Overview
For this assignment, I'd like everyone to keep an aural diary/journal (music, sound), keeping note of all the sounds you encounter during a day (or a particular place, or pattern of travel of time, etc. -- I'll leave the parameters of your journal up to you. For instance, if you ride SEPTA, perhaps keep note of sounds & music, public & private, over a period of several days; or document the aural experience of you workspace; or the sounds outside your window at certain times of day. Just some examples...)
You may record these sounds and then upload them as an MP3/4 format also, but I ask that everyone keep a written journal of observation/documentation notes, and well as some thoughts about your sound journal. What did you hear? Are the sounds something you usually pay attention to, or did this exercise illuminate a variety of sounds you usually filter out? Did the sounds make you think/experience the landscapes/environments differently than usual? If some of your observances are of media, did your awareness of music/sound in media change, and if so, how? How much of what you hear, when not focusing on it, is simply filtered out, to the extent you never listen it (both in media, and city soundscapes?)
You can also post your locations/spaces on our class map, if you like, as well.
Please submit your diary/journal by Friday, February 22, 10:00pm.