WRCM 220 - Writing for the Ear

FC ARHU WINT

4 credits
The soundscape of our world is changing rapidly. Whale songs are moving farther in warming oceans; the number of podcast listeners worldwide will soon surpass the population of earth in 1650; every 40 days, a human language goes extinct. How should we–as writers and citizens–respond to such shifts? How can we make sense of them? This course will focus on the art of crafting stories and scholarship with a strong aural component. Students will learn to critically analyze and create radio plays, aural documentaries, and sonically-rich research by scholars like Lawrence Abu Hamden, Daphne Brooks, and R. Murray Schafer.