S4E4: Sound Archives with Cheryl Tipp
In this episode Claudia talks to Cheryl Tipp about sound archives, how they are managed and the ways in which animal studies scholars might use them in trying to research animals. Together they think about why some sounds are included in national archives more than others as well as how recordings of nature and animal voices are valued.
Cheryl Tipp is the British Library’s Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds. With a background in zoology and library services, Cheryl has spent the past 16 years looking after the Library’s world-renowned collection of 300,000 species and habitat recordings. She has worked extensively on projects that encourage the creative reuse of archival content, from student videogames to short films from emerging filmmakers, and has written widely on the history of wildlife sound recording. Connect with Cheryl on Twitter (@CherylTipp).
Mentioned:
Environment and Sound Archive at the British Library;
Grey Wolf by Tom Cosburn;
Haddock by A.D. Hawkins;
Animal Language: How Animals Communicate by Julian Huxley,
Seaspiracy; What a Fish Knows by Jonathan Balcombe;
Recording of the Ivory Bill Woodpecker by Arthur Allen;
"The wolf pack at Whipsnade can only be described as disobliging. As the head keeper explained, the wolves usually start their concerted howling when they hear a particular siren which goes at five each afternoon. But when the microphone was put in position, the siren failed to elicit any response. The wolves looked towards Mr Koch, who was standing by it, with a sort of sly defiance, but remained entirely mute" - Julian Huxley (1937), Animal Language.
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