From landscapes to soundscapes
Look, I know this isn’t new, but poor old Bernie Kraus seems to be ploughing a lonely furrow out there, so any reminder of the great work he’s doing to bring sound to geo-spatial web applications, such as Google Maps, can only be a good thing.
Perhaps, by viewing what he has here, students and teachers may be inspired to add to their own sounds to the mix. Or do playgrounds, for example, sound the same the world over?
Not in my experience they don’t. Language is an obvious difference, but there’s also ambient sound: traffic, or the absence of it; the changing of seasons and its impact on nature, eg cicadas in summer, leaves/no leaves on trees.
To hear what the IB World sounds like… Now there’s a thought.
In the meantime, have a listen to the man himself talking at last year’s Where 2.0 conference.
