Thinking about author-driven sound documentary through the lens of Murray Schafer is not an exercise in erudition: it is a toolbox.
The soundscape, that totality of sounds within an environment, with its keynotes, signals, and soundmarks, offers a framework for listening before narrating, and for assuming that the environment does not merely “accompany” a story: it is part of the plot, a character with agency.
Acoustic ecology also suggests an ethic: to record, edit, and distribute in ways that do not impoverish the sonic fabric from which we draw.
This AI-generated podcast develops a conversation on the subject, which can be complemented by the author’s article published at https://www.academia.edu/143433019/Paisaje_sonoro_y_documental_de_autor_de_Schafer_a_la_pr%C3%A1ctica_iberoamericana
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