Sarah Lambert                                                                                 about 150 words

sel15@geneseo.edu

Student, INTD 105-19: Scientific Writing

The Significance of Soundscapes

By Sarah Lambert

    Kim Tingley’s personal narrative elaborates on her experience in the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. She follows Davyd Betchkal on an expedition to set up recording equipment that will be able to observe the pure soundscape with minimal human interaction. Tingley exemplifies how important the role of these soundscapes are on our planet because of the way, from them, we can determine how our ecosystems are thriving or diminishing. Determining how the sound humans create affect the natural order of things in the wild illustrates how we can use “sound ecology” to study our environment even closer.

    Tingley’s piece interested me especially because music and sound, in my experience, can be extremely influential on emotions and mental states. I’m very interested in this specific case study and how the results turned out. Our ability to translate these moments in time in specific places is outstanding and inspiring.