson Plans<br><a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-600-W\">https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-600-W<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">This section is still in development. Please check back soon for more educational materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax wide\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"credits\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-29420 size-large has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Reverberation-840x560.webp)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#43a047\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group reverb-cover is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8889f314 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#d6e8d8;font-size:clamp(4.509rem, 4.509rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 9.984), 10rem);\">credits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">contributing artists, scientists, and production team<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Production Credits:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curation:<\/strong> RL Martens&nbsp;<br><strong>Design and development:<\/strong> Patrick M. Lydon<br><strong>With support from:<\/strong> David Maddox, Lindsay Campbell, Sonja Lin, Susan Cox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contributors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farah Mulla \u2013 IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/farahmulla\/\" target=\"_blank\">@farahmullah<\/a><br>Interspecifics \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/interspecifics.cc\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/interspecifics\/\" target=\"_blank\">@interspecifics&nbsp;<\/a><br>Rym Nouiana \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rym-nouioua.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/010100100111100101101101\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a>, IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/rym.nouioua\/\" target=\"_blank\">@rym.nouioua<\/a><br>Kasey Maria Yturralde \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/forestry\/about\/research\/insect-ecology-and-management-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Norman W. Long&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Seal River Watershed Alliance and the National Audubon Society \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sealriverwatershed.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/audubon.org\/boreal\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Kim Cunio, Nigel Meredith, and Diana Scarborough \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundsofspaceproject.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundsofspaceproject.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Merch<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/music.cass.anu.edu.au\/research\/hubs\/music-in-action\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/project\/sounds-of-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Jacob Job \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jacobrjob.com\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobrjob.com\/fire-study\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Jon Bellona, Bailey Hilgren, and Lucas Silva \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jpbellona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4hkhlJeAUJcl375kogNqxn?si=DU3rQq_2Qke_t477bvovlw\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soilplantatmosphere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>&nbsp;<br>Jamie Perera \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamieperera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamie_perera\/\" target=\"_blank\">@jamie_perera<\/a><br>Kara M Yedinak \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/research\/about\/people\/kyedinak#products-tab\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Iki Nakagawa \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ikinakagawa.com\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iki_nakagawa\/\" target=\"_blank\">@iki_nakagawa<\/a><br>Eleanor Ratcliffe \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surrey.ac.uk\/people\/eleanor-ratcliffe\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/citations?user=Nz2URgYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Google Scholar<\/a><br>Robert J. Laverne and Wendy Kellogg<br>Sherko Abbas \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sherkoabbas.com\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sherkoabbass\/\" target=\"_blank\">@sherkoabbass<\/a><br>Lindsey Rustad \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatehubs.usda.gov\/hubs\/northeast\/people\/lindsey-e-rustad\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/good-fire\/id1478894233\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Nikki Lindt \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nlindt.com\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a>, IG <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nikki.lindt\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">@nikki.lindt<\/a><br>Pooja Choksi<br>Michele Koppes and Susie Ibarra \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/koppes\/soundscapes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><br>Olusegun Stephen Titus \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/podcasts\/publiclandspodcast\/episodes\/2022-02-21T16_04_42-08_00\" target=\"_blank\">Web<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to: Betsy Ukeritis, Kasey Yturralde, Lindsey Rustad, Nikki Lindt, Danika Thiele, Kara Yedinak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reverberations is made possible through the generous support of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service &#8211; Urban Connections Program and Northern Research Station.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nature of Cities and the US Forest Service present Reverberations An exhibition exploring the elements through art, science, and sound, Reverberations features more than 30 contributors from various disciplines in a multimedia experience. 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