Contribution

'Klangwelt-Entdecker', A Web-based Interactive Soundscape Pedagogical Project to Strengthen Bioacoustic Awareness

Authors

* Presenting author
Day / Time: 19.03.2025, 15:20-16:00
Room: Hall E, Poster Island D
Typ: Poster
Session: Education in Acoustics (Poster Island D)
Information:

The posters will be exhibited in Hall E north from Tuesday to Thursday, sorted by thematic context in the poster island indicated in the session title. The poster session at the specified time offers the opportunity to enter into discussion with the authors.
Abstract: The interactive soundscape education project, ‘Klangwelt-Entdecker’, aims to raise awareness of the soundscape in a nature reserve. By scanning QR codes with their smartphones at six listening stations on a circular route along the bird island on Lake Altmühlsee, Germany, visitors can experience the diversity of the soundscape of the site throughout the year and obtain information about the bioacoustics of the local nature and birdlife via the project website. The initiative places a special focus on the effects of climate change on the soundscape and aims to convey a greater understanding of the acoustic facets of nature. Sounds are used from a database that has been fed with monthly 3D sound recordings of the bird island for more than 7 years. The impact of the project with regard to the soundscape educational objectives will be analysed by means of a study among participants of the circular walk. The results of the study will be presented and discussed in the context of existing similar projects. Based on this, well-founded demands are made on nature education and, in particular, bioacoustics and soundscape education.