Vol. 18 No. 1 (2019): Sound + Environment: Sonic Explorations

Volume 18 brings together research from the WFAE’s UK and Ireland Soundscape Community (UKISC) affiliate with guest editor Dr Rob Mackay, an award-winning composer, sound artist and performer who works in a highly interdisciplinary context. This edition highlights selected papers from ‘Sound + Environment 2017’ – a conference hosted at the University of Hull that brought together artists and scientists to explore the ways that sound can deepen our understanding of environments. 

• Guest Editorial, Rob Mackay ​
  
  
• Sounding Soil: An Acoustic, Ecological & Artistic Investigation of Soil Life, Marcus Maeder, Martin M. Gossner, Armin Keller and Martin Neukom
  
  
• go your gait! Artistic Research on Walking & Listening, katrinem
  
  
• Biosphere Open Microphones (BIOM) – Towards a network of remote listening points in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, Soundcamp: Maria Papadomanolaki, Dawn Scarfe, Grant Smith
  
  
• Listening In / Listening Out: Reflections on A Certain Geography Workshop Held at the University of Hull, Maria Papadomanolaki
  
  
• An Uncomfortable Audio Ethnography – Sound and Politics in the Evolution of an Acouscenic Listening Approach to Softday’s Sonically Engaged Art Practice, Mikael Fernström and Sean Taylor​