In this interview — which was recorded in January 2021 as part of the project “AUDIRE. Audio Repository: saving sonic-based memories” — Hildegard Westerkamp explains how original and unique a soundwalk can be and how inspiring or disturbing the urban acoustic experience can be today. The concept of soundscape and the notion of conscious listening are here considered fundamental to understand our relationship with the environment.

Article on the proceedings of Invisible Places Symposium, Sound Urbanism and Sense of Place, Sao Miguel, Azores.
The aural experience Shores seeks to value artisanal fishing as an important part of the cultural heritage of São Miguel and the Azores, which has been drastically declining. A boat was converted into an acoustic shell to transmit a sonic memory of the fishing community, on a soundscape travel through places and ecosystems of São Miguel’ shores.

International Conference on the Archaeology of Sound. Paper: Aural Architecture: Experience, Resonance and Attunement

Practice-based research towards a Ph.D. in Music – Sonic Arts. Unit for Sound Practice Research, Department of Music, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom. Supervision by Professor John Levack Drever and Dr. Iris Garrelfs. Fellowship by the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal (2011-2014).