On November 19, Jacek Smolicki will give a talk at a one-day conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Sound Environment Center at Lund University. He will speak about the concept and practice of transversal listening as a creative and critical mode of connecting with multiple histories, agencies and scales characterizing our shared environments.
The conference will explore a number of themes: How the field contributes to contemporary issues such as climate change and ecological disruption. What role sound plays in the processes of decolonization. What consequences a feminist approach has on the study of sound. How sound matters in a world of increasing social injustice and global political tensions. And how the aesthetic qualities of sound help us rethink and imagine ways to new sustainable acoustic ecologies.
More info and conference program on https://www.lmc.lu.se/aktiviteter/aktiviteter-2024/20-years-sound-environments
