From December 2019 through January 2020, Arita Baaijens (Flag #2) returned to Papua New Guinea to continue the work she began in 2016 with WINGS Flag #2.

She examined how biodiversity is linked to diversity of languages and culture in Bosavi, a biodiversity hotspot and home to several Papua clans that each speak their own language. She studied the traditional ecological knowledge systems in Bosavi with relation to birds and explored in what way this knowledge contributes to the conservation of biological diversity in the area.

Arita recorded high quality soundscapes in Bosavi to add to the deep map that she initiated during the 2016 expedition. The digitalized version of the deep map will result in a soundscape installation that conveys ‘ecological intelligence’ in situ (tropical forest ecosystem).  Arita currently is using the soundscapes to build a podcast series in which the forest speaks for itself through sound.