[microsound-announce] MSAE Event This Week: “What If Sound Matters Too: Revisiting the Potential for Healthy Soundscape”

[Eric Leonardson]

Hello, I hope you will join me for the Midwest Society for Acoustic 
Ecology (MSAE) Fall Event Series, kicking off with "What If Sound 
Matters Too: Revisiting the Potential for Healthy Soundscape." This 
special presentation by Scott Bernstein happens at 7:00 p.m. this 
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at Columbia College, 33 E. Congress Parkway, 
Basement, Chicago IL 60605

This event is co-hosted by The Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics at 
Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia College Contact: Jesse Seay, 312-369-8804

MSAE contact: Eric Leonardson, info at mwsae.org, 773-342-5012

Admission Free

Scott Bernstein's presentation will review experiences from the past two 
decades measuring and mapping the sources of both travel demand and of 
urban rainwater runoff in Chicago and elsewhere. It also reviews 
successes in retrofitting communities for travel demand reduction, and 
for "catching raindrops where they fall" as a viable flood prevention 
strategy. His talk suggests that both reduced noise exposure and 
increased intentional soundscape enhancement is achievable, affordable, 
and economical, suggesting agendas for research, demonstration, and 
local policies that can make healthy soundscapes attainable.

Scott Bernstein is President of the Center for Neighborhood Technology. 
Founded in 1978, CNT is national innovations center based in Chicago 
that promotes healthy and productive communities. CNT's work applies 
geographic information to the redesign of urban and economic systems to 
help reveal, focus and better utilize local resources. CNT was awarded a 
MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative & Effective Institutions in 
2009. More information about CNT is on their website http://www.cnt.org.

Please check back on the MSAE website <http://mwsae.org/> and Facebook 
Page for updates, as we add future public events to our Fall and Winter 
Calendar <http://mwsae.org/?page_id=632>.

Coming up on October 8th, Chicago Phonography concert and soundwalk at 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

My apologies if you've received this message more than once.

Sincerely,
Eric

-- 
Eric Leonardson, President
American Society for Acoustic Ecology
Founder, Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
Executive Director, World Listening Project
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