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_{The Lore of the Lyrebird, Ambrose Pratt, 1932}

The BirdLife-centre Neeracherried and the University of Basel invite us to experience bird’s songs. Why do birds sing? How do they sing? What are the similarities of the communication of birds an human beings? Does man-made noise disturb the communication of birds? In an exhibition in Birdlife-centre Neeracherried visitors shall experiment an and interact with bird’s sounds and slip into the skin of birds. In the Spatial Interaction course, students will develop working concepts for this exhibition, through the tools and methods of spatial interaction, sound and exhibition design. The developed prototypes are then will be presented to our partners and should serve as the basis of a further design of the planned exhibition.

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Dr Joëlle Bitton
Luke Franzke
Joël Gähwiler
Dr. Daniel Hug
Olav Lervik

Partners

Stefan Heller  neeracherried@birdlife.ch
Valentin Amrhein v.amrhein@unibas.ch

Timeframe

The module takes place over 5 weeks, from 20.02.18 to 23.03.18, from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks. Projects are conducted individually or in a team of three students at most.

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This year, the module is conceived in collaboration with BirdLife Zentrum in order to investigate ideas and prototypes for a future exhibition where visitors interact with bird songs.

..learning outcomes and expected deliverables

Students learn in the process tools and methods to track people interaction and environmental changes, and notions of exhibitions set-upssongs.

From BirdLife:

Thematic frame

The sounds of birds are the central topic of the exhibition. We expect that the visitors record a large part of the content of the exhibition by listening or by producing themselves sounds.

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- They are motivated to contribute to the protection of birds.

Expectations and Grading

Students learn in the process tools and methods to track people and their interaction and environmental changes, and notions of exhibitions set-ups.

Grades will be based on in-class presentations, class participation, documentation (journal) and final work. Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation. Regular attendance is required. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.

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