What a privilege to be asked to contribute to this ‘meeting of minds‘ in Geneva. And a challenge to fulfil the brief of linking serious environmental concerns with sound, but there was a logical connection…
One of the most evocative relationships we make with the natural world is through its sounds. As an abundant source of information they have influenced our survival rate and enriched our cultures and traditions. Erosion of these connections not only impoverishes our aural spectrum but marks a loss of the implicit knowledge that is held within.