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[https://akg.ok.ubc.ca/ Visit Sounding the Garden] Click on Reflect, then navigate to Sounding the Garden. (This version works anywhere, on any device.)
* [https://akg.ok.ubc.ca/ Visit Sounding the Garden] Click on Reflect, then navigate to Sounding the Garden. (This version works anywhere, on any device.)
 
* [https://islamicgarden.ualberta.ca Sounding the Garden, using GPS and dynamic positional audio mixing], and incorporating additional tracks from the Aga Khan Music Initiative. (This version works on site only, using a GPS-enabled smartphone)
[https://islamicgarden.ualberta.ca Sounding the Garden, using GPS and dynamic positional audio mixing], and incorporating additional tracks from the Aga Khan Music Initiative. (This version works on site only, using a GPS-enabled smartphone)
* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pA3IF3_r-jUgZo9_Rg0ZaT0W01VCYpQo Additional resources (poem, narration, map, miniatures) available here].
 
[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pA3IF3_r-jUgZo9_Rg0ZaT0W01VCYpQo Additional resources (poem, narration, map, miniatures) available here].

Revision as of 09:12, 7 October 2019

Farid al-Din ʾAttar's famous poem "Conference of the Birds" (Mantiq al-Tayr) recounts the spiritual quest through seven valleys. These valleys have been mapped onto the Aga Khan Garden at the University of Alberta's Botanic Garden. This augmented sonic reality