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 The worksheets I have created are designed to help heighten awareness of the soundscapes in our immediate surroundings.
+They begin with an internal image, combined with exploratory sketches, inviting us to elevate listening to a new, visual level. In the next step, we use language to reconnect with the soundscape in a familiar way. Finally, we move beyond conventional expressions and create our own new terms for the sounds we perceive, which can be freely and creatively arranged on the page.
+I was inspired by Schafer's "A Sound Education: 100 Exercises in Listening and Sound-Making."
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-They begin with an internal image, combined with exploratory sketches, inviting us to elevate listening to a new, visual level. In the next step, we use language to reconnect with the soundscape in a familiar way. Finally, we move beyond conventional expressions and create our own new terms for the sounds we perceive, which can be freely and creatively arranged on the page.
-I was inspired by Schafer's "A Sound Education: 100 Exercises in Listening and Sound-Making."
 == Exercise 1 ==
 The process begins with a focus on internal visualization and exploratory sketches, encouraging you to translate what you hear into a '''visual format'''. This method invites a deeper engagement with sound, elevating listening from a passive act to an active, multi-sensory experience.
-Find a place where you can fully engage your senses— step outside your room if you’d like. Spend some time listening closely to the movement of sounds in your environment.
+Find a place where you can fully engage your senses - step outside your room if you’d like. Spend some time listening closely to the movement of sounds in your environment.
-Create a visual representation of the soundscape around you. Use colors, shapes, and patterns to express the sounds—avoid using any words.
+Create a visual representation of the soundscape around you. Use colors, shapes, and patterns to express the sounds - avoid using any words.
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 Invent one unique onomatopoeic word for each sound you hear.
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 == Project development ==
-During the ''Winning Natural Habitats'' course, we developed a deeper awareness of our natural environment by small field trips and regular exchange as well as creating a biotope at the Campus. During the course, we deepened our awareness of the natural environment through small field trips, regular discussions and the creation of a biotope on campus. Initially, I envisioned a project that would incorporate various technologies to transform photographs and self-written texts - inspired by our course - into an interactive installation.
+During the ''Winning Natural Habitats'' course, we developed a deeper awareness of our natural environment by small field trips and regular exchange as well as creating a biotope at the Campus. Initially, I envisioned a project that would incorporate various technologies to transform photographs and self-written texts - inspired by our course - into an interactive installation.
 Reading ''Gathering Moss'' by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a recommended text from the course, deepened my understanding of how language shapes our perception of nature. Kimmerer uses the world of mosses to illustrate that even the smallest microorganisms are active participants in our ecosystems, just like forests and entire biomes - all shaped by the same environmental factors. I found a certain, powerful poetry in the way small-scale phenomena can be translated into a broader context and vice versa.