She-nziate – CNR-ISB Open day

SPIN_FERT by the STEM Week and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (CNR_ISB)

On February 11, at the Territorial Research Area of the National Research Council – Rome1 (CNR-ARRM1), Carmelo Cannarella (CNR-ISB) held a workshop entitled: “Phytoacoustics – Plants in Music: How to Transform Nature into Sound,” an outreach initiative connected to a research activity exploring the relationships between plants and sound.

This workshop was part of the Open Day “She-nziate” which falls within both STEM Week and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Open Day featured approximately 15 activities, including workshops, seminars, and demonstration sessions.

Investigating the biophysical and bioelectrical processes of the plant world and translating them into sound phenomena makes it possible to communicate science through a sensory, interdisciplinary language that brings together biology, physics, technology, art, and listening practices. Sound thus becomes a tool for scientific inquiry, as well as for mediation and data representation, making often hidden phenomena audible.

Approximately 100 lower secondary school students attended the event, with about 50 participating in phytoacoustics activities, divided into three groups.

During the workshop, the SPIN-FERT project’s activities were also presented, highlighting in particular that soil is a complex living system and a fundamental prerequisite for the well-being of plants and trees. Soil itself was therefore the subject of a sonification demonstration, contributing to a dialogue between scientific knowledge and society, encouraging new ways of listening to the natural world and new forms of relationship between human beings and the environment.

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