Erin's Walk Around QUB

Counting steps on a walk around SARC

We Were tasked with creating a Echoes Walk discussing some of the readings in week 2. In the first walk i discuss the start of class...

Experience the haunted history of Queen's University Belfast and its surrounding areas on this sound walk. Visit familiar places and hear unfamiliar stories.

Join me in this audio walk as I reflect upon on of of the readings I have done in week 2 of Interactive Media and Future Broadcasting.

This audio walk takes place around iconic locations that I pass daily as a Queen's University Belfast student. These locations include, 'The Sonic Arts Research Centre', 'Queens main Campus' and 'The Botanic Gardens'. Durning the walk I will be talking you through some of my highlights and interesting points that I discovered whilst reading, ' Kate Nash; Modes of interactivity'. Enjoy!

This soundwalk in the Belfast’s Botanic Gardens explores human relationship to wildlife in this close urban setting through sound and performance. Meeting Point: SARC Foyer Please bring headphones and a smartphone You will then be led to sound walk location Botanic Gardens, 5 minutes walk from SARC The Botanic Gardens is a carefully tended busy green space near the centre of Belfast where people meet their friends, eat their lunch or walk the dog. It is also home to a variety of wildlife most notably birds. Over the past 2 years Robert has been recording and studying the soundscape, particularly the birds and their behaviour here as well as several related sites around Ireland. Combining contemporary eco-acoustic methods with traditional knowledge on biodiversity we explore the act of listening and how it can facilitate a deeper understanding of these non-human lives around us and crucially how our actions affect them today.

Assignment 1 - Echoes walk - reflecting on webdocs and interactivity through the use of Kate Nash's article on "Modes of Interactivity - analysing the webdoc" to explore narrative, categorical and collaborative webdocs.