Co-creation of Stories in Sound – Aotearoa New Zealand
Author: Nancy Longnecker – Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand
Co-authors:
- Alison Ballance – Radio New Zealand New Zealand
- Andrea Liberatore – Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Sarah Manktelow – Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Jim Metzner – Pulse of the Planet, United States
- Karthic SS – Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand
Soundscapes are the soundtrack of our lives, enhancing the human journey by enabling deep feelings and engagement with the world around us. As our world experiences the extraordinary changes of a warming climate, its soundscapes will undoubtedly change as well. This project is creating a snapshot of sounds of Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020. The project involves co-creation, with collaboration of public participants, academics, people working in the New Zealand acoustics community, community radio and a Fulbright Specialist with a global audience of podcast listeners.
Stories in Sound encourages people to appreciate and interact with their environment by sharing stories of their local soundscapes, with attention to how those soundscapes have or will change over time. These soundscapes and their associated stories are being shared with a global audience through social media and Pulse of the Planet radio series and podcast and locally through community radio. We hope that the project’s outputs of stories about iconic New Zealand sounds and soundscapes will inspire people to value our environments. The project empowers and supports a storytelling community of practice made up of diverse members of the public as well as professional story-tellers.
The author has not yet submitted a copy of the full paper.
Presentation type: Insight talk
Theme: Technology