“A Sounding Happens: Pauline Oliveros, Expanded Consciousness, and Healing”
Acoustic Ecology Review November 22, 2023 Edward A. Shanken, Yolande Harris
This essay honors Pauline Oliveros by blending analysis, intuition, and multiple voices in a metalogue that mirrors her improvisational and participatory approach. Drawing on Oliveros' performances, recordings, writings, and the authors' own experiences, the text argues that her work achieves and teaches subjective, experiential, and embodied modes of knowing and healing. The format encourages readers to actively participate in producing meaning, paralleling the role of audiences in Oliveros' compositions. The essay emphasizes that meaning emerges through connection and continuity, inviting readers to listen and sound along.