Politics of Listening and Soundscapes within the Sonic Environment of Ramallah, Palestine

ERC MUTE, Athens, 2023

Symposium Listening as Witnessing, Session II, chaired by Leandros Kyriakopoulos

Circuits and Currents, Athens, 16 October 2023

Co-organized by the Institute of Historical Research (National Hellenic Research Foundation) and The Listening Academy, in collaboration with the Athens School of Fine Arts

Organized in the context of ERC CoG MUTE (grant agreement no. 101002720)

What artistic and social practices could Politics of Listening encompass? How do we approach soundscapes through the Politics of Listening? Could it be a way to listen to our sonic environment from a different ear-view and make audible unheard narrations? How do our cultural and political backgrounds construct the sonic imaginary of our environment? Lefteris Krysalis will address these questions by using his research and snippets from his sound installation “Soundscapes from Ramallah, Palestine”. Field recordings and voices of people who live or once lived in the area, soundscapes of the night, the border and resonances of the past will be examined to broaden the discussion.