PA53C:
Music and the Geosciences

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Session ID#: 26073

Session Description:
Science communication is more effective if it engages emotions, feelings, and values in addition to the traditional scientific concepts of logic, reasoning, and analysis. Therefore, the arts may uniquely permit the communication of scientific topics by engaging both the emotional and logical parts of the brain. Of all the arts, music is probably the most abstract, and the least explored in this respect. Moreover, unlike some other arts, music explicitly embodies the time dimension, potentially enabling musicians to connect their listeners to the changing environment.

The interaction between music and the geosciences is two-way. It is well-documented that various composers and song-writers have taken inspiration from weather and other atmospheric and astronomical phenomena. Also, scientists as eminent as Einstein have been known to seek (and receive) inspiration from music when facing a difficult research question.

We welcome abstract submissions on all topics at the intersection of music and the geosciences.

Primary Convener:  Paul Williams, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Karen L Aplin, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Carl Brenner, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Jeffrey A Lee, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Chairs:  Jeffrey A Lee, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States and Paul Williams, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Carl Brenner, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, U.S. Science Support Program, IODP, Palisades, NY, United States
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6699 General or miscellaneous [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

I Got Them Dust Bowl Blues: Wind Erosion in the Music of the Southern Great Plains (220745)
Jeffrey A Lee, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Let Us Look After the Veins of the Earth: The Sonification of Time-series Field Data by Analog Methods (293337)
Vivien Anne Rivera, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States and Luis Fernando Amaya, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
A Geologic Symphony: Science, Artistic Inspiration and Community Engagement in Jeffrey Nytch's Symphony No 1: Formations (206752)
Jeffrey Nytch, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Communicating Earth Science Through Music: The Use of Environmental Sound in Science Outreach (297974)
Carl Brenner, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Using Music to Communicate Weather and Climate (276670)
Paul Williams, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, Karen L Aplin, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom and Sally Brown, University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom
Intersection of Hip-Hop and Geoscience: Changes in The Climate (301304)
Robin D. Lopez1, Sarah Elizabeth Heraldo2, Mark Anthony Nawman3, Victor Roy Gerry4 and Marcus Antonio Gerry4, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Contra Costa College, Metas, San Pablo, CA, United States, (3)RymeLyte Inc., Richmond, CA, United States, (4)Gerry Brothers Production, Richmond, CA, United States
Ecoacoustic Music for Geoscience: Sonic Physiographies and Sound Casting (247922)
Matthew Burtner, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Using Music to Communicate Geoscience in Films, Videos and Interactive Games (220551)
Isaac Kerlow, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Executive Creative Director, Singapore, Singapore

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