Doing History through Sound: Acoustemologies of Resistance

ERC MUTE, Hydra, 2026

Residency, ERC MUTE, Hydra, Greece

24–30 August 2026

ERC MUTE, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation

Presentation: “Listening in Roussa: Recordings from a Village in Western Thrace”, 28 August 2026

In this talk I played recordings made in Roussa, an Alevi village in Western Thrace, during the village festival in August 2025, and presented them as research material rather than as a finished piece. The talk listened to how recognition, resistance within the community and state pressures are carried in sound, in song and in public speech.