event: Virtual Audio for Past Environments

The workshop will explore multi-disciplinary approaches to audio, acoustics, and sound design, in order to discover how current techniques and research might be applied specifically to heritage and related applications. The day will be followed by an evening sound tour of sites and installations around the city.

The workshop will take place at the National Centre for Early Music http://www.ncem.co.uk/, York.

The workshop will:

* Bring together researchers, practitioners, and professionals working in the area of audio and acoustics.
* Demonstrate audio work in the field of history, heritage and the preservation and interpretation of past environments.
* Disseminate audio work across the museum, heritage and related sectors.
* Offer networking opportunities with researchers and practitioners working in audio, acoustics and sound design.
* Share knowledge, experience and promotion of good practice in sound design for heritage and museums applications.
* Identify common interests, goals and future directions for research.
* Lead to focused collaborations and working parties for the development of new projects and/or research proposals.

Further information and a list of confirmed speakers can be found at:
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~dtm3/acoustics_heritage.html

The workshop is funded by the AHRC ICT Methods Network and supported by SpACE-Net http://www.space-net.org.uk/ and EPSRC http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/default.htm.

To register for the event please contact info@space-net.org.uk
by Tuesday 11 March.

This is a multi-disciplinary event, so please do help to spread the word
around interested friends and colleagues, especially in the arts,
museums, and heritage sectors.