Sound Villages2012 Intergenerational Sound Dialogues Canelas Primary School, Arouca (PT) 1 -11 February, 2012 The educational project Sound Villages consists in the recording, editing and mapping of the acoustic heritage of rural villages in parallel with its geographical, historical and socio-cultural survey, promoting a sense of identity, diversity and pride in living in rural areas. In 2012 this project will be devoted to intergenerational dialogue within the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity. The cycle of Sound Villages for 2012 entitled [...]

Aldeias Sonoras
Celebrates World Forest Day
EB1 School of Canelas, Arouca
22 March 2011, 4pm
The second cycle of the educational project Aldeias Sonoras (Sound Villages), which took place in four municipalities crossed by the Paiva River, will be concluded with an event on the World Forest Day. In this event, to take place on March 22nd in the village of Canelas, Arouca – a village known for the slate stone craftsmanship – the Sound Map of the Paiva River will be officially presented, the children involved in the project will present to the community the sounds they captured and edited near the Paiva River in 2010, and a series of sound games will be made based on this material.

The educational project “Aldeias Sonoras” (“Sound Villages”) which consists in recording and mapping the acoustic heritage of rural areas by young people of the regions where the project is developed, has been following the river Paiva during its 2010 edition, integrated in the activities of “Paivascapes # 1. After having having passed the municiplaities of [...]

“Aldeias Sonoras” A documentary by Luís Costa (22 minutes / DV) 22 June 2010, 15h30 Cycle “dOHcs” – Ciclo de Documentários de Autor Casa da Cultura César de Oliveira, Oliveira do Hospital As part of dOHcs – Ciclo de Documentários de Autor, organized by the Oliveira do Hospital Municipal Council, the documentary that Luís Costa [...]

“Aldeias Sonoras” Sound Installation Library of São Pedro do Sul’s Secondary School (PT) February 1st – 22nd, 2009 “Aldeias Sonoras” (“Sound Villages”), an educational project, coordinated by Binaural/Nodar that consists on the recording, editing and mapping of the acoustical heritage of Portuguese rural areas, finishes its fist cycle with a sound installation at São Pedro [...]

Since the announcement of the end of Aldeias Sonoras‘s (“Sound Villages”) first cycle, in December 2009, the Portuguese press has recognized the project as one of the most interesting to happen in Portugal throughout last year: The daily newspaper “Público” dedicated a full page article to this educational project on December 12th, 2009. Carlos Pinto [...]

Aldeias Sonoras @ Agora Acontece Radio Show Play Now

Aldeias Sonoras @ TSF's Sinais Radio Show Play Now

“Aldeias Sonoras”, an educational project directed by Binaural which consists in the a sound gathering and mapping of Portuguese rural areas will end its first cycle with a public event at São Pedro do Sul’s municipal auditorium, the head of municipality of the region where the project was developed  during the last 9 months and [...]

Some photos from Binaural’s presence at Anamnesis 09 Festival, where Luis Costa, Duncan Whitley and Manuela Barile presented artistic and educational projects developed in the Nodar region (see previous post with the projects’ description). Sound piece created by Luis Costa (with the help of Rui Costa on a lloopp patch) using source material from “Aldeias [...]

Aldeias Sonoras Mix Play Now

The first module of the “Aldeias Sonoras” (“Sound Villages”) project is set to happen between February and June 09 in rural areas of the S. Pedro do Sul area (Viseu, PT), in collaboration with students and teachers from the local secondary school and with the financial support of the  S. Pedro do Sul municipality.

“Aldeias Sonoras” is a unique educational project that consists in the recording, editing and mapping of the acoustical heritage from Portuguese rural areas, along with the study of their geographical, historical and socio-cultural specific contexts. The Project is developed in Primary and Secondary schools of all rural Portugal and seeks to put in evidence the sound richness of the Portuguese rural world and the necessity of recording it, involving young people in that process, promoting in parallel a sense of identity and self-esteem towards the countryside life.

“Aldeias Sonoras” will include several theoretical and practical learning modules, to provide students with the appropriate knowledge in sound recording and editing technologies, the use of Internet for the publishing and distribution of information. Each learning module will be associated with several curricular disciplines (history, geography, ecology, citizenship, information technologies, etc.).

The second module of the project is already scheduled to happen in May 09 in the Vimioso area (Bragança, PT), during the “Sons e Ruralidades 09″ festival, organized by both Aldeia and AEPGA.

Project’s blog: http://www.aldeias-sonoras.org