Listening to the world around us – whether in the city, a natural area or to music through our earbuds – can connect us to the living world. Join us via Zoom as author, scientist and professor David George Haskell teaches us about the story of sound on Earth.
This free program at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28, is cosponsored by the UT Arboretum Society, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning and the Oak Ridge Public Library. Registration is required to receive link and recording.
Starting with the origins of animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth history, Haskell illuminates and celebrates the emergence, diversification and loss of the sounds of our world, including human music and language.
His previous books, “The Forest Unseen” and “The Songs of Trees” are acclaimed for their integration of science, poetry and rich attention to the living world. Haskell received his bachelor’s from the University of Oxford and his doctorate from Cornell University. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Find him at dghaskell.com and on social media @DGHaskell (Twitter), DavidGeorgeHaskell (Instagram and Facebook).
Contact Michelle Campanis, mcampani@tennessee.edu, University of Tennessee Arboretum Education Coordinator, with questions or registration issues.
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