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Soundscape Of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1, Ashton Carter Nov 2026

Soundscape Of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1, Ashton Carter

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

This soundscape was created to invent new ways to build the connection between a performance and an audience. The original recording of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is from the Cork Shakespearean Company (2012), which is a group of volunteers who bring the works of Shakespeare to life. This soundscape was created from that recording using Davinci Resolve software. This uniquely tailored soundscape establishes the natural setting of the scene with nature sounds and bird calls. To demonstrate the tricky and lighthearted characteristics of Shakespeare’s fairies, bells and chimes can be heard occasionally. The audio also applies a musical quartet as …


Demons & Droids: Nonhuman Animals On Trial, Gerrit D. White Oct 2022

Demons & Droids: Nonhuman Animals On Trial, Gerrit D. White

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Nonhuman animal trials are ridiculous to the modern sensibilities of the West. The concept of them is in opposition to the idea of nonhuman animals—entities without agency, incapable of guilt by nature of irrationality. This way of viewing nonhuman animals is relatively new to the Western mind. Putting nonhuman animals on trial has only become unacceptable in the past few centuries. Before this shift, nonhuman animal trials existed as methods of communities policing themselves. More than that, these trials were part of legal systems ensuring they provided justice for all. This shift happened because the relationship between Christian authorities and …