Soundscapes: Listening in a Pandemic Posted on April 19, 2020January 23, 2025 by Media Milwaukee staff After the UW-Milwaukee campus shut down, Audio Storytelling students had to figure out new ways to record and edit from home. As a test run, they wandered their cities, towns and neighborhoods, listening more closely than usual. Photo and audio: Max Mitchelson Max Mitchelson takes a walk through Shorewood to Lake Michigan. Photo and audio: Amanda Niebauer Ozaukee County’s largest grassland is the Schwengel Waterfowl Production Area. From the road, it looks like a plain old field, but when you hike in, you can see – and hear – the bustle of life. Amanda Niebauer takes a listen. Photo and audio: Joseph Arnold UWM student Joe Arnold explores Milwaukee’s East Side, listening for signs of life during the COVID-19 outbreak. Photo and audio: Bob Zwaska City dweller Bob Zwaska enjoys the sounds of the country just outside his back door. Photo and audio: Rachel Robinson Water is everywhere in Muskegon, Michigan, where Duck Lake State Park meets the big lake. Rachel Robinson explores. Photo and audio: Rachel Zawicki Rachel Zawicki takes along her audio recorder to find patches of nature among Muskego’s cul-de-sacs. Photo and audio: Grayson Sewell Downtown Pewaukee is quiet as Grayson Sewell goes searching for sounds.
Photo and audio: Amanda Niebauer Ozaukee County’s largest grassland is the Schwengel Waterfowl Production Area. From the road, it looks like a plain old field, but when you hike in, you can see – and hear – the bustle of life. Amanda Niebauer takes a listen.
Photo and audio: Joseph Arnold UWM student Joe Arnold explores Milwaukee’s East Side, listening for signs of life during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Photo and audio: Bob Zwaska City dweller Bob Zwaska enjoys the sounds of the country just outside his back door.
Photo and audio: Rachel Robinson Water is everywhere in Muskegon, Michigan, where Duck Lake State Park meets the big lake. Rachel Robinson explores.
Photo and audio: Rachel Zawicki Rachel Zawicki takes along her audio recorder to find patches of nature among Muskego’s cul-de-sacs.
Photo and audio: Grayson Sewell Downtown Pewaukee is quiet as Grayson Sewell goes searching for sounds.