RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

As a multidisciplinary organization, CASE encourages and supports
research into the aesthetic, ecological, philosophical, sociological
and cultural aspects of the sonic environment. A special emphasis of
research is placed upon sound ecology in Canada.

Primary areas of research are to include:

a) documenting the historical changes (morphology) in the regional
and national soundscapes of Canada.

b) studying different attitudes towards Å’noise1 and Å’silence1 in
regions throughout Canada.

c) monitoring and evaluating the impact of human and technological
intervention on specific acoustic environments. Of particular
interest is the ever increasing presence of electroacoustic media
(radio, TV, background and foreground music), in both rural and urban
soundscapes.

d) developing innovative approaches to re-designing the sonic
environment, based on models devised by sound designers in Canada and
other parts of the world (France, Germany, Japan).

CASE encourages the publication and distribution of research in the
form of books, brochures, audio recordings, educational CD-Roms,
radio and television documentaries, websites, public exhibits, and
presentations at international conferences and festivals on the
subject of sound and environment.