After 5 years of research into auditory spatial awareness of humans, which is discussed in my book Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? Experiencing Aural Architecture, I demonstrated that spatial acoustics should be considered as a significant part of ecology. While there is some literature on soundscapes, current and historic, these scholars mostly do not separate sound sources from spatial acoustics. For this reason, they do not see the physical geography as nature's aural architecture. Using an interdisciplinary approach, I created the language of aural architecture, which implicitly incorporates an ecological perspective. How humans relate to the environment depends on how they experience sound, which is a basic biological means of connecting to events modified by spatial acoustics. The discussion in the books is only a beginning foundation, and needs to extended.
Information about the book is available at the MIT Press web site: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10947 or you can email me to request a copy of the Introduction and Table of Contents. I would welcome any discussion about the role of aural architecture in the ecology of natural and man-made environments. I regret not having previously engage is an open discussion. Barry Blesser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
