2000
Kendall Wrightson's "An Introduction to Acoustic Ecology" was published in the inaugural issue of Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology in 2000. The article serves as a general overview of the field, highlighting the importance of sound awareness in shaping human experience and community identity.
While Wrightson's article doesn't explicitly mention Max Neuhaus, their artistic and philosophical concerns overlap significantly. Both Schafer's acoustic ecology and Neuhaus's sound art practice share a common goal of heightening public awareness of the surrounding sound environment.