Music is a universal language that can communicate both time and emotion. Compositions can powerfully depict natural phenomena, such as cyclic systems, climate trends, or mass movements among animals. Its emotional effects may deepen awareness and increase motivation to solve environmental problems. This project will teach New Haven schoolchildren to transform scientific data on natural processes, such as the flight patterns of flocking birds, into musical compositions. It will use mapping and AI tools to turn the birds’ positions into sound. This project in acoustic ecology will help foster environmental stewardship to become part of children’s sense of themselves. Moreover, this project should increase the children’s agency to communicate about environmental issues.
Participants
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Judith Lichtman
Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
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Matthew Suttor
Program Manager, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media
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Konrad Kaczmarek
Associate Professor for the Music Department
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Neal Baer
Lecturer for the School of Public Health
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Richard Prum
William Robertson Coe Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) Peabody
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Diego Ellis Soto
Graduate Student
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Jonathan Gewirtzman
Yale School of the Environment
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Vivek Hari Sridhar
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
