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On 29th Feb 2024 I had the opportunity to present my PhD research at the Linnean Society London, focusing on my soundscape titled ‘Wind in Trees.’
Wind in Trees explores how the sound of wind hitting the trees can promote relaxation. Likewise, I pair this soundscape with photography to stimulate the senses to encourage a deeper sense of online nature emersion.
During my talk, I showcased the creative process on how to make a nature soundscape, as well as provided a brief overview of meditation walks, and the benefits and outcomes of these walks.
About the Linnean Society:
The Linnean Society of London is the world’s oldest active society devoted to natural history. Founded in 1788 by Sir James Edward Smith (1759–1828), who was its first President, the Society takes its name from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) whose botanical, zoological and library collections have been in our keeping since 1829. These unique collections are of continuing fundamental importance as a primary reference for naming of plants and animals
(Source: https://www.linnean.org/the-society)
About ‘Tree Cultures’
Trees have always featured prominently in global cultures, even as they were part of movement of goods and economy worldwide. The tree was, and is, celebrated in books and poems, it features in paintings and decorative arts. The unremitting erasure of wild spaces and biodiversity has triggered an emotional response to deforestation and also the cutting down of individual trees. Entire communities have come together to protect trees in Sheffield or in Plymouth, and to bitterly condemn the mowing down of the Sycamore Gap Tree in September 2023.
This conference, organised collaboratively between Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Linnean Society of London, looks back at the place of trees in European culture (trees in popular literature and arts): why do they hold such a special place in our culture? How has this been expressed through words and paintings? It will also look at how our gaze upon trees has transformed, with the realisation that trees are instrumental to our sense of belonging, well-being and happiness, and will look at the influence of other societies that have looked at and looked after trees in different ways.
(Source: https://members.linnean.org/events/659fbc959c5c8c000800f0df/description)
I wanted to thank the society, and Kew, for this opportunity to speak. I also wanted to thank the speakers and audience for their interesting minds!
Listen to the Wind In Trees Soundscape
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