A Look at Research - Interview with Bernard Fort

Presentation, Literary encounter Culture, Publishing and distribution, School life, Promotion
23, November 2026Saint-Martin-d'Hères - University Campus
Come listen to an interview with Bernard Fort, an audio naturalist, who will discuss his book "Listening to Birds and the Sounds of Nature"

Meeting Research

Series of talks at the UFR ARSH library—1st semester, 26–27

> Monday, November 23, 2026 - 4:00 p.m. - UFR ARSH Library
Interview with Bernard Fort, audio naturalist, who will present the collaborative work "Listening to Birds and the Sounds of Nature"

“Birdsong heralds joy and contentment with one’s own existence. […] Birdsong, which cannot be reduced to any musical rule, seems to contain greater freedom (…).”
Emmanuel KANT Critique of Judgment 1790

“Listening to Birds and the Sounds of Nature” is a thoughtful book dedicated to a practice that remains underappreciated: audio-naturalism. Originating in the 1960s with Jean Roché, founder of the French school of listening to living things, audio-naturalism has made sound a true tool for understanding natural environments, long before the concept of biodiversity became a central topic in public discourse. At the intersection of science, art, and philosophy, this book traces the origins, founding figures, and contemporary developments of this discipline, from the embodied listening to soundscapes to the emergence of ecoacoustics. Bringing together naturalists, sound recordists, researchers, artists, and philosophers, this work explores soundscapes. It examines the techniques, modes of expression, and ethical issues surrounding listening, while situating audio-naturalism within major contemporary reflections on the living world.
This book is intended for anyone who wishes to understand, through the ear, what connects humans to the living world—and why learning to listen is today an act of knowledge, responsibility, and transmission.
 

Published on 22, September 2026
Updated on 29, September 2026