DNAinfo/Kyla Gardner
UPTOWN — What does Chicago really sound like?
That's what one DePaul University group of students is trying to find out. Chicago Wildsounds is a group of six students breaking ground in the relatively new field of soundscape ecology with their urban recordings.
What difference does a soundscape make in an urban setting like Chicago? Soundscape ecology studies the interaction of sound with other facets of an environment's health.
Confused? Me too. But on this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Kyla Gardner explains what the students are finding out and why it matters:
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