What ways do you think sound changes when we are safe or when we are exposed? Stocker discusses gender based perceptions. How accurate do you feel these assumptions are? Considering the effects of various noises on adrenalin production, how do you think the intrusion of cell phone rings and vibrations in our daily lives impacts… Read more Questions for Stocker article 9/19/17
I went out of pratt without noticing that my earphones were on. Everything was quiet. The sounds around me were masked by a soft sponge. But I could still hear the whisper of bugs, people’s laugh from a distant place, PVTA’s honking… those with high frequency penetrated the sponge. I took off my earphones and… Read more Sound Walk(Sit) around Lower Lake
I took a soundwalk around 2pm yesterday; I was really interested to see the sounds I would hear during the bustle of campus, but at a time where a lot of people had class. There was a lot of activity, but it wasn’t so much that I was overwhelmed. I was kind of surprised by… Read more Haley Rivers Soundwalk
I did a soundwalk around upper lake around 10PM and the most prominent sounds that I heard were cicadas mixed in with the occasional acceleration or deceleration of a car going down the hill in the distance or a bird calling. I could hear my own footsteps on the gravel path and when I would… Read more Soundwalk around upper lake
Before going out to get dinner, I thought it would be a perfect time to go out and take a soundwalk. It wasn’t too noisy or to quiet and I started walking from Safford. As I walked the most prominent noise I heard was the crickets’ sound. It was subtle while it filled the whole… Read more Soundwalk around the campus
Being a person that walks regularly with earbuds in, I decided to give myself a challenge and not walk with my earphones the whole day. I wanted today to be a total sound walk. It started out as a sound sit as a read a couple of articles with my windows open in my dorm… Read more Victoria’s Soundwalk