Semester 01 Audio Diary Case Studies

Introduction

According to the authors of 'Journeys in and Through Sound', sound portraits provide a way for us to be able to experience and feel the emotions of someone's emotions and emotional journey through the experience of their voice. By collecting sounds from relevant news sources, Battle for Truth, the liberation arts project, made sound portraits with the South Sudanese Youths in Australia. To enhance the recording, sound effects were used in the final composition in order to make people aware of the urgency of the situation.

The piece illustrates how African Australians are misrepresented in the media through the use of a variety of voices from interviews with African Australian women and audio samples from "Breaking News" produced by New Change.

“Battle for Truth is a sound portrait developed through arts-based research in collaboration with New Change, an arts collective of young African Australian women. The piece amplifies media misrepresentation and vilification of young African Australians and the ongoing sensationalism of the so-called Apex gang following the Moomba festival in 2016. This portrait weaves together a range of voices — the young women themselves from a series of life-story interviews, snippets drawn from 15 hours of media coverage that includes journalists, politicians and police and finally short poetic interruptions from the audio portion of the film clip counter-story “Breaking News” created by New Change.”
— A.M. Baker

Aud.2 - Battle For Truth

Journify

Journify is a mobile diary application that uses voice recordings to record diary entries. Similar to written journaling, audio journaling provides a way for self-expression and reflection. As with meditation and mindfulness practises, journaling has mental health benefits.

Features of the application include:

Get the benefits of journaling without making time for it. Journaling can boost your mindfulness, improve your sleep, self-confidence, creativity, IQ, and more.
You can keep your timeline entirely private, transcribe your audio into text and export them, or clip some of your updates to share them with people you trust via WhatsApp, text, email, or another app on your phone.
Being aware of our mental wellness state can help us develop better habits. With the mood analyser, you can see a breakdown of your mood and mood scales based on your audio content.

Vid.3 - Journify App Demo