Soundscapes of Western Thrace and the Politics of Listening

Doctoral artistic research, since 2023, ongoing
Ph.D. programme Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

This artistic PhD explores the sonic landscape of Western Thrace, a border region in northeastern Greece shaped by migration, military presence, ecological collapse, and minority histories. Using field recording, soundwalking, interviews, and radio, I examine how borders sound and how listening can become a form of knowledge and resistance.

Works from the research

Soundscapes of Western Thrace and the Politics of Listening
Graphic from the research. Map sources: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA FSA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community
Soundscapes of Western Thrace and the Politics of Listening
© Lefteris Krysalis

Excerpts from the field recordings on radio aporee