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Sound Travels raises awareness, encourages listening, and composing with community members. Based on events in Chicago and Columbus, the project shares a collection and individual activities you can adopt or adapt to run with public audiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><a href=\"#events\">Events<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#guides\">Guides and activities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/IMG_0454_field_speakers_eric_pensive-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/IMG_0454_field_speakers_eric_pensive-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/IMG_0454_field_speakers_eric_pensive-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/IMG_0454_field_speakers_eric_pensive-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/IMG_0454_field_speakers_eric_pensive-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/IMG_0454_field_speakers_eric_pensive-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Clean-Copy_-Sound-Travels-Guide-to-Public-Engagement.pdf\">In this guide<\/a>, Celebrating Sound with the Public, we describe our goals and process along with reflections and suggestions for adopting and adapting a collection of activities and events we designed to engage public audiences.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:72px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:72px;padding-left:32px;font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.65\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-68ccfe2b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"events\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.75rem, 3vw, 2.25rem);font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.2\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057\">Sound Travels has met the public so far at festivals and parks, botanic gardens, and other cultural institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-80408f59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#dce3ea;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/resounding-success.jpg\" alt=\"Scenes from ReSounding Success: a panel, sound stations and families outdoors at Eden Place\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"st-kicker has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e73be;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">NSF 75th anniversary \u00b7 May 10, 2025 \u00b7 Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">ReSounding Success at Eden Place<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sound Travels celebrated the National Science Foundation\u2019s 75th anniversary with more than 100 Chicagoans at Eden Place Farms. DJs, short films and a beatmaking workshop from Solidarity Studios producers, a Sound2Sight listening-and-sketching challenge led by MassArt seniors, a sensory session led by Detroit sound artists, and a walk to an ambisonic installation at Eden Place Nature Center. 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