{"id":2,"date":"2025-03-13T09:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:09:44","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound + Environment Symposium 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>4th &#8211; 6th September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3569\" height=\"2915\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/04\/se-logo_duo-colour_v3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Papers, Workshops and Art Works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The\u202f Sound\u202f +\u202f Environment\u202f Research Group<\/strong> at Newcastle University hosted a broad range of international scholars and practitioners for the inaugural symposium 4th &#8211; 6th September 2025. The theme of the symposium aligned with the aims of the Sound + Environment Research Group, set-up to bring together researchers working across arts and sciences to explore the ways that\u202fsound\u202fcan deepen our understanding of\u202fenvironments\u202fand the communities inhabiting them.\u202fFor example, recent developments in the field of ecoacoustics are proving fruitful in assessing ecosystem change.\u202fSound\u202fand listening are\u202falso increasingly used to monitor built structures and to inform urban and rural landscape design. We can use\u202fsound\u202ffor scientific and artistic exploration, to inform and expand our knowledge of\u202fenvironments and our relationships to the world around us. Sound\u202fcan inform a range of innovative interventions and solutions to problems. Through exploring scientific and artistic approaches together, we engage with\u202fsound\u202fand listening\u202fto create complementary ways of investigating, understanding, and taking action.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcomed contributions from a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acoustic Space and psychoacoustics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acoustic Ecology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acoustic Communities&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place-related Composition (soundscape, electroacoustic, acoustic, improvisation)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative Intervention&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Engagement&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Sonification&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sense of Place&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identity&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social, Cultural and Environmental Sustainability&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heritage and Memory&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecoacoustics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental aesthetics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental politics (policy\/legislation)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soundscape Ecology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bioacoustics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Structural monitoring&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychogeography&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban design and planning&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental Health&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experience and Phenomenology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonic Perception&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sound Art&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Text Scores&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio Archives&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Please note, submissions are now closed.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the organising committee:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Dr Rob Mackay (<a href=\"mailto:rob.mackay@newcastle.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rob.mackay@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a> )&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Tatiana Alvares-Sanches&nbsp;(<a href=\"mailto:tatiana.alvarez-sanchez@newcastle.ac.uk\">tatiana.alvares-sanches@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Usue Ruiz Arana (<a href=\"mailto:usue.ruiz-arana@newcastle.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">usue.ruiz-arana@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a> )&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davie de la Haye &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:D.J.C.De-La-Haye2@newcastle.ac.uk\">D.J.C.De-La-Haye2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawrence Davies &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:L.Davies17@newcastle.ac.uk\">L.Davies17@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Dawson &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:W.Dawson4@newcastle.ac.uk\">W.Dawson4@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Eccles &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:martin.eccles@newcastle.ac.uk\">martin.eccles@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Heslop &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:M.S.Heslop2@newcastle.ac.uk\">M.S.Heslop2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keynote Speaker &#8211; Prof Alice Eldridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/image001.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We were pleased\u00a0to announce that our keynote speaker on Friday 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September was Prof Alice Eldridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Eldridge is a musician and researcher with an interest in how sound organises systems. Her work integrates ideas and methods from music, complexity and computer sciences, ecology and indigenous cosmovision to advance theory and methods in transdisciplinary soundscape ecology for regenerative futures.&nbsp; Alice is currently Professor of Sonic Systems at the University of Sussex where she is academic lead in the School for Progressive Futures and fellow of the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. Testament to her career indecision, she has appeared on various BBC TV and radio stations as a soundscape scientist and field recordist, on BBC radio 3 as a free jazz cellist, on BBC radio 6 as a contemporary chamber composer, and on BBC radio 1 as a pop bassist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keynote address: Ecolistening for Regenerative Futures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various schools of thought arrive at a similar understanding of the roots of our contemporary crises: that our current inability to perceive the true complexity of the world creates a disconnect from wider nature, each other and ourselves. Founded on the conviction that listening connects, our Ecolistening group at the University of Sussex develops, explores and applies different forms of technologically-mediated listening to address these issues at planetary, community and personal scales. This sounds grand but is sometimes very simple. In this talk I will share some of our ongoing collaborative projects in what we might dub regenerative techno-listening &#8211; from interpretable AI for ecological monitoring in nature recovery projects and community-based soundscape projects for ecocultural connection in the UK, through indigenous-led participatory projects for intergenerational transmission of ancestral knowledge and biocultural heritage in Ecuador, to tuning in to non-dual experiences of rewilding landscapes with microphenomenology. In time, we will muse on how philosophy of biology might provide some useful ideas to help us think about these different forms of relational, regenerative listening and find words to describe our familiar, lived experience of how listening connects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/09\/s_e_short-programme-brochure_250901_v2.pdf\">Download a PDF of the short programme brochure here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/09\/s_e_long-programme-brochure_250902.pdf\">Download a PDF of the long programme brochure (with all abstracts) here. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/09\/s_e_Installations-Listening-Room-at-a-Glance.pdf\">Download a PDF of the Installations &amp; Listening Room at a Glance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshops: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farrellcentre.org.uk\/home\/sound-environment-symposium\/\">See more information about workshops here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maps: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/09\/250904_SE_welcome-presentation_symposium-locations-scaled.jpg\">Download a map of the symposium locations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Loudspeaker Layouts for Concerts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.45.46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.45.46.png 588w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.45.46-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.46.11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.46.11.png 577w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.46.11-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.46.26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.46.26.png 576w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/sound-environment\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-15.46.26-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4th &#8211; 6th September 2025 Papers, Workshops and Art Works The\u202f Sound\u202f +\u202f Environment\u202f Research Group at Newcastle University hosted a broad range of international scholars and practitioners for the inaugural symposium 4th &#8211; 6th September 2025. 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