Last week was super busy! I helped set up for the World Forum of Acoustic Ecology conference and help with tasks while it was going on. On Tuesday, I helped Dr. Wolek and other students set up a few of the rooms to prepare for exhibitions. Each room required a lot of wiring and although I wasn’t sure how it all worked, I was impressed with the team for understanding how to hook up all of the equipment. Every room needed speakers as well as other electronic equipment such as TVs or audio files and computers. It took way longer than I thought, I was there for about 5 hours and we set up 3 rooms in that time. It definitely gave me an appreciation for even hooking up cables properly haha. I also learned a great tip; leaving a black cord out in the sunlight will soften it enough to pull it straight and achieve a cleaner look. I’m glad that we were able to help the center with all of that so they did not have to deal with it on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Thursday, I went back and helped Bethany with some miscellaneous tasks such as taking attendees to their room and making sure the cafeteria was clean. I was also able to sit in on a conversation between two attendees who were discussing the dichotomy between the natural earth and technology and whether technology actually influences nature as much as nature influences technology. It was great to hear these interesting points of view that I hadn’t thought about previously. I wish I could have attended some of the conference segments myself, but last week was extremely busy (I had multiple essays, a quiz, and presentation, and some assignments all due) so I couldn’t stay longer than necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, I came again on Saturday for nature sketch club. We had about 4 people come to sketch and it was a very beautiful day to sit outside. I worked on my stippling technique through drawing a large oak tree. I also ran into Professor Underriner who was setting up speakers for an event that evening and got to introduce myself (I took his wife’s ceramics class last semester). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, this was definitely a busy week but I was incredibly glad I could help out and that the conference went well for everyone \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week was super busy! I helped set up for the World Forum of Acoustic Ecology conference and help with tasks while it was going on. On Tuesday, I helped Dr. Wolek and other students set up a few of the rooms to prepare for exhibitions. Each room required a lot of wiring and although … Continue reading WFAE Conference Week<\/span>