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GPS Sound Walks, Ecotones and Edge Species Experiencing Sound within Teri Rueb’s Mobile Metaphor
Get PDFInspired by sound studies, mobile media studies and ecology, this article introduces an alternative way of framing mobile listening experiences by understanding mobile media as an edge species, a term borrowed from ecology. If we conceptualize mobile media as edge species - spending time in junctions between the techno- ecosystem of our cities and the natural ecosystem of our countryside and landscapes - this opens up a discussion around how mobile networked devices allow us to connect to rather than isolate us from our surroundings. The metaphors of the ecotone, the edge effect, and edge species open up a new way of thinking about those areas where humans, mobile media, and landscapes increasingly co-exist. Despite the carbon footprint of mobile phones, smart phones and other mobile devices, I argue that the ‘mobile media use’ we observe in GPS sound walks have the potential to re-connect people with “natural ecosystems,” especially when we consider the auditory dimensions of the experience and how walking operates as remixing
Disrupting STEM Education by Braiding Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Environmental Education
Get PDFLearning is inherently connected. It is time to disrupt traditional STEM education by meaningfully embracing multiple perspectives such as Indigenous and environmental education learning principles. Through my story as a white non-indigenous science teacher, we explore the importance of acknowledging one’s feelings, the power of storytelling, my journey educating myself and embracing multiple perspectives inside my teaching practice. Because Aboriginal Ways of Being state that the “the deepest learning takes place in lived experience” (BCTF, 2017), I share my process and reflections on designing and implementing a specific unit about clam gardens in a secondary science classroom
Foreign Interference / Influence in Canada: A Way Forward
Get PDFOn June 15, 2023, Mr. Bob Young, security consultant and former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Regional Director for British Columbia and Yukon, presented Foreign Interference / Influence in Canada: A Way Forward. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver Executives. The key points discussed were the characteristics of foreign interference and influence (FI), how the Chinese Community Party (CPP) conducts FI in Canada, and what actions the Canadian government and its agencies can take to better counter the threat of FI
Thinking Like a Giraffe: Biosemiotics, Ethics, and Soundscape Ecology
Get PDFBuilding on the unique intersection of biosemiotics ethical theory and a philosophical exploration of soundscape ecology, this project examines the ethical implications of considering soundscape analysis from a nonhuman perspective. I first outline the problem of the nonhuman listener for soundscape ecology before then tracing the distinction between acoustic ecology and soundscape ecology. I then introduce the biosemiotics as a theoretical model for understanding nonhuman experience, and then use that model to describe a months-long soundscape study in partnership with a local zoological park which examined the potential impact of anthrophonic noise events on a specific set of individuals: a trio of adult giraffes. This soundscape case study of this zoo’s giraffes and their experiential interrelations with their soundscape proposes that if (soundscape) ecology is meant to help us in “thinking like a mountain,” [1] we might then miss out on individual experience through, in this case, listening like a giraffe. 
Communal Listening for Climate Action
Get PDFThis paper outlines a new initiative to establish a community embedded Environmental Listening Network that teaches environmental listening skills and conducts regular listening events free in the community. Using a network of key partnerships, it aims to share this simple yet powerful method of environmental engagement worldwide. An Environmental Listening Field Guide is in development for broad distributed.
This approach addresses several challenges. The first is that the time commitment and financial commitment associated with engaging in environmental listening is minimal. All socio-economic groups can engage in these activities equally. Environmental listening can be practice daily, wherever the listener finds themselves. So doing helps develop an awareness of the subtleties of the ecosystem in which we live. As individual action is increasingly amplified by social media, the empowerment of individuals is one of the most powerful ways to achieve climate action, individual behavior must change.
Environmental Listening is an effective strategy for bringing about these changes and a key tool in addressing climate impact. The Community Environmental Listening Project envisions a future where, through acoustic ecology, people embrace their presence on the land on which they live to understand and foster a balanced ecosystem
Free River: A Literary Soundwalk
No full textIf a river could tell a story, what would it sound like? This immersive literary soundwalk narrates the multivocal story of ariver which is the subject of a radical climate adaptation experiment: it is being set free from the narrow channel created forit by humans, and is being allowed to decide where it will go through the land. At the same time, surrounding farmland isbeing rewilded, and new species, including some that had previously been wiped out by humans – including the beaver –are back, and have a new chance to thrive. At a time of climate and biodiversity crisis, this landscape revolution offers atrickle of hope. Moving between the words of the water and the creatures that live in and around it, this work explores thetransformative possibilities created by inhabiting non-human soundworlds and experiences through a combination ofliterary narrative and spatial sound.This literary soundwalk is currently in development. It is a collaborative creation between Ellen Wiles, a creative writer,anthropologist and curator, and Nicholas Allan, a sound recordist and designer, specialising in nature and wildlife sound.The work has been commissioned by The National Trust, UK
COUNTERING THE THREAT FROM RADICALISING INFLUENCES AND FOCUSING ON PROTECTING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
Get PDFOn November 23, 2022, Andrew Hayes, Chief Inspector (CI) of the South Wales territorial police force presented on Countering the Threat from Radicalizing Influences and Focusing on Protecting Vulnerable Communities. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS-Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were current trends in extremist recruitment and policy enactment compared to the preceding year, and counteracting extremist content showcased over decentralised platforms containing end-to-end encryption.
Received: 2022-12-25Revised: 2023-01-0
FRACTURES: THE IMPACT OF DISCORD, DISINFORMATION, AND DAMAGED DEMOCRACY
Get PDFOn November 23, 2022, Dr. Caroline Orr Bueno, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Maryland, presented Fractures: The Impact of Discord, Disinformation, and Damaged Democracy. The key issues were the difficulty of defining and operationalizing disinformation, the major forms of extremist disinformation and what makes them effective to the human brain, and how disinformation was used by the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
Received: 2023-01-14Revised: 2023-01-1
MILITANT ACCELERATIONISM
Get PDFOn November 23, 2022, Mr. Matt Kriner, a Senior Research Scholar at Middlebury University's Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) and Managing Director of the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC), presented on Militant Accelerationism. The key points discussed were militant accelerationism, its actors, and the strategies of accelerationist groups to pursue their goals of societal collapse.
Received: 2022-12-05Revised: 2022-12-2
RESPONDING TO CRISES: STRATEGIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN ASSISTING CITIZENS IN CRISIS
Get PDFOn November 23, 2022, Dr. Dara Rampersad presented Responding to Crises: Strategies for Law Enforcement When Assisting Citizens in Crisis. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were how first responders can protect themselves and their mental health, and various de-escalation techniques to use in times of crisis.
Received: 2023-01-06Revised: 2023-01-1