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Sounds from Dangerous Places by Peter Cusack explores the potential of listening and recording to reveal the effects of major environmental damage. A decade of fieldwork was devoted to the investigation of the Caspian oil fields, Azerbaijan; the Chernobyl exclusion zone; and six UK sites including Sellafield and Snowdonia, where Chernobyl fallout affected sheep farming practice until 2012. This field research involved multiple visits to Azerbaijan (2003/4), Chernobyl (2006/7) and the UK sites (2006/10). On each occasion the primary focus was the recording of extensive audio and photographic material, contextualised through discussion with local inhabitants, officials and academics and through relevant literature.