How can sound be used to encourage emotional responses and caring attitudes towards heritage icons?

The chief aim of this folio and commentary is to demonstrate that careful sound design can provoke thought, emotional responses, and caring attitudes towards heritage icons. This commentary is in two parts. The first addresses current concerns regarding the heritage interpretation industry, and the second analyses a folio of sound design projects that were commissioned or supported by various heritage organisations. This folio will present the case for sound design as a tool for heritage interpretation in terms of sustainable practice, and not purely as a technological endeavour. ‘Sound design’ here refers to the process of carefully researching, structuring, and styling sound as a primary medium for telling the stories associated with specific heritage icons. The examples provided in the folio will be used to analyse the role of community involvement in the creative process of sound design as heritage interpretation