Podcasts

These are podcasts pulled together from a series of interviews with Cowichan Elders Ruby Peter, Diane Modeste, Luschiim, Harold Joe and Merle Seymour and Donna Gertz from the Hul'qumi'num Language Academy. The intention is to be an assemblage of stories and perspectives that situate this ancient site in the past and the present.

Soundwalks

What Is A Soundwalk?

A soundwalk is when one walks through a place with the intention of listening carefully to all the sounds that are present, known as the soundscape. Scholars like Hildegard Westerkamp have been using soundwalks to encourage people to pay closer attention, and greater appreciate the soundscapes around us. Traditionally, soundwalks were supposed to be done without talking, for an example, please see the "Quiet Soundwalk" below. More recently, some soundwalkers have begun to include talking. You can listen to two more soundwalks that each have a different story-teller below in "Soundwalks with Dr. Brian Thom" and "Soundwalk with Tim Kulchyski". To do your own soundwalk, you can go visit Ye'yumnuts but you can also turn a walk through your home, community, or even a grocery store into a soundwalk! All you have to do is listen...

What Sound I Be Listening For in These Soundwalks?

Look at the pictures. What sounds from the picture can you hear?

Both of these storytellers talk about development surrounding Ye'yumuts. Can you hear any sounds of development?

Tim talks about the birds and the animals. Which birds can you hear?

Ye'yumnuts is meaningful to many people. What emotions can you hear in the voices?

Listen to the stories. What stories of your own come to mind when you listen to them? When you listen to the Quiet Soundwalk?