The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE), founded in 1993, is an international association of affiliated organizations and individuals, who share a common concern with the state of the world's soundscapes. Our members represent a multi-disciplinary spectrum of individuals engaged in the study of the social, cultural and ecological aspects of the sonic environment.
The WFAE has eight international affiliate organizations with three in Europe, two in North America, and one each in Japan, Mexico, and Australia. A new affiliate is forming in Greece. Join today and become a part of the soundscape community.
Acoustic ecology studies the relationship, mediated through sound, between living beings and their environment. Acoustic ecology studies started in the late 60's with R. Murray Schafer and his team at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada) as part of the World Soundscape Project (WSP).
The first study produced by the WSP was titled The Vancouver Soundscape. The interest in this area grew enormously after this pioneering and innovative study and the area of acoustic ecology raised the interest of researchers and artists all over the world. In 1993 the members of the by now large and active international acoustic ecology community formed the World Forum of Acoustic Ecology .
You can learn more about the WFAE at our web site . We publish a monthly online newsletter and an annual hardcopy publication "Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology"
Visit WFAE Affiliate Organizations With Web Sites:
- American Society for Acoustic Ecology Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology Canadian Association for Sound Ecology Finnish Society for Acoustic Ecology Forum fuer Klanglandschaft Japanese Association for Sound Ecology