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Calumet Sounds - Calumet Park Soundwalk - August 4, 2018



Thanks to the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, ThreeWalls, Chicago Park District, Night Out In the Parks, Joann Podkul, Kevin Murphy, Inferno Mobile and everyone who came out on such a hot day.

This walk was the third walk I led in the South Deering Community Area this summer. These walks I've lead, performances and recordings of these parks are part of my research for the RaD Lab fellowship I received from ThreeWalls arts organization here in Chicago.

The purpose of these walks are to share my creative process, introduce people to the process of soundwalks as a way of understanding their community, their city and their relationship to their neighbors and the environment. I believe listening across borders and cultures is an important part of the process of de-programming and de-colonizing our listening habits which leads to harmful beliefs in ourselves and others.

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