Alastair Duncan is an award-winning artist and educator who uses sound to interpret place. As founder and director of StillWalks he develops interactive projects that promote understanding of place and the outdoors.

How does Alastair create StillWalks projects?

What has he learned about sound?

How does he work with schools, community organizations, a local prison, and immigration services?

Let’s find out.

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StillWalks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@stillwalks)

Viewing Nature Scenes Positivity Affects Recovery of Autonomic Function Following Acute-Mental Stress

View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery

From Orange to Blue: How Nature Imagery Affects Inmates in the “Blue Room”

High Tide Birds soundtrack, courtesy of StillWalks®, all rights reserved.

Correction: 

Near the end at 49:11, when talking about research, Alastair mentioned the University of Exeter. He intended to say the University of Essex.

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• Producer: Tania Marien
• Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;
• SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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