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The World Soundscape Project, motivated by a concern for the quality of the sonic environment, was formed in the late 1960s by R. Murray Shafer, Barry Truax, and others at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Truax described the goals as "to document and archive soundscapes, to describe and analyze them, and to promote increased public awareness through listening and critical thinking". The documentation of the Vancouver soundscape, "depicting ocean, harbor and other sounds from sites throughout the city and environs", was one early project.
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The photo shows the WSP group at Simon Fraser University in 1973. Left to right: R. M. Schafer, Bruce Davis, Peter Huse, Barry Truax, Howard Broomfield. Courtesy Barry Truax.
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