Soundscape ecology: new ways to understand the natural world
By Missing Wolf, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
Soundscape ecology: new ways to understand the natural world
Investigating biodiversity loss by studying sounds emanating from the natural environment
2017
London
I am a soundscape ecologist, a musician, composer and sound designer working under the pen name Missing Wolf. In 2017 I found myself in California on my Fellowship working with Dr Bernie Krause. Dr Krause mentored me in the techniques, protocols and wonders of soundscape ecology, the study of the natural world through the combined sounds of terrestrial and aquatic environments. A vital tool in environmental conservation, soundscape ecology has led to valuable insights that would otherwise have gone unnoticed.
Since my Fellowship I have led soundscape explorations documenting soundscapes in the world's wild places, worked alongside conservation NGOs and been involved in the creation of soundscape art installations, reaching a wide audience.
I am currently working on a PhD in soundscape ecology and the arts at Falmouth University, where I continue to fervently pursue the aims of my Fellowship. I have no doubt that much of my work has been made possible and enhanced by my Fellowship, with more still to come as I continue to listen to the voice of the wild.
By Missing Wolf, 2022
Ecologist Missing Wolf (CF 2017) has launched a crowdfunding campaign this month to track changes in wild soundscapes over time, in order to protect natural habitats. This is an extension of his Fellowship, which explored how sounds can be used to understand the natural world.
By Missing Wolf, 2022
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
By Missing Wolf, 2022
Ecologist Missing Wolf (CF 2017) has launched a crowdfunding campaign this month to track changes in wild soundscapes over time, in order to protect natural habitats. This is an extension of his Fellowship, which explored how sounds can be used to understand the natural world.
By Missing Wolf, 2022
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.