What is it about?
This article is about a sound recording where the underwater sounds of the river Shannon in Ireland were recorded and then played for an audience. It reflects on the process of recording the sounds and how sound might enable the sound artist to think about their own relationship with the environment.
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Why is it important?
It is important because sometimes academics working on environmental issues can feel overwhelmed by the scale of the issues. By working with our own skills, we can contribute work that is not only academic, but creative. This might help communicate environmental issues in different ways.
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Writing this article was challenging because it is a personal reflection on a creative process. It was also very rewarding because I felt like it was communicating something important about what to do as an individual when faced with overwhelm on environmental issues. It discussed how I came to my own way of thinking about action on environmental issues, so that was very worthwhile.
Trish Morgan
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This page is a summary of: Sounding the Unheard River: Reflections on an Ecological Sound Art Praxis as a Response to Ecosystem Distress, Irish University Review, May 2019, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/iur.2019.0386.
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