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Hi Gemmers Thank you for those of you who suggested a couple of props (seashells, removing your glasses) and reminded me that all you need to do is to get participants to shut their eyes..... So this is what we are going to do: Lead participants through 3 types of urban area: residential, semi-natural, commercial and ask each to undertake 3 enquiries: a) listen to themselves and others b) listen to their surroundings c) search for sounds We are going to ask them to consider individual sounds - including source, distance, duration, intensity, rhythm - and what these sounds tell them and how they make them feel - whether they are unexpected or familiar and or evoke memory. And we are also going to ask them to consider the soundscape - their perception of the acoustic environment that surrounds them and that to which their presence contributes - using 8 adjectives. And we are using blindfolds, ear defenders, seashells and stethoscopes.... Not a digital bit of tech within a mile...roll on analog Best, Andrew On 9 Dec 2016, at 21:45, jenni.waugh wrote: > Listening with eyes shut or spectacles off. > Laugh if you will, but I find it much harder to follow conversation without my glasses on... can't see the body language! > > J > > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jennifer Layton <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 09/12/2016 19:51 (GMT+00:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Friday after Four - in search of an ear trumpet and other handy hearing aids.... > > A beautiful and exotic seashell? > > On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, 16:29 ANDREW STUCK, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi GEM land > > On Wednesday we are launching a Listening Safari called Sounding out Greenwich and we are on the look out for fun accessories and prompts that we can encourage participants to get listening more conscientiously. I have managed to borrow four stethoscopes (the original contact mic) - but wondered if Gemmers had suggestions for other (in)appropriate hearing aids? > > http://www.museumofwalking.org.uk/events/sense-safari/sounding-out-greenwich/ > > A couple of tin cans connected by a taught string, a listening tube to amplify the noises from the drains, a Fold your Own ear trumpet (I made that one up), a glass tumbler for listening to what the neighbours are saying - I know you will think of things. > > Many thanks, A > > > ANDREW STUCK > Managing Director > Rethinking Cities Ltd > 07725555460 > [log in to unmask] > http://www.rethinkingcities.net > @RethinkCities > 2015/6 Scholar - Innovation, Creativity & Leadership - City University-Cass Business School, London > > Producer - Talking Walking > http://www.talkingwalking.net > > Founding Director of the Museum of Walking > http://www.museumofwalking.org.uk > @museumofwalking > > > > > > > > > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > -- > Best > > Jenn Layton > > M: 07948 554 136 > W: www.jenlayton.rocks > T: @jenn__layton > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ANDREW STUCK Managing Director Rethinking Cities Ltd 07725555460 [log in to unmask] http://www.rethinkingcities.net @RethinkCities 2015/6 Scholar - Innovation, Creativity & Leadership - City University-Cass Business School, London Producer - Talking Walking http://www.talkingwalking.net Founding Director of the Museum of Walking http://www.museumofwalking.org.uk @museumofwalking + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +